What to do and see in Dalmatia, Croatia: The Best Ghost & Vampire Tours

Haunted Dubrovnik decided to offer another treat for our guests who crave to hear many dark stories of the old town. This walking tour takes you through the dark history of this city, so you can expect to hear many stories about the nightlife in old times, its dance macabre, ghostly apparitions, forbidden love affairs, old beliefs in supernatural, cats and evil spirits, prison escapes and tortures and many other stories and tales that will intrigue your imagination. ​ Learn about the infectious pestilence that visited Dubrovnik often in old times, hear the story of Dubrovnik's Romeo and Juliet, discover who were Dubrovnik's negromants, learn about noble families and some of their tragic destinies and explore old Pustijerna district which translates as the empty land. Let's explore the narrow, dark, back streets lit by evening lanterns. Hopefully, you will be enchanted by the magic and glamour that Dubrovnik radiates in the night.

Inclusions: Professional, licensed guide

Exclusions: Transportation to/from attractions, Food and drink, Gratuities

Why take the mainstream and dull history tours when you can take the "Dark Tour of Split" where you will learn the basic history facts regarding our city and hear all about the "dark" part of it, too. You will love this tour. That is, if you love tales of murders, witches, whores, drug dealers, heretics, inquisition, tragic love stories, and much, much more. Split is 1700 years old, so it can tell many interesting stories from its history, and a bunch of them can be classified as "dark". Tour starts at the Eastern entrance to our old palace and then we head to the smaller and less used streets of the palace where we can bring to life the centuries and centuries of our dark history more easily, the macabre underbelly of Split that is the backbone of this tour. We will even visit some hidden gems in the old part of the city, which locals like to keep to themselves. At the end of the tour, we head towards the promenade near the sea, where we will enjoy a cold Croatian craft beer.

Inclusions: Croatian craft beer, Croatian water., Soda drink from Split, You have to choose in advance which one of these drinks on offer would you like.

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Meet the dark side of Dubrovnik city on this 90-minutes long walking tour that starts in the twilight time near the main local graveyard. Follow your guide through the suburb of the Old city, while listening grim and sad tales, macabre legends and intriguing stories behind a number of historical places. Immerse yourself in the afterglow views from the magnificent Boninovo cliff and the eerie atmosphere of the charming Gradac park before ending the walk in front of the Old City.

Inclusions: Local guide, Professional guide

Exclusions: Transportation to/from attractions, Food and drinks, Gratuities

You will meet Venetian officer and Widow, and we will enter to dark streets of late Medieval Sibenik, where you will meet the Pope who gave status of city but became part of 8 circle of Hell at Divine Comedy Dante, Medieval cemetery, orphans with special sign by heated metal, Noble Family who never found 1730 kg of Gold which belongs to them, pandemic transmitted by lice and fleas, Flagellants, holy inquisition process at Sibenik with miracle at the end, superstitions, the local vampire who brought the plague in the city, funeral with professional mourning ladies, hellish forest, wills at plague time, notary who worked on distance, plague cross on house, Medieval woman rights, brothels (not first-hand experience!), Memento Mori et vinces, Medieval WC and unhygienic condition, form of punishments and column of shame, pyromaniacs on stake, decapitation of 4 rebels, child birth for commoner and noble woman, doctors and illness treatments, Doctor Plague, slavery and quite a lot more.

Inclusions: The Performance of two Licenced Costumed Guides, Bottled water

Exclusions: Gratuities

Welcome to Mysterious Sibenik! A few things you will discover along the way including connection between Hell and Sibenik, “walks” on graves, Orphanage, Ghost of the wealthiest Noble, Venetian commander in Dalmatia who proposed the oldest biological weapon in the World, hospice which became the most wealthy property owner, Knights Templar who wasn’t welcome but who helped to defend city from Mongol Tatars, "wise woman", opening of one grave which changed the history of Sibenik, ossuary, social distance at The Medieval time, Lady who changed three religions, “Life of sin and necessary evil”, spiritual cleanliness against body cleanliness, professional pigs who ate street waste, cursing and punishment, the most embarrassing way of execution, conflict between commoners and nobles, sponge soaked in vinegar and “bad air”, “ the story why you shouldn't chain the slave next to your bed”, the word which entered your language but means “I am your slave”, child trafficking, and a lot more.

Inclusions: Bottled water

Exclusions: Gratuities