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Venice Legends, Anecdotes and Ghost stories tour

Venezia, Italy

From $37.95

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  • 1 hour 30 minutes (approx.)
  • Mobile ticket
  • Offered in: English

Overview

As night falls on Venice and the crowds disappear, discover the city’s darkest secrets on this devilishly entertaining ghost tour. Wander through narrow passageways and past the blackened, vacant canals to uncover Venice’s haunted history. Listen to your ghost-hunter guide spin tales about the sinister deeds and tragic ends of the figures who once walked the streets—some of whom are believed to still wander as restless spirits.
  • Guided Venice by night ghost walking tour
  • Discover spine-chilling ghost stories and legends about the Venice of old
  • Delve into empty squares, haunted alleys, and other hidden corners
  • Learn all about Biasio, the child-killing medieval butcher of Venice
  • See architectural gems such as the Bovolo Staircase and hear about their mysterious past
  • Enjoy entertaining commentary from a ghostly-minded guide

What's Included

  • Professional English-speaking guide
  • Small Group tour with max 20 people or fewer
  • Gratuities
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • Food and drinks, unless specified

Meeting And Pickup

Meeting point

  • Campo San Bortolomio
    Campo S. Bortolomio, 30124 Venezia VE, Italy

    Campo San Bartolomeo near the statue in the middle of the square. The guide will be holding a sign with the name of the tour and the company name AVVENTURE BELLISSIME written on it. Are you delayed? Call immediately +39-3400502444

End point

  • Splendid Venice - Starhotels Collezione
    Mercerie, 760, 30124 Venezia VE, Italy

    The tour will finish nearby Hotel Splendid area

What To Expect

After night falls on this atmospheric city, meet up with your guide near the famous Rialto Bridge. From there, journey through a labyrinth of narrow streets and deserted squares as your guide recounts tales of Venice’s haunted history. From the sacred to the profane, learn about the noble-blooded ghosts that wander the city’s grand palaces and the medieval child-killer Biasio, who was said to chop up little limbs and add them to his stews.

Stop by the beautiful Bovolo staircase—an architecturally impressive structure that conceals strange secrets in its spiraling stone archways. Learn about ancient cemeteries buried beneath the cobblestone streets and ponder the legends of fearsome sea creatures lurking in Venetian canals.

Step down to a secret passageway where forbidden lovers once met by torchlight (water levels permitting). Finally, let your imagination run wild in the shadowy Calle dei Assassini, once a popular haunt for hardened criminals and murderers and the site of many dark deeds.

Your guide leads you back to the Rialto Bridge area. From there, you are free to continue roaming the shadowy city on your own—if you dare!

Ponte di Rialto

Learn about the many stories and legends that took place in the area of the Rialto bridge

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Scala Contarini del Bovolo

Discover the amazing architecture of Contarini Palace with its spiral staricase known as "Bovolo" (Venetian word that means snails) and elarn about its legend.

10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Additional Info

  • Confirmation will be received at time of booking, unless booked within 2 days of travel. In this case confirmation will be received within 48 hours, subject to availability
  • Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately
  • Minimum numbers apply. There is a possibility of cancellation after confirmation if there is not enough passengers to meet requirements. In the event of this occurring, you will be offered an alternative or full refund. Please make sure to check your email prior departure.
  • During high water, the tour will take place, but it might happen we have to partly adapt the tour to the weather conditions.
  • Not wheelchair accessible
  • Near public transportation
  • Most travelers can participate
  • Please wear comfortable footwear as this tour involves walking.
  • This tour/activity will have a maximum of 20 travelers

Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

  • For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
  • If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
  • Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
  • Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
  • This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.

