Rome Ghost Walking Tour with Ghost Hunter Kit

Follow a local guide through Rome’s medieval backstreets on a shared nighttime walk filled with ghost stories. Use an interactive “Ghost Hunter Kit” and watch video recreations that bring the city’s dark past into focus. Finish with a “Certificate of Survival” to mark your journey through its haunted legends.

Itinerary

1. Meet at 20:30 in Campo de' Fiori, beneath the statue of Giordano Bruno. Look for your guide holding a yellow Carpe Diem Tours flag or sign.
2. Begin with a 10-minute guided tour of Campo de' Fiori, once a site of public executions and now filled with bars and restaurants.
3. Discover Piazza Farnese on a 10-minute guided stop, hearing legends of secret passages, parties, and scandals involving two popes.
4. Explore Via del Mascherone for 10 minutes and learn about Rome's Madonnelle, or “little Madonnas,” and their connection to crime and protection.
5. Uncover the history of Ponte Sisto during a 10-minute guided stop, with stories of tragic accidents, power struggles, theft, and mysterious deaths.
6. Discover Fontana del Mascherone on a 10-minute guided stop and hear about the unusual warning associated with this historic fountain.
7. Visit the 17th-century Church of Santa Maria dell'Orazione e Morte for 10 minutes and hear the stories behind its macabre decorations and connection to death.
8. Explore Via di Monserrato during a 10-minute guided stop. Discover its history as the site of a notorious prison and hear about a building associated with hauntings.
9. Hear the scandalous tale and unusual legend behind Santa Maria in Monserrato degli Spagnoli during a 10-minute guided stop.
10. Explore Via Giulia for 10 minutes and hear the disturbing story of how cosmetics once became deadly.
11. Discover the former home of Rome's executioner Mastro Titta on Via dell'Arco dei Banchi during a 10-minute guided stop, with stories from his grim past.
12. Reach Castel Sant'Angelo for a final 10-minute guided stop. Hear the dark history of its bridge, executed prisoners, and the Cenci family.
13. Finish at 22:30 at Sant'Angelo Bridge, beside Castel Sant'Angelo, after your 2-hour walk.

What's Included

• English-speaking guide

Important details

• Children ages 0–4 join free
• Children ages 5–17 require an accompanying paying adult
• This tour is not wheelchair-accessible
• Arrive 10 minutes before departure. Late arrivals and no-shows are not refunded