Venice

Venice Legends, Anecdotes and Ghost stories tour

Venice, Italy

From $38.22

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up to 24 hours before the experience starts (local time)

1 hour 30 minutes
Mobile ticket
Offered in: English

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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

Start time

07:00 PM

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

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Scala Contarini del Bovolo

10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Riva del Carbon

20 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Rio Tera' dei Assassini (Pass By)

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
Not wheelchair accessible
Near public transportation
Most travelers can participate
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.
Please wear comfortable footwear as this tour involves walking.
On certain dates, most travelers staying outside of Venice who are planning to visit for the day will be required to pay a €5 access fee. For further details (including exemptions) and to learn what days this fee is applicable, please visit: https://cda.ve.it
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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Could have been better developed and scarier

Jami_B, Oct 2023

Our tour guide Christina was enthusiastic. The tour felt a little disorganized (some of which was unavoidable as the high tides meant flooding in areas of the city which we had to work around) but we felt like the stories didn’t match many of the areas we walked on the tour and some were not detailed or even scary. It was an ok experience.

Terrible

Karen_P, Sep 2023

It was very boring and the guide was inept. We left after the first hour. She rambled on. It was mostly stories. I went on a ghost tourin Venice many years ago and it was fantastic. This was not

Response from Host, Sep 2023

Dear Client, Thank you for your feedback. I'm very sorry last night one of our guides for this tour got sick and we relyed on a guide that does also other similar tours for various operators. I'm very surprised by your comment and we will look into as our top priority is to deliver quality experiences for our clients. Kind Regards Monica

Not so scary ghost tour

Joe_M, Sep 2023

Tour guide was funny and eccentric and tried her best to get the group involved. Some of the stories were good, but the tour guide wasn’t a natural born story teller, so it was hard to understand the point or the climax of some of the stories. Plus, for a city that has such an eerie atmosphere, especially at night, there aren’t actually that many creepy ghost stories or legends. The tour felt padded out with generic history as opposed to the macabre.

Response from Host, Sep 2023

Dear Client, Thank you for sharing your feedback on the tour. The tour is a mixture of legends, anectoctes and ghost stories- I understand though your point about the guide lack of climax. I will check with our guides that did the tour most near to the date you published your review as all our guides are trained for this tour and therefore should always perform accordingly. Kind Regards Monica

Not bad but not great

Brandon_B, Aug 2023

It was a nice to see some of the hidden streets and alleyways of Venice at night. Tour guide was hard to hear most of the time due to the business of the city. Tour was a bit chaotic getting going due to people being late and group not staying together.

Response from Host, Aug 2023

Dear Client, Thank you for your feedback and glad you've enjoyed visiting some hidden areas of city seldom visited by tourists. I understand the issues you are arising were mostly due to some clients not being disciplined on the tour and follow the group . Kind Regards Monica

5 out of 6 people of our...

Enrico_C, Aug 2023

5 out of 6 people of our group found the tour very poor, not a ghost tour and not an hostorical tour. I appreciate the guide effort but the result was not good

Response from Host, Aug 2023

Dear Client, Thank you for your feedback and for sharing your point of view. This is a tour focusing on Legends , anecdoted and ghost stories while walking through some corners of the city that hardly visitors would see, It is not a ghost tour the way you may find in northern countries and in fact in the title we specify all ingredients of the tour, so to give a pretty clear understanding of what to expect. Kindest Regards Monica

Fun hour and a half walking tour of Venice!

Jenifer_F, Jul 2023

We loved our time with our very entertaining and knowledgeable guide. The stories about the history of some of the buildings and squares were fun to learn.

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.

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

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.

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.

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