Haunted Places in Venice (30)

Explore 30 haunted places in Venice. Read the stories and find your next ghost trip.

• 👻 Ca' Mocenigo Vecchia Venice Giovanni Mocenigo invited Giordano Bruno here, then denounced him. The philosopher's figure is said to appear at a window, his face burnt. 🛏 Book a night here
• 🚇 Campiello del Remer Venice Fosco Loredan beheaded his wife Elena before the doge's own eyes. On full-moon nights with a north wind he is said to rise holding her head.
• 🏗️ Lazzaretto Nuovo Venice On the quarantine island a woman was excavated in 2006 with a brick wedged into her mouth — folk belief's cure for a so-called shroud-eater.
• 👻 Doge's Palace (Scala dei Giganti) Venice Doge Marin Falier was beheaded on the stair where doges were crowned. His portrait is painted over with a black veil — and he is said to walk headless. 🛏 Book a night here
• 🌉 The Devil's Bridge (Torcello) Venice The witch Ester promised the devil seven children's souls. The debt was never paid — and every Christmas Eve a black cat waits on the bridge.
• 🚇 Riva de Biasio Venice Biasio the sausage-maker served the city's finest stew — until a diner found a small finger bone in his bowl. The quay still bears his name.
• 👻 Ca' Soranzo (House of the Angel) Venice The lawyer's tame monkey ran the household — until a Capuchin friar saw what it really was. An angel still guards the hole in the facade. 🛏 Book a night here
• 👻 Tintoretto's House (Casa del Tintoretto) Venice A witch coaxed Marietta into hiding stolen hosts under the water trough. The animals knelt — and Tintoretto beat her until she turned into a cat.
• ⚰️ San Michele Cemetery Venice Sister Vittoria told her fellow nuns her body would not be there when the grave was opened. The cypresses are said to whisper at night.
• ⚔️ The Columns of San Marco and San Todaro Venice Executions took place between the two columns by the water. No Venetian walks between them — and a third column still lies in the lagoon.
• 👻 Corte Bressana Venice The bell-ringer of St Mark's sold his skeleton to a professor and drank the money. Now he is said to beg for the coins to buy himself back.
• 🚇 Corte Seconda del Milion Venice Marco Polo's Chinese wife Hao Dong was told he was dead. Her singing is still said to drift out of the courtyard beside his old house.
• 👻 Sotoportego de la Corte Nova Venice Giovanna painted the Madonna on the wall and the plague stopped in the archway. Venetians still step around the stone it turned red.
• 🚇 Il Gobbo di Rialto Venice The stooping stone man carries the steps where the laws were read out. Condemned thieves ran here naked through the whips — and kissed his back.
• 🌉 Rialto Bridge (Ponte di Rialto) Venice The bridge demanded a soul. The builder tried to cheat the devil with a rooster — and paid with his pregnant wife and their unborn child.
• 👻 Rio terà dei Assassini Venice The baker's boy Piero Fasiol was executed for a murder he did not commit. His name was called out before every death sentence in Venice after that.
• ⛪ San Nicolò al Lido Venice A pitch-black galley full of screaming demons was steering straight for the city. An old fisherman rowed three strangers at it.
• 🏛️ Scuola Grande di San Marco Venice The stonecutter Cesco Pizzigani scratched ships into his own facade while begging. Beside them a youth in a turban holds a heart in his hand.
• 🚇 Campo dei Mori Venice Three merchant brothers swore they would turn to stone if their goods were poor. Sior Antonio Rioba still stands on the corner — with an iron nose.
• 👻 Palazzo Contarini Fasan Venice Venetians call it Desdemona's house. Behind the legend stands a dark-skinned commander whose jealousy drove his wife back to her family. 🛏 Book a night here
• 🚇 Giardini della Biennale (statue of Giuseppe Zolli) Venice For years a red shadow in the gardens knocked people to the ground. It stopped only when Zolli's statue was raised behind Garibaldi.
• ⛪ Church of the Madonna dell'Orto Venice The rejected Madonna was left standing among the cabbages — and began to glow at night. The church took its name from that kitchen garden.
• 👻 Palazzo Grassi Venice A voice in the inner courtyard whispers its own name. During renovations a night watchman is said to have been stopped by it at the edge of an open shaft. 🛏 Book a night here
• 🌉 Ponte de la Dona Onesta Venice The only honest woman's head in the city is made of stone, the mocker said. The saying goes: the day an honest woman crosses, the bridge falls.
• 🗼 Torre dell'Orologio Venice Legend says the republic had the eyes of the Rainieri clockmakers put out, so that no other city would ever get a clock quite like it.
• 👻 Attila's Throne (Torcello) Venice The Hun king's stone seat stands empty before the basilica. A woman who sits in it is said to bear a child — or to return to the lagoon.
• 🚇 Burano Venice The queen of the sirens struck the boat with her tail and the foam set into a bridal veil. The island's women have been copying it ever since.
• 🌉 Ponte de le Maravegie Venice Six sisters were beautiful, the seventh was not. It was Maria's prayer before the crucifix that gave the oarsman his strength back.
• ⛪ San Francesco del Deserto Venice The birds fell silent on the spot when Francis asked them to. The staff he pushed into the soil became a pine that stood until 1701.
• 👻 Sotoportego dei Preti Venice The fisherman Orio pulled the mermaid Melusina from his net. The red brick heart in the passage is said to protect those who touch it together.

FAQ

How many haunted places are there in Venice?

Haunted Places lists 30 haunted locations in Venice, each with its story and GPS coordinates.

What are the most haunted places in Venice?

Among the most notable in Venice: Ca' Mocenigo Vecchia, Campiello del Remer and Lazzaretto Nuovo.

Can you stay overnight at haunted places in Venice?

Yes — 5 of the haunted places in Venice are hotels or inns you can book for an overnight stay. The rest are public sites you can visit.

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