Haunted Places in Naples (31)

Explore 31 haunted places in Naples. Read the stories and find your next ghost trip.

• 🏚️ Cave of the Cumaean Sibyl Naples A hundred metres of tuff corridor end in the Sibyl's chamber. Apollo gave her endless life; she forgot to ask for youth.
• 🌲 Atrio del Cavallo, Vesuvius Naples A wicked monk adjured the volcano. Out of the crater came a horse with flames for eyes and snakes for a mane, and it ran him down.
• ⛪ Sansevero Chapel Naples Two skeletons stand with their entire circulatory system intact. Naples says the prince injected metal into two living servants.
• 🏰 Castel Capuano Naples Every 19 April Giuditta Guastamacchia is said to walk the courthouse — the woman whose head was displayed on an iron grating. 🛏 Book a night here
• 🏰 Castel Nuovo (Maschio Angioino) Naples Prisoners vanished without trace from the castle pit. Naples blames the crocodile Queen Giovanna is said to have kept down there. 🛏 Book a night here
• 🏰 Aragonese Castle, Ischia Naples In the Poor Clares' cemetery stand stone seats with holes beneath. The sisters kept vigil by their dead until only bone was left. 🛏 Book a night here
• ⚰️ Catacombs of San Gaudioso Naples The skulls are set into the wall, and beneath each one the body is painted in its working clothes — the artist asked to be buried here himself.
• ⚰️ Cemetery of the 366 Pits Naples One grave for every day of the year, 366 numbered stones. Above number 313 an aunt and her niece hold each other in the dark.
• ⚰️ Fontanelle Cemetery Naples Here you adopt a skull, wipe it clean and give it a name. The Captain's skull once answered a disrespectful visitor out loud.
• 🌲 Gaiola Island Naples The island is called jellata, the jinxed one. Legend says a disciple of Virgil the magician cursed the rock for good.
• 🌲 Lake Avernus Naples The Greeks called it the birdless lake. The fumes killed whatever flew over — and here the Sibyl led Aeneas down to the dead.
• 👻 Palace of the Hanged Man, Porta Nolana Naples A headless soldier walks up and down the stairwell. Sometimes the head rolls ahead of him, sometimes it dangles in a window.
• 👻 Palazzo Spinelli di Laurino Naples Bianca was walled up alive. Now she appears three days ahead — in white if the house will have joy, in black if someone will die. 🛏 Book a night here
• ⚔️ Piazza del Mercato Naples As Conradin's head fell an eagle dropped out of the air, dipped a wing in the blood and flew north — a promise of vengeance.
• 🌲 Solfatara of Pozzuoli Naples The Romans called the crater Forum Vulcani. The Middle Ages said the Titans lay chained below — the fumaroles are their breath.
• 🏚️ Flavian Amphitheatre, Pozzuoli Naples The beasts refused to tear Gennaro apart. Legend says they lay down at his feet, and the sentence had to be rewritten.
• ⛪ Basilica of Santa Maria del Carmine Maggiore Naples The crucifix ducked its head as the cannonball came. The ball is still in the crypt, and Christ has never straightened his neck.
• 👻 Casertavecchia Castle Naples Countess Siffridina died a prisoner far from home. Her voice is heard in the keep — she never wanted to leave the village.
• 🗡️ Castel Sant'Elmo and the Pedamentina Naples A high-spirited figure in white startles people on the 414-step stair. Behind the rusted grate below, moaning rises from the pit. 🛏 Book a night here
• 🚇 Crypta Neapolitana and the Tomb of Virgil Naples Virgil dug the tunnel in a single night by magic, Naples says. His ashes are meant to lie in the tomb above the mouth.
• ⛪ Church of the Wooden Nun, Incurabili Complex Naples A nun tried to flee the enclosure and stiffened into wood mid-step on the threshold. The church still carries her name today.
• 🚇 Underground Naples Naples Forty metres below Via dei Tribunali the munaciello's realm begins — the little monk who climbs up the well into your kitchen.
• 👻 Palazzo Penne Naples Beelzebub built the house in a single night. Antonio Penne still kept his soul — the devil miscounted by five grains of wheat. 🛏 Book a night here
• ⛪ Santa Maria delle Anime del Purgatorio ad Arco Naples A crowned skull in a bridal veil receives prayers from women who want to marry. Everyone in the quarter calls her Lucia.
• 👻 Capodimonte Palace and Wood Naples Queen Maria Carolina is said to hold her balls still in the empty state rooms — light, music and dancing, silent only at dawn. 🛏 Book a night here
• 🏰 Royal Palace of Caserta Naples Vanvitelli died before the palace was finished. Guards say the architect still makes his rounds across the cold marble. 🛏 Book a night here
• ⛪ Santa Luciella ai Librai Naples The skull down in the crypt has ears. That is why Neapolitans whisper their prayers here — it hears, and passes them on.
• ⛪ Santa Maria del Parto a Mergellina Naples The devil in the altarpiece has the face of a beautiful woman. Naples knows who she was — and what love potion she had brewed.
• 🏚️ Pompeii Archaeological Park Naples Tourists post stolen stones back with letters of apology. Naples calls it the curse of Pompeii — and the boxes keep arriving.
• 🚇 Spanish Quarters Naples Always leave a chair empty at the table for 'a Bella 'Mbriana. If the gecko sits still on the wall, she has just looked in.
• ⛪ Sanctuary of the Blessed Virgin of the Rosary, Pompei Naples The valley was called cursed and lawless. There Bartolo Longo heard a voice — he had once been ordained in a black mass.

FAQ

How many haunted places are there in Naples?

Haunted Places lists 31 haunted locations in Naples, each with its story and GPS coordinates.

What are the most haunted places in Naples?

Among the most notable in Naples: Cave of the Cumaean Sibyl, Atrio del Cavallo, Vesuvius and Sansevero Chapel.

Can you stay overnight at haunted places in Naples?

Yes — 8 of the haunted places in Naples are hotels or inns you can book for an overnight stay. The rest are public sites you can visit.

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