GHOSTS AND MYSTERIES OF ROME

The ghosts and mysteries that are hidden in a city like Rome have perhaps always scared us a little.

The Eternal City is famous for its thousand-year history made of battles, conquests, intrigues, and mysteries, of great heroes and restless souls who do not want to leave the scene with time. We will believe that they still move through the alleys, bridges, and squares of this mysterious and sometimes ghostly capital city.

Once you show up at the meeting point, the adventure begins at Castel Sant'Angelo, where you will appreciate its imposing exterior. This place is known for its prisons where nobles, artists, and common criminals lived.

After you leave the Castle, you will continue along Via del Governo Vecchio, in the heart of the historic center, to reach Piazza Pasquino. There you will find the statue of an ancient Greek hero, or what remains of him: a bust and a “bloated” face.

Leaving the statue, you arrive at the magnificent Piazza Navona. Restless souls also hover over the next stop, the Pantheon, a masterpiece of Roman engineering, first a pagan temple and then a Catholic church.

Finally, you will arrive at Piazza della Minerva. In its center since 1667, you can admire the obelisk of La Minerva placed on the back of a small elephant known as "The little elephant of Minerva".

A little further you will find Largo di Torre Argentina, where the great Julius Caesar was assassinated; one of the most eclectic and important figures of the Roman Empire, who still brings many mysteries with him.

You will end the tour in Piazza Mattei, which takes its name from the Giacomo Mattei palace that dominates it. Return to the hotel on your own.

Greca Tip: Perhaps Rome's most famous ghost is that of Beatrice Cenci, a young late-Renaissance Roman noblewoman whose tragic story inspired painters including Guido Reni, poets, and novelists such as Shelley and Stendhal.