Across the street from the Salem Inn’s Curwen House is the Ropes Mansion at 318 Essex Street, owned by the Peabody Essex Museum. A leafy arbor forms a shady entryway to the treasure that lies ahead—a gorgeous one-acre formal garden. Concentric pathways wind around beds of dahlias, roses, lilies, delphinium, and many other native and exotic plants. Koi swim among …
Meet Jennifer MacAllister
Jennifer MacAllister is one of the main reasons that you will feel like you’re family when you stay at the Salem Inn. She is also one of the reasons that the Inn is as comfortable, clean, and well-run as it is. Jenn has been the general manager for 14 years. She knows where every coffee mug is, …
Hocus Pocus!
Hocus Pocus! If you’re a fan of Disney’s 1993 movie Hocus Pocus, Salem’s got some treats for you! Many of the places in the movie were actually filmed here. Pioneer Village, at Forest River Park, 310 West Avenue, is where the opening scenes were filmed featuring Binx in his human form before he was cursed and changed into a cat. …
The Salem Inn Goes Green!
The owners of the Salem Inn, Dick and Diane Pabich, decided that the Inn needed to go green. They felt that it was part of their duties as property owners to be good stewards of the environment and thus decided to put efforts into making the Inn more carbon neutral. It is also in keeping with the city of Salem’s …