Dark Side of Rome tour with Underground Bones Crypt
- Duration: 2 Hours
- Location: Rome
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SMALL GROUP OF NO MORE THAN 12 PEOPLE
(this way we can keep the experience personal)
Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start time
WHY THIS EXPERIENCE
- Get exclusive access to the underground crypt of a church dedicated to death – the nuns will open the door just for us!
- Learn about the places where capital executions were held for those sentenced for heresies and murderers
- Discover the most popular locations where ghosts hang out in Rome to make their presence heard!
- Not just fantasy ghost stories, but also real facts and dark history of people that really existed
WHAT WE’LL DO
We’ll walk together in the evening through the little alleys of the center of Rome, until we get in front of a special church. Everything looks ordinary at first sight, but if you pay close attention you’ll start noticing the details: the skulls, the hourglass with wings.. What is that??
And what happens if we knock on the closed doors of this church? At first nothing, but then we start hearing the sound of the bolt lock. The door opens and we see who’s inside.. A nun! She says the church is closed, but she can take us downstairs to visit a hidden Rome’s underground crypt, if we want. “Don’t be scared when you see the crypt”, she says.
We follow her down the stairs and we discover one of the most incredible jobs a confraternity had to deal with, centuries ago.. Collecting the dead bodies found in the streets of Rome and giving them an honorable burial.
We’ll discover that death was actually a way to celebrate life. And that is why some of the human bones here were used to make chandeliers..
But this is not all. We’ll then continue walking through the narrow streets of the center of Rome, where you’ll hear the most incredible ghost stories. But this won’t be just fantasy ghost stories, but also real people that actually existed and their history!
Have you ever heard of what happened to the innkeeper that talked too much? Or to the girl with the most beautiful hands in Rome? And what about Donna Olimpia – the lady Pope?
We’ll learn all their stories, while we’ll also walk though the very places where the capital executions took place in Rome through the centuries.
Ghosts and skeletons can be scary.. If you don’t know them! But after you’ll get to meet them during this experience, you’ll be able to confidently walk the streets of Rome without fear!
SIGHTS INCLUDED
- Piazza Trilussa
- Ponte Sisto and the ghost of Donna Olimpia
- Via Giulia
- The Underground Crypt of Church of Santa Maria dell’Orazione e Morte (behind closed doors!)
- Piazza Farnese
- Campo de’ Fiori and Giordano Bruno
- Piazza Navona and the story of the innkeeper that talked too much
- Largo Febo and the ghost of the most beautiful hands in Rome
PRIVATE option
€319 for the first 2 people – €39 per additional person
Free cancellation up to 1 week before the start time
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SEMI-PRIVATE option
€59 per person
Small group of max 12 people
Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start time
