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By Italia in Tour
Free cancellation available
Price is €20 per adult
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Features

  • Free cancellation available
  • 1h 30m
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation

Overview

    • Rely on over 10 years of experience in guided tours in Italy
    • Be guided by licensed tour guides
    • Learn while having fun on a route suitable for the whole family

Activity location

    • Parma
    • Parma, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

Meeting/Redemption Point

    • In front of the monument to G. Garibaldi, Piazza Giuseppe Garibaldi, 43121 Parma PR, Italy
    • Parma, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

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Parma Noire: a tour through the true crime stories of the past.

  • Activity duration is 1 hour and 30 minutes1h 30m
    1h 30m
  • Italian
Language options: Italian
Starting time: 18:00
Price details
€20.00 x 2 Adults€40.00
Total
Price is €40.00
Until Fri, 6 Nov

What's included, what's not

  • Inclusions
    A route through urban spaces rich in art that, over time, have been witnesses to and celebrants of tragic and mysterious events at the crossroads of history and legend. We will walk through Piazza Garibaldi, Palazzo Fainardi, Piazzale della Pilotta, Piazza Ghiaia and the areas of the Oltretorrente, discovering the macabre, mysterious and frightening events that have taken place in these locations. This is not the usual guided tour of Parma, but a captivating and thrilling tour, the result of extensive research into the dark annals of the past, where it was not easy to navigate among superstitions and witchcraft. You'll be eager to tell everyone about it!
  • Inclusions
    Places we will visit: the "Palace of Torment," the "Theatres of Blood," the site of Barbara Sanseverino's beheading, what remains of the Inquisition Church, the square of the bonfires, the witch Alina and other heretics, the terrorist hideout, Parmigianino the alchemist, and much more

Know before you book

    • In accordance with EU regulations about consumer rights, activities services are not subject to the right of withdrawal. Supplier cancellation policy will apply.
    • This activity is provided by a professional trader (a party acting within their trade, business or profession).

What you can expect

  • A route through urban spaces rich in art that, over time, have been witnesses to and settings for tragic and mysterious events at the crossroads of history and legend. We will walk through Piazza Garibaldi, Palazzo Fainardi, Piazzale della Pilotta, Piazza Ghiaia, and the areas of Oltretorrente, discovering the macabre, mysterious, and frightening events that have taken place in these locations. Not the usual guided visit to Parma, but a captivating and thrilling tour, the result of extensive research into the dark annals of the past, where it was not easy to navigate among superstitions and witchcraft. You'll be eager to tell everyone about it!

    Places we will visit: the “Palace of Torment,” the “Theatres of Blood,” the site of Barbara Sanseverino's beheading, what remains of the Inquisition Church, the Square of the Bonfires, the witch Alina and other heretics, the terrorist hideout, Parmigianino the Alchemist, and much more.

    The tour will take place exclusively outdoors.

    Meeting point: in front of the monument to G. Garibaldi in Piazza Garibaldi, Parma

    Tour duration: 1 hour 30 minutes

    All our guided