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Top 8 Spooky Tours in Europe: TripAdvisor's Expert-Recommended Picks

If you're a thrill-seeker who loves exploring hidden histories with a chill down your spine, these TripAdvisor-recommended tours are perfect. Ideal for Halloween or year-round adventures, they offer guided glimpses into Europe's eerie side. We've curated the top 8.

In France

Paris – Père Lachaise Cemetery Walking Tour by City Wonders, from €21.

This 2-hour guided walk through Paris's iconic cemetery uncovers fascinating stories and anecdotes. Hunt for the graves of legends like Jim Morrison and Chopin.

Paris – Skip-the-Line Catacombs Tour, from €80.

Dive into Paris's underworld on this essential 2-hour guided visit. Explore the ancient ossuary holding remains of over six million people and learn its gripping history.

Paris – Night Walk: Ghosts, Legends & Mysteries by City Wonders, from €23.

Stroll Paris's shadowy corners on this guided evening tour, hearing chilling ghost stories and obscure legends that will both educate and thrill.

Paris – Nights of Terror: Dracula & Ghosts Circuit by LetzGo City Tours, from €27.

Led by an English-speaking guide, this immersive tour transports you back to an era when phantoms and night creatures haunted Parisians.

In Europe

Barcelona – Walking Ghost Tour by Barcelona Dragon Tours, from €20.

This nighttime excursion (8:30 p.m. to midnight) revives the Spanish Inquisition's dark tales of witches, executioners, and spirits. Barcelona will never look the same.

London – Ghosts of London Vintage Bus Tour by Ghost Bus Tours, from €80.

Experience a 1-hour ride in a 1960s Routemaster bus with a witty, morbid conductor. Pass landmarks like Tower Bridge and the Tower of London, plus haunted spots like Cross Bones cemetery.

Prague – Ghost Underground Walking Tour by McGee’s Ghost Tours of Prague, from €20.

Flashlight in hand, venture into Prague's subterranean passages beneath the Old Town Hall and Astronomical Clock. Uncover historical – and haunting – secrets.

Rome – Ghosts & Mysteries of Rome Tour by City Wonders, from €25.

This popular 1.5-hour dusk walk reveals Rome's spectral side. See illuminated landmarks like Ponte Sisto, Palazzo Farnese, and Castel Sant'Angelo, famed from Dan Brown's Angels & Demons.