You don’t have to wait until Halloween to discover some of the most eerie and haunted sites in Italy, you’re free to visit all year around.
Check out our Legends of Tuscany article collection to get you in the mood, many of which involve terrifying tales of ghosts and bloody murders!
Choose from a range of lovely holiday rentals in Veneto where you can relax after your days of touring the local attractions.
Check out our Legends of Tuscany article collection to get you in the mood, many of which involve terrifying tales of ghosts and bloody murders!
Choose from a range of lovely holiday rentals in Veneto where you can relax after your days of touring the local attractions.
One of the scariest places in Italy has to be Poveglia Island, part off the 118 island lagoon upon which Venice city is built. It was used as a mass quarantine and burial site during the plague before a mental hospital was built there in 1922.
Gruesome stories of doctors performing horrific experiments on the patients all contributed to the belief that Poveglia was an evil haunted place!
Tourists cannot visit the island but there are boat tours available that sail by it that can describe more of the scary happenings that supposedly occurred here.
Gruesome stories of doctors performing horrific experiments on the patients all contributed to the belief that Poveglia was an evil haunted place!
Tourists cannot visit the island but there are boat tours available that sail by it that can describe more of the scary happenings that supposedly occurred here.
If you’re passing through Umbria on your vacation then be sure to stop off at the creepy Mummy Museum located below the church of Santo Stefano in Ferentillo. The mummies on display here were accidentally preserved as a rare micro fungus attacked the corpses and actually mummified them!
Some of the mummies are over 500 years old and even have their original hair, teeth and clothes!
Visit the thrilling Monster Park in Bomarzo, Latium for a fun day out with all the family.
It might not be as scary as it sounds but it is a fascinating place to visit, inspired the dark medieval world of the16th century.
Walk through a park filled with sculptures of mythical creatures and learn of their legendary tales.Read more about some exciting spooky sites in Italy in our accompanying article!
Some of the mummies are over 500 years old and even have their original hair, teeth and clothes!
Visit the thrilling Monster Park in Bomarzo, Latium for a fun day out with all the family.
It might not be as scary as it sounds but it is a fascinating place to visit, inspired the dark medieval world of the16th century.
Walk through a park filled with sculptures of mythical creatures and learn of their legendary tales.Read more about some exciting spooky sites in Italy in our accompanying article!
Photo credits
picture 1: Chris_73 / CC BY-SA 3.0;
picture 3: Alejo2083 / CC BY-SA 3.0
picture 1: Chris_73 / CC BY-SA 3.0;
picture 3: Alejo2083 / CC BY-SA 3.0