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Traveler Tips

It was a walking tour so many sure you bring good shoes.
they should definitely use a wireless sound system, like they do at museum tours, not because the tourguide is so quiet, but because of the noise around the area that drowns out the tourguide.
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A great night!
Delaney_C, Mar 2023
This was a great way to get to know the city and really cool to do it after dark. The your had some great ghost stories/legends, and our guide also shared lots of interesting general information about the city. Gave me ideas for other things I want to check out while here!
Disappointing
Susan_M, Oct 2022
Our tour felt very uninspired. Christina was nice but didn’t have many stories and the places we walked during the tour were often not very interesting back alleys. Most of the stories were not connected to the places we walked. I saw much more interesting stories in a book at our apartment and could probably have led a better tour for our group. Hopefully the company will dig a little deeper into Venetian lore and develop a better tour.
Response from Host, Oct 2022
Dear Client, Thank you for sharing your experience with us. We do take into consideration any feedback, positive and/ or not so positive ones, like this one. What I can think of is that probably Cristina that day was not in perfect shape, as all our guides doing this tour follow the same route and are well versed on this tour, that we operate quite a few times a week. The itinerary and the content of the tour has been put together after much research on the sites to cover and the legends anecdocts and ghost stories related to the sites. Kind Regards Monica
need earpiece radios- hard to hear in the crowds
Kate_S, Aug 2022
The guide seemed nice but we couldn’t hear for the first half of the tour. There were 22 people and it was a packed night in the squares of Venice, and a guide without the typical ear radios of every other tour. DEFINITELY need radios so the guide can walk and talk. Too much walking without any explanations from guide, which would have been solved by the earpieces.
1 traveler found this review helpful
Great fun
Karen_M, Aug 2022
Fun few hours exploring Venice and heating about legends and some ghosts. Great way to see Venice in the evening
1 traveler found this review helpful
Fantastic way to see the city.
Lucia_G, Aug 2022
This was an incredible trip in the right amount of time, in the cooler evening with a fair amount of walking. Sergio was an incredible guide who knew the stories behind the city. The information gained and opportunities to hear spooky tales were a great addition to walking around the city earlier in the day and the next day.
Enjoyable Tour, Great Guide
Paul_D, Aug 2022
We had a really enjoyable private tour with our fantastic and very knowledgeable guide, Christina. It was great seeing the narrow Venice alleyways in the evening with very few other people around, and leaning about some of the history of Venice. We didn't encounter any ghosts but two or three of the stops were decidedly spooky and not places that we would have wanted to be on our own having heard Christina's stories!
Poor, disappointed.
ian_b, Jul 2022
Tour was supposed to be ghost walk! Not much ghost walking done here! Could not here the guide most of the time, very amateurish. Would not recommend!
Response from Host, Jul 2022
Dear Client, I'm sorry you did not enjoy the tour and it would be very much appreciated if you could get in touch to advise who the guide was or which day you took the tour . We've been operating this tour for many years and although sometimes expectations are for ghost tours similar to what they are in northern countries, this tour generally meets the appreciation of our clientele as it is a mixuture of Ghost and Legends stories while walking in the back streets of Venice in late afternoon, when crowds have left and athmosphere is more magical. This said it would help to have if possible the extra information asked . Kind Regards, Monica
Go into this tour with realistic expectations.
Benjamin_R, Jul 2022
This was less about ghost and more about deaths in Venice. Our guide told stories and I’m thinking there wasn’t much truth in them. We did see some interesting sites and were given some good recommendations. Additionally, the cost of the tour wasn’t very expensive. Our guide’s English was okay.
1 traveler found this review helpful
Great local guide
Nick_F, Jul 2022
Cristina was very knowledgable about the city as she was a born and raised Venetian. As many streets as we walked through in a previous few days, we found new locations to experience on this trip. Definitely want to come back for new trips to the spooky islands
Great ghost tour
Laura_H, Jun 2022
Great tour, the tour guide was lovely and made it a very enjoyable experience. Visited parts of the city that you wouldn't normally find on your own. Liked the fact that it was not a large group so you were easily able to hear the guide speak and enjoy the experience.
Great tour for a first night in Venus. You may want to check under your bed though.
Jeff_M, Jun 2022
Fantastic tour with Great knowledgeable guide,Christina. Learnt a lot about the history of Venice. Didn't find any ghosts but a rather noisy sea Gull did cause a bit of a panic. Be prepared for an hour and a half walk through dark narrow alleyways but all fun.
Excellent tour and guide
Sharon_M, Jun 2022
A really interesting tour! Taken off the beaten track and told historical ghost legends of Venice. The tour wasn’t “scary” however I’d like to note that there was a boy around 8 years old who felt a little uncomfortable and scared. Obviously a case of knowing your children before bringing along. Our guide Cristina was excellent! She was very friendly and told the stories in an engaging way. Would thoroughly recommend!
Ghost & Great stories
Jennifer_P, Jun 2022
Wonderful opportunity to hear fun history. Great smile, organized, friendly and included many different people in the group. The earphones worked well except down long hallways. More than 20 ft /corners, they cut off in tall building areas. But you wouldn’t miss much. If it’s fast walking, no worries. They do stop close. Yes, I was one of the slow walkers😉 It was fabulous how she answered questions a young kid asked (not many, don’t worry) even about the water wells. (Didn’t hear that from anyone b4). Fabulous opportunity, highly recommended!
The stories of Venice...
Annie_C, Jun 2022
The stories of Venice history and how adults enjoyed going out incognito/promiscuous behaviors. Our guide was fun, upbeat, and was able to keep the attention of all ages.
A little disappointing, to be honest.
vicki_d, May 2022
Our guide enjoyed her work but the tour was basically a walk around quieter areas of Venice and a few ghost stories. Not something I could recommend really.
Very poor
Ernest_T, May 2022
Finally called a few minutes after scheduled time to find out tour company had no record of our booking, they stated Viator never sent it to them. Not the first time we’ve had problems with Viator. I would advise not using them.
Response from Host, May 2022
Dear Client, I'm very sorry for what happened with your booking. It's of those things that at times do happen as even technology is not perfect - Anyhow a good practive would always be reconfirm with the local operator by email or phone a few days prior to the tour date to reconfirm details. Yours sincerely, Monica
I recommend!
Hailee_A, May 2022
This tour was so much fun! It was a mix of legend and history, not too much Ghost. But that didn't matter. We had a great time. Our guide was wonderful. We were able to see so many areas of Venice we never would have seen without this tour.
More history
Leah_M, May 2022
Your guide was nice and funny, however not really a ghost tour more so history, still interesting....
Response from Host, May 2022
Dear Client, Thank you for your tour. I'm glad you've found it interesting; perhaps if compared to ghost tours in northern countries, our mediterranean ghost tours have a different and softer taste. Kind Regards, Monica
Venice Ghost Tour
Yvonne_G, May 2022
We have taken over ten tours through Viator this vacation. This is the only one you could not hear the tour operator. Raining and he did not slow the pace. Missed half of what was being said. Could have used ear pieces or a microphone. Had both on various tours.
Response from Host, May 2022
Dear Client, I'm sorry the tour did not meet your expectations. I understand the night was not cooperative with the weather and generally on night tours, being the groups small and the streets of venice being quieter we don't use earphones ( we've been operating this tour for many years) , but I will take your advice at least when bad weather is forecasted in advance. Kind Regards, Monica
Our tour guide was funny...
Laura_N, Apr 2022
Our tour guide was funny and informative. would recommend if you like dark history. would do this again
Response from Host, Apr 2022
Dera Client, Thanks for taking the time and post a review about our Venice ghost tour. Happy you've enjoyed it! Kind Regards, Monica
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