We took a mansion tour that lasted a little over an hour. The tour guide was very interesting and engaging. The house itself was quite unique, and some of it very lovely. The tour offered a lot of information about Sarah Winchester, and was very sympathetic to what led to her building of the house. Although there were several flights of stairs, it was not a difficult tour to complete physically, and I would love to come back and do a different version of a tour at a later date.

House and grounds are beautiful, tour guide was knowledgeable and friendly. No big negatives, except that it seems pricey at $42 a person. But I am glad that I got to see it. It was busy but they do a good job with how they have the tours timed, so I didn’t find it overwhelming with the amount of people, etc. I would recommend going if you are interested in Victorian architecture or are familiar with the story.

This has been on my husband’s bucket list for years. It is a crazy tour just because of the house itself. Our guide was great. Make sure are able to go up and down stairs because there are a lot of them. The only thing that was disappointing is that the furniture is not original.

Andrew gave a wonderful tour with so many interesting facts about the house. Be sure to walk through the beautiful gardens outside. You won’t be disappointed with the tour. Trying to buy tickets is another story, however. The website says advance tickets are required but trying to buy them online can make you go crazy. You pick a time, register and pay with a credit card. And then … time after time, I got a message saying the time I picked was no longer available. I tried calling the posted number which no one answers and left a message which no one returned. Since this was to be my last day in San Jose, I drove to the property and found many people buying tickets at the door. In doing that, you have to wait for the next available time which was about an hour in my case. Also, if you’re a senior, tell them up front so you will get the senior price. They won’t ask you.

What a fun experience. The house is lovingly maintained and the grounds are exquisite especially the garden. It was fun to walk around after the tour. The tour guide was informative if not rehearsed but I guess that's to be expected after saying the same thing all day every day. Kind of funny to see this house and grounds smack in the middle of the city with condos and offices around but also loved the old photos of what the area looked like when it was originally purchased. Gift shop was well stocked with everything you could imagine. Fascinating story of Sarah Winchester.

This tour would have been 5 stars if they had not disassociated themselves from the Winchester rifle. I understand being sensitive in light of mass shootings but that is a huge part of the history of this house. They used to have a display of old rifles and also let you hold a rifle as a prop when they took your group’s photo. History should not be re written! Her guilt over all who were killed by that rifle was responsible for her moving to California. Those spirits allegedly haunted her causing the constant construction of the house over the 38 years. We had a good tour guide this time (Isaac). I’ve only had one bad tour there. That poor tour guide did not believe any of the legends & ruined the “mystery” of the house. Isaac played up the mystery & shared some reported paranormal events that made it more exciting. We did not experience any event personally. Our friends visiting from Texas absolutely loved the tour but were also disappointed that there was very little mention of the rifle and it’s connection to the house.

We were disappointed with the Walk with Spirits Tour, and wish we had done the general mansion tour instead. We never saw the staircase to nowhere that was featured on ghost hunters. The “seance” was corny, and our guide was rushing through her spiel. We didn’t have time to do more, so we left feeling we missed a lot of what we had come to see.

Beautiful house and gardens. We had the 10:20 am tour on 2 July 2023. Our guide was very knowledgeable about the home and Mrs Winchester. During the tour you will see doors to nowhere. There are some tight areas to walk through because she did not waste space and she was a small lady. The house is close to a mall with some great restaurants and free parking.

We had a great day visiting Winchester Mystery House. Loved the history of it. Beautiful grounds. Some places you can feel the energy. I'm sure this would be a great Halloween thing to do. Been a bucket list thing to visit and I'm glad that we were finally able to.

Great place, great tour. Very well organised. We watched the film before visiting which made a massive difference. Would have liked to see even more of the house. The only improvement was for the tour guide to go slower. She did not wait for the group to catch up before she started talking... it seemed a little rushed.