Winchester Mystery House

Historic, 160-room mansion built by rifle heiress Sarah Winchester. Beautiful, but bizarre! Guided tour offered daily. Closed only on Christmas Day.

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    winchestermysteryhouse.com

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    Historic and Protected Site

Address

525 S Winchester Blvd (at Olsen Dr) San Jose , CA 95128 United States

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In the house: 160 rooms, 13 bathrooms , 6 kitchens, 40 ladders, 2000 doors, 450 doorways, 10000 windows, 47 fireplaces and thousands ghosts .

R B

Fun tour , beautiful gardens . There are doubts about the official story of the tour , so check out some alternate opinions as well !

Travel Channel

Zak, Nick and Aaron conduct an experiment to channel spirits from their past. The team collects compelling evidence, but when Aaron's demeanor visibly alters , drastic decisions must be made. Read more

K La

The tours are very good! The guides are very entertaining and I would defiantly go back!

Jim Book

went when 21 & I remember it being so much better, tour guide this time was droll and shrugged off all the spirit stuff kept saying no one knows why she built this and we will never know over and over

Marc Charbonneau

The mansion tour is expensive and touristy . But yes, it's worth it! The mansion is a weird place, and fun to walk through.

Lily Mccann

I absolutely luvd it Ya it's $$ but its not like ur gna do it every day Eat b4.. The house was cool Didnt do the gardens luvd the maze I was laughing so hard at one point and I got asked for a date <3

april brock

This was very interesting. We couldnt do the see more tour because we had our 5 year old with us. But it was great. Huge gift shop .

Ali Paige

Great place! Pretty busy and a bit expensive . Can't wait to go on a flashlight tour !!!

HISTORY

Sarah Winchester , a wealthy widow , built the 160-room Victorian Winchester mansion in 1884. It took over 38 years to build and had workers work on it year round until her death in 1922.

Stacy Y

The wine tasting : The attendant didn't greet us and then treated us like a burden. Was headed to Vegas after her shift she informed us. Very unprofessional. The tour : AMAZING!

Brian Ibarra

The entrance fee is high don't get me wrong but it's super interesting no matter what! Gotta come at night especially Halloween time

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Nguyen Duy

Go exploring the mansion of Sarah Winchester , a wealthy widow and ... where are ghosts ? Hello! Ah, must be at night! Wrong time to visit here in the morning, man!

Tomoko Nakajima

I took my mom to this mansion. It's very pricy tix but its worth to see it at least once in your life...lol

Johnnie Huffman

Very interesting tour of a lovely but bizarre historical house.

Jaslin Thomas

We were very intrigued to find this place. I did feel the tickets were pricy but a good way to kill time :)

USA TODAY

Tormented by the deaths of her husband and child, Sarah Winchester embarked on a building binge 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, until her death 38 years later. The result is 160 bizarre rooms. Read more

Kyle Malinit

Lotta nicknacks and doodads to be found here! Good memorabilia for those visiting out of state :)

David Eckstrom

Fun and interesting tour . Take the garden tour for sure.

Stephanie Sutherland

Take the last tour of the day. It's quieter and the grounds get darker. Gives the eery feeling.

Alicia Rice

Kind of pricey for the tour but really interesting. Took a 4&7 year old and they both had a good time

Ali Anderson

surprisingly interesting tour and fun scavenger hunt. good family or business activity.

cYeNz

Great to see once in a lifetime and when you do, splurge on the $40 ticket

Chris

The tour was fun. Kinda crazy wait time with holiday. Overall something worth seeing

Booie

I love this place a mixture or mystery and oddities

Joe C

Super ridiculously expensive . Our guests bought tickets in advance at their hotel and saved $10 off each tix. I also think Santa Clara chamber of commerce has discounted tix too.

Social News Network

Interesting and weird, but a must-see mansion!

Jenny Down the Block

Mystery Maze is open until November 10th. Sunday-Sat. 11am to 7pm. Friday & Sat. Open until late! $8 per adult.

L C

Tickets are a bit over priced. However, it was an interesting tour . In my opinion it's fun to do once.

Libby

Fabulous place to see. Exciting, Amazing and Captivating

Tom Maxwell

The main tours can get long, but it's a neat place!

Simon Willison

No photos allowed inside the house until some time in 2015 - a production company bought the rights for a movie

David Bernal

Interesting house and bewitching story around madame Winchester.

Ryane Logsdon

While the mansion tour is great, don't waste your money with the behind-the-scenes unless you're interested in how the elevators work.

Jones

More of a historical and architectural tour rather than a ghost tour

Hussein Binsalem

Don't go with kids

Beatriz Cortez

Very interesting, fun thing to do with the family.

CA Moon

Locate the numerous discount coupons before you arrive. They don't give any breaks on the high tour prices on property.

Alex Rodriguez

I recommend the vanilla ice cream before the Mansion Tour .

Rose

This place is so Creepy during Halloween . Flash light tours are the Best.

Pelin Güvenç Kefel

This place has a really interesting architecture

Debbie Leight

Prepare to freeze your a$$ off. Wear layers and if you have hand warmers, bring those too for good measure.

Alan Grissom

Quite possibly the largest tourist trap in California. Only go if you are interested in antique hardware - its almost worth the admission for that.

M J

Skip the tour : $33 for 1 hour. Walk around front for pics of nice Victorian facade.

Megan Pink

Both my tour guides left much to be desired. If I heard the phrase, "I don't know what this is for, but I'm sure someone around here does" one more time I was going to scream.

Dan Milano

Very fun but I can't help but think I should have done one of their flashlight tours

Geena Quisenberry

Super overpriced. Definitely something to check out once though

Prateek Srivastava

Take the behind the scenes tour and say hi to Clyde. 👋

Sarah Blackburn

do the full house tour , it's worth it!

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