Rome Night Walking Tour: Ghosts, Legends & Haunted Rome

4.9 (758 reviews) Rome, Italy
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Group sizeUp to 20 travelers

Overview

Explore the darker side of the Eternal City on a haunted walking tour by moonlight. After this tour, you’ll never see the city’s most famous squares, churches and bridges in the same way again. Armed with an interactive "Ghost Hunter Kit", you and a group of fellow thrill seekers will learn the secrets of how to spot Rome's most famous ghosts.

You'll follow an expert ghostie guide on a haunted route of Rome's historic centre, where you'll discover a chapel decorated with human bones, a bridge long lined with corpses, and other horrifying sights that will keep you up late at night.

At each stop, an expert ghostie guide will tell you eerie tales of ghosts, ghastly murders, and chilling executions involving infamous popes, emperors, and even artists. We'll bring paranormal Rome to life through morbid storytelling and chilling video recreations, and when the tour's over, you'll receive a "certificate of survival"...if you survive, of course.

Options

Super Scary Halloween Special

Halloween only: costumed guide, candlelit ritual for the dead, spooky trivia and trick-or-treat sweets.

Rome After Dark: Private Tour

Discover Rome’s haunted past on a private ghost walk filled with eerie legends and dark secrets.

Rome Ghost Tour by Night

Join fellow travelers on a haunted Rome night walk uncovering ghost stories, dark legends, and eerie secrets.

What's included

  • An immersive experience with morbid storytelling and chilling visual recreations
  • Guided Dark History and Ghost Tour
  • Certificate of Survival
  • Ghost-loving, local tour guide
  • Interactive Ghost Hunter Kit

What to expect

  1. Campo De' Fiori
    10m
    We begin in Campo de' Fiori, one of Rome's most famous piazza's. Now known for its lively bars and restaurants it was once an execution site and is the perfect place to start our spooky adventure!
  2. Piazza Farnese
    10m
    This beautiful square was a former party hub and is home to a scandalous legend involving a secret passageway and two popes.
  3. 10m
    Along our route we’ll discover several madonelles or “little madonnas” and we’ll learn about how they worked to stop crime.
  4. Ponte Sisto
    10m
    The oldest bridge in Rome, Ponte Sisto has a gruesome past that involved tragic accidents, power struggles, theft and of course, suspicious deaths.
  5. Fontana del Mascherone
    10m
    Unlike other fountains in Rome, this one bears a warning to all those who dare drink from it.
  6. 10m
    This 17th century church decorated in human remains from long ago reminds visitors that death is just around the corner.
  7. 10m
    Now a haunted apartment block, this was the site of one of the worst prisons in Rome’s history.
  8. Chiesa di Santa Maria in Monserrato degli Spagnoli
    10m
    This Spanish church in the heart of Rome bears a saucy story worthy of a telenovela.
  9. Via Giulia
    10m
    This former bar had an even earlier history as a beauty shop. Here you’ll learn about the story of when cosmetics can kill.
  10. 10m
    This seemingly quaint house once belonged to Rome’s most famous executioner “Mastro Titta”.
  11. Castel Sant'Angelo
    10m
    The bridge that was used to expose the bodies of the executed to be a warning to sinners is now surrounded by statues of angels and tells the story of the Cenci family and how they met their fatal end.

Meeting and pickup

Meeting point

Our guide will be waiting at Campo de' Fiori, beneath the statue of Giordano Bruno, holding a yellow Carpe Diem Tours flag or sign. Please use Google Maps to find the meeting point. Arrive 10 minutes early. Late arrivals are not eligible for refunds.

End point

We finish by Castel Sant'Angelo where you can continue on with your evening!

Additional information

  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Cancellation policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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