VENICE
The best of Venice, in order.
The 15 most popular ghost & mystery tours in Venice. The ones worth your hours in a city you cross on foot and by water, with prices, run times and who to book each with.
A 2-hour small-group walk through quiet Venice: Cannaregio footbridges, the Jewish Ghetto, and Rialto’s legends, led in English.
“Fantastic tour with a very knowledgeable guide. Showed us wonderful parts of Venice that we would not find without this tour.”
Step into Venice’s Lords of the Night prison cells, torture rooms, and a rare 1500s passage near San Marco. Short guided visit.
“The tour guide was friendly fun and very informative, we learned so much about the prison in Venice and the awful torture they used. The tour guide was so knowledgeable”
Venice ghost stories by night near Rialto Bridge, visiting the Bovolo staircase, eerie alleys, and legends like Biasio. 90 minutes.
“There were some interesting things to see but it was hard to understand some of the stories. It was a bit rushed, the crowds don’t help, but away from the crowds it was better.”
A 90-minute Venice night walk linking San Marco Square and Rialto with spooky legends, guided storytelling, and family-friendly fun.
“Our guide Claudia was very friendly and interesting. She shared a lot of information and legends about Venice. The tour started a half hour late because her supervisor sent her to pick up an influencer and take them to their hotel.”
Join a 1.5-hour Venice ghost and murder walking tour with a top local guide, dim alleys, true-crime legends, and fewer crowds.
“Annalisa was an amazing guide and captivating storyteller. The tour had the perfect amount of spookiness mixed with learning about Venice from someone who calls the city home. It really added life to the city and made us see it in a new light that we otherwise would not have been able to. It was…”
2-hour guided Venice walk to hidden piazzas, the Fenice and Contarini del Bovolo, then a shared gondola ride from San Marco.
“You get to walk around Venice with a tour and learn about their history with a gondola ride at the end. Very much worth the price and the time.”
A private 2-hour Rialto and San Polo walk with Rialto Market tasting, cicchetti and wine, plus grand canal views and key historic stops.
“Good tour with enthusiastic and informative guide. Cicchetti and wine at the conclusion was delightful. Recommended”
Night-walk Venice’s ghost legends in Castello and Cannaregio. A 1.5-hour guided tour with canals, eerie squares, and true-to-place tales.
“Graziella was a fantastic guide. One of the best tours we did in Venice.”
Venice crime and mystery stories on a 90-minute sunset walk through San Polo’s alleys and waterways, led by an English guide for $33.
“Marina was our guide and she was great,fun knowledgeable and took us to see places we would not have seen if we went on our own! the stories of the crimes and murders of Venice were extremely interesting!! She was very informative about the history of Venice and even got us to play a little…”
Small-group tour of Doge’s Prison in Venice: 1500s cells, Council of Ten justice, and punishment tools in a 45-minute visit.
“Interesting excursion, but no need to pay extra for the guided tour. You can just go to the front door and pay the basic entrance fee to get just as much out of it without the guide.”
A spooky 90-minute Venice walk through Rialto, the Bovolo staircase, and secret passageways, with six ghost stories and local legends.
“Christina was great and extremely knowledgeable. Absolutely loved the tour and the experience.”
Cichetti and wine in small-group Venice: two bacari, quiet backstreets, and a 4 pm walk starting at Enoteca Al Volto.
“We had been in Venice for a few days before taking this tour so we had already had a chance to enjoy the "tapas" at various places. (You don't call it tapas in Venice.) The tour guide was nice and he offered interesting stories on Venice. He Read more”
Venice Ghost & Legends night walk through Cannaregio and Castello with a live guide, headsets, and murder-mystery stories.
“Was a bit boring. For a Halloween night ghost tour there wasn’t much talked about or stories told that were particularly ghostly or spooky. It was more general history, and only a few bits of history. The guide’s story telling ability was quite lacking, possibly due to English not being their first language.”
A 90-minute Venice night walk mixing legends and macabre tales around St. Mark’s and Rialto, with stops off the main crowds.
“Good value...other reviews here seemed disappointed that there were no ghosts, but the stories and legends involve apparitions and visions...I think they were well spooky and just fine. Our guide communicated in English well and was very enthusiastic ...nobody in my group was disappointed”
Small English private walk through Rialto: red-light stories, altana views, Carnival masks, and Titian/Tintoretto art in place.
“Francisco was very nice had amazing knowledge of Venice history. We were so lucky to have him to ourselves.”
The basilica, the islands, the canals and the table, and every way to see them.
