Temecula · Private & Group Tours
Old Town Temecula Private Nightmares and Nightcaps Tour
A nightcap at a haunted Old Town bar, then ninety minutes of the valley's darkest stories with nobody but your own group listening. The Private Nightmares and Nightcaps Tour is our shorter, grimmer Temecula walk.
📍 Departs from: Big Nose Winery, 42100 Main Street Suite D. Meet guide on the porch. — please arrive about 15 minutes early to check in with your guide.
Your group meets its costumed guide at a haunted Old Town bar and orders an optional nightcap while the guide explains who else has been drinking there, and for how long. Then you head out for about a mile of walking along Old Town Front Street and the side streets behind it, past the inns, saloons and storefronts where Temecula's frontier days left more than history behind. The stories are the ones we keep for adults: gunfights, grudges, lonely ends in the creekbeds and residents who never checked out.
This is the right call for a wine-weekend group that wants one more stop with a story, a bachelorette crew, a date night with a pulse or a work team that prefers one good drink and a lot of good stories to a longer pub crawl. Private tours run any day with start times from 1 pm to 8:30 pm; later starts may begin at a different bar depending on the night's hours, and the pace and starting location can be adjusted to your group.
Pricing starts at $325 for up to 10 guests, with additional tickets from $27.50. One guide takes 14 to 20 guests depending on the date and time; groups of 16 or more book by email and larger groups add a guide. The tour is 21 and over with valid ID. Free parking is available in the Old Town garage and surface lots off Old Town Front Street, and ride-share is the easy way back to the wineries.
What's included
- 90-minute private ghost walk for ages 21+
- Opening stop at a haunted Old Town bar with optional nightcap
- Costumed guide and storyteller for your group only
- About one mile of walking through Old Town Temecula
- Flexible start time, 1 pm to 8:30 pm, any day
- Customizable starting location and pace
- Not recommended for those with mobility restrictions
- Not included: drinks, food, taxes, fees and bar gratuity
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Old Town Temecula Private Nightmares and Nightcaps Tour FAQs
What is the age requirement?
This tour is 21 and over with valid ID. The nightcap itself is optional.
How does this differ from the Booze and Boos?
Shorter and darker. One bar stop instead of 3–4, ninety minutes instead of two and a half hours, and stories told without the family filter.
How does booking work for a large group?
Reserve online for up to 15 guests. For 16 or more, email us so we can confirm a second guide. Base pricing covers 10 guests with per-person tickets after that.
Is gratuity included?
Gratuity for your guide is added to private tours at $5 per guest and shared among the guides who work your tour. Tips at the bars are up to you.
Do you cancel in the rain?
Rarely. We walk rain or shine, so bring umbrellas. If weather becomes unsafe we will reach out to reschedule your group.
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Plan your group's night
Pick your date and group size, see your price, and place a pending hold on your card — it's charged automatically once we confirm your guide (no later than close of business the next day), and released if we can't.
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