Private Rome Walking Tour: Explore Rome's Haunted Past After Dark
- 2 hours
- Free cancellation up to 24h before
- Guided in English
- Instant confirmation
Highlights
Step into Rome’s darker side on a Private Ghost Tour moonlit where beauty fades and the stories get… unsettling. Armed with your interactive Ghost Hunter Kit, you and your private group of fellow thrill-seekers won’t just hear about Rome’s most famous spirits, you’ll learn how to spot them. Your passionate ghostie guide will let you in on local lore and take you on a haunted route through the historic centre, where you'll uncover a chapel lined with human bones, a bridge once displayed with corpses, and other haunted sights best experienced after dark. At each stop, expect tales of ghostly encounters, gruesome murders, and brutal executions tied to infamous popes, emperors, and artists. With eerie storytelling and chilling video recreations, we'll bring Rome's dark past to life, and you'll never be able to see the city the same way again. Make it to the end, and you’ll earn a Certificate of Survival. Assuming, of course… you make it.
Inclusions
What's included
- Private Ghost Tour of Rome
- Dedicated attention from a passionate, ghostie guide
- Moonlight walk on a haunted route of Rome
- Ghost Hunter Kit and tips for spotting a ghost
- Certificate of Survival
- An immersive experience featuring sinister storytelling and terrifying video recreations
Itinerary
We begin in Campo de' Fiori, one of Rome's most famous piazza's. Nowadays its known for lively bars and restaurants but it was once a site of executions making it the perfect place to start our spooky adventure!
This beautiful square has seen many lavish parties by the city’s elite. But with fortune comes scandal… and secrets.
See several madonelles or “little madonnas” along our route and we’ll learn about their former function as crime-stopping statues.
Being the oldest bridge in Rome, Ponte Sisto has a lot of history including a gruesome past. Hear about the tragic accidents, power struggles, theft and of course, suspicious deaths surrounding this bridge.
Drinking from fountains in Rome is illegal but drinking from this one is deadly.
This 17th century church is decorated in human remains and serves as a reminder to visitors that death is closer than we think.
There’s a reason that this apartment block is haunted and that’s because it was the site of one of the worst prisons in Italy’s history.
This Spanish church has a scandalous story worthy of a “telenovela”.
This former beauty shop tells us the story of when cosmetics can kill.
On the surface it’s just a normal house, but it was once the childhood home of Rome’s most infamous executioner.
The bridge that was used to expose the bodies of the executed as a warning to sinners is now surrounded by statues of angels. Hear the story of the Cenci family and how they met a bloody end.
Cancellation
Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the experience starts, for a full refund.
Reviews
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Know before you go
- 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.
- Pickup
- Everyone meets at the starting point; there is no pickup.
- Ticket type
- Mobile or paper ticket accepted
- Operated by
- Carpe Diem Tours
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
How it compares in Rome
- Its from-price is 38% below the median of the 8352 experiences we list in Rome.
- It is shorter than most of them.
- By number of reviews it ranks 1122 of 8352.
- The operator lists free cancellation on it.
About Rome
Rome layers nearly three thousand years of history into one walkable city, from the Colosseum and Forum to Baroque piazzas and Vatican art.
Ancient Rome is still in plain sight. The Colosseum, the Roman Forum and the Palatine Hill sit together at the city's heart, the Pantheon still stands with its open oculus, and fragments of temples and aqueducts turn up between apartment blocks. Across the Tiber, Vatican City holds St Peter's Basilica, the Vatican Museums and Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel ceiling.
Top-ranked sights in Rome: Colosseum, Vatican Museums, Sistine Chapel.
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