Winchester Mystery House Lights Up the Holiday Season with Holiday Candlelight Tours
Winchester Mystery House lights up the holiday season with a limited series of Holiday Candlelight Tours. For only six select Saturday evenings — startingSaturday, November 25 and running through Saturday, December 30 — experience the magic of the season as you journey through the beautifully decorated home, lit up by the warm glow of candlelight. As guests explore the decked-out halls of one the grandest mansions in California with a nighttime open house style holiday tour. You might also uncover some tales of ghostly encounters and Victorian traditions, adding a layer of intrigue to your experience. Whether you're in search of a romantic night, a family adventure, or just a touch of holiday magic, the Holiday Candlelight Tour is the ideal option. Holiday Candlelight Tours will take place between 6 p.m.– 9 p.m. on the following dates: Saturday, November 25; Saturday, December 2; Saturday, December 9; Saturday, December 16; Saturday, December 23; and Saturday, December 30.
"Exploring the Winchester Mystery House by candlelight is like embarking on a journey through the enigmatic corridors of history and mystery," said Executive Director Walter Magnuson. “We look forward to welcoming guests for a unique holiday experience that will hopefully become part of their holiday tradition.” Due to overwhelming demand, the Menagerie Holiday Oddities & Curiosities Market will be returning to the Winchester Mystery House this holiday season from 12 p.m. – 9 p.m. on the six Saturdays of the Holiday Candlelight Tours! Featuring vendors selling strangely unique collectibles, antiques, and handmade wares — from bugs, bones, and taxidermy to dark art, medical specimens, and natural science — guests are sure to stuff those stockings with strangeness and wrap something weird they won't forget! Guests who purchase a mansion tour on one of the select dates will have access to the market.
For 100 years the Winchester Mystery House in San Jose, California, has stood as a testament to the ingenuity, singular vision and lore that surrounds its namesake, Sarah Pardee Winchester (heiress to the Winchester Repeating Arms fortune). Originally known as Llanada Villa, today it stands as an architectural wonder, a time capsule of a bygone era and one of America’s most celebrated haunted mansions. The estate, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, is a California Historic State Landmark, a San Jose City Landmark, and is one of the leading attractions in the Bay Area. Since tours began in 1923, more than 13 million people from around the world have toured the lonely hallways, dark passages and ornate rooms of the Winchester Mystery House. It has intrigued visitors, scholars, and media from throughout the United States, and around the globe, with its combination of the beautiful and the bizarre, its story of heartbreak, tenacity and invention and its legends of the paranormal. For tickets ($19.99 Child; $34.99 Senior; $44.99 Adult) and additional information, visit winchestermysteryhouse.com.