Madrid Spanish Inquisition, Ghosts & Legends Tour
About this activity
Guide: English, Italian, Spanish
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Experience Highlights
Delve into the city’s dark history on this tour exploring the Spanish Inquisition, ghosts and legends of Madrid. Not only will you discover the city’s most iconic sites, but you’ll also uncover the terrifying historical events and spine-chilling legends they conceal.
An expert local guide and professional storyteller will lead you on this tour, which lasts approximately 2 hours . What’s more, they’ll be dressed in period costume and will use all their storytelling skills to immerse you in these spine-chilling tales.
- Discover Madrid’s most intimate, horrific and little-known history
- Experience a spine-chilling adventure led by an expert local guide in full costume
- Delve into the city’s darkest corners and discover the legends behind its most iconic monuments
What’s included
- A tour of the Spanish Inquisition, ghosts and legends of Madrid, lasting approximately 2 hours
- Expert local guide, professional storyteller in period costume
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Step by Step
You won’t truly get to know the city of Madrid until you’ve taken the tour on the Spanish Inquisition, ghosts and legends. On this tour, lasting approximately 2 hours, an expert local guide will dress in period costume to immerse you in the deepest recesses of the most spine-chilling stories ever told about Madrid.
You’ll visit the main tourist attractions in the city centre, but from a much more original perspective. At each stop, the expert local guide will recount the most terrifying historical events and the legends about the ghosts that haunt the monuments.
You’ll pass by churches, monasteries and all the places where the Inquisition’s prisons and gallows once stood. You’ll discover the darkest history of Madrid’s old town:
You’ll learn more about the Spanish Inquisition in the Plaza Mayor, take a dark journey into the city’s past in the Plaza de la Villa, experience what it was like at the Inquisition trials in the Plaza de la Cruz Verde, and discover the stories of the ghosts of the Royal Palace.
Reviews
- RR.Doing the walking tour made it possible for us to know in much more detail every corner where these exciting stories had happened. I highly recommend it.
- RR.The guide was dressed as a character and gave a magical touch to the whole tour. Spain has a very interesting history behind it that we should all know about.
- YY.The time given was perfect to soak in all the stories there were to learn. They exceeded my expectations in every way.
- MM.A must do tour in Madrid if you want to spend a different, fun and exciting time. We were a group of 7, 12, 24 and 42 years old and we all loved it.
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Other Things You Should Know
- There will be a maximum of around 25 travellers on this activity
- In the event of cancellation due to the minimum number of participants required for the activity not being reached, a change of date or a full refund of the amount paid will be offered
- Current regulations regarding preventive measures against COVID-19 shall apply
- Not wheelchair accessible














