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Rome: Small Group Rome's Dark Side - Ghosts & Legends Tour

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Ghosts, executions, poisoners, and people behaving badly in beautiful places. Join the original Rome ghost tour — sharp storytelling, grim history, and some inappropriate laughs in the dark.

  • Free cancellation
    Cancel up to 24 hours in advance for a full refund.
  • Instant confirmation & Mobile tickets
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  • Private tour
    Avoid crowds with an exclusive experience. (depends on selected option)
  • Live guiding
    English, Italian (depends on selected option)
  • Duration
    2 hours
  • Includes
    • A 2-hour guided tour of Rome’s most haunted, scandalous, and death-adjacent spots
    • Small group (max 15 guests) so you don’t disappear in the crowd — or the dark
    • Storytelling from professional guides (no gimmicks, no ghost-hunting apps)
    • Chilling history, ghost stories, and moments of “Wait — that really happened?”
    • Stops at execution sites, cursed alleys, and churches with unsettling décor choices
    • Food and drinks — though we do make a stop where you can grab both
    • Mercy for historical reputations — if they did it, we say it
    • Costumes, theatrics, or ghost-hunting nonsense — just storytelling, the way it should be
    • Transport to the meeting point or from the final stop (we’re not that kind of dark ride)
Highlights & Description

Highlights

  • The original ghost tour of Rome — often copied, never out-creeped
  • Murder, betrayal, poison… and that’s just the warm-up
  • Guides who know the history and where the bodies are buried (figuratively)
  • Haunted alleys, execution sites, and the prettier bits of punishment
  • Small group (max 15) so you’re not lost in the dark with strangers — just us

Description

Rome has a beautiful side. This isn’t it.

You’re here for ghosts, executions, and terrible people doing terrible things in nice piazzas — and we respect that. This is the original ghost tour of Rome: award-winning, widely imitated, but never equaled.

Led by expert storytellers (not actors in capes), you’ll wander Rome’s shadowy backstreets and discover the Eternal City’s hidden history — the bits too grim for school trips.

As night falls, we leave the postcard version of Rome behind and slip into the streets where the really good stories live. You’ll hear of a philosopher who got a little too clever for the church, a noblewoman who outlived popes and outsmarted everyone (except, possibly, death), a poisoner whose client list may have included half the city’s unhappy wives, and a 'magician' who charmed his way through Europe - until he didn't.

We’ll visit haunted bridges, real execution sites, and churches with more scandal than sanctity. These are the places where Rome’s legends were born — and where some of them apparently never left.

This isn’t a night of jump scares and theatrics. It’s history with its gloves off — chilling, funny, and occasionally uncomfortably relatable. If you’ve ever wondered what lurks in Rome’s shadows after dark… it’s us. And we’ve got stories.

No gimmicks. No nonsense. Just the dark side of the Eternal City — served with a smirk and a flicker of candlelight.

Good to know before you go
  • This tour takes place rain or shine, because ghosts don’t care about the weather — and apparently, neither do we.
  • Please wear comfortable shoes: we’ll be walking for 2 hours over cobblestones, not clouds.
  • The tour stays above ground — no crypts or underground sites are included in this experience.
  • If you’re running late, message us as soon as possible. We’re spooky, not psychic.
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Tour in English

Private Rome's Dark Side Tour

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Frequently Asked Questions

1. What is the cancellation policy for this activity?
Cancel up to 24 hours in advance for a full refund.
2. When will I receive the confirmation of my booking?
You will receive an email notification right after your successful payment. If you don't see it in your inbox, check your spam or junk mail folder. When the payment is completed you have the option to download your ticket directly.
3. What is a private tour?
Private tours offer more advantages and benefits than regular tours. You will have your own private guide for the duration of the tour. You can also customize the itinerary to your specific interests and needs.
4. Are mobile tickets enough or do I have to print them?
Tickets don't need to be printed. You can show your ticket from your smartphone as a PDF.
  • Adults
    17-99 years
  • Children
    6-16 years
  • Infants
    0-5 years
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