There are tons of cute shops and stores in downtown Eureka Springs to browse! Make sure to bring cash to park downtown. There are plenty of parking lots that usually require $5 to park for a few hours.

The 1886 Crescent Hotel & Spa offers exciting ghost tours that have often produced some very spectacular tales. The guides themselves have countless paranormal stories from their time at the hotel, too! One such guide revealed that she had met a couple that was staying on the first floor near the Governor’s Suite. The couple subsequently told the guide that on their second night in the building, they had slept with just a sheet covering the two of them. The husband then awoke in a deep sweet, realizing that someone—or something—had tucked them in with a comforter. Supposedly, they had been tucked in on three more times that night. Another guide recounted an incident where two guests checked into Room 221 one early spring afternoon. Upon leaving the elevator for the second floor, they immediately encountered a man wearing an “all-black Victorian-style outfit.” With a smile, he asked the guests whether or not they required help finding their guestroom. Believing the person to be a hotel employee, they agreed. The man in the Victorian attire then led the two to Room 221, unlocking the door and pushing it open. As the couple entered, the man stayed outside the door smiling and tilted his head from side to side. One of the two realized they had not tipped the man, and when they spun around with some cash, he had seemingly disappeared. Perplexed, the two guests just relaxed in their guestroom for the rest of the day. When they tried to reenter Room 221 later that evening, the door would not budge. The couple then descended down to the Front Desk, where they asked what was wrong with the key. The staff member stated that they had somehow received the key to Room 321. The two described the man who had originally let them into Room 221, and the staff member reported that no such person presently worked at the hotel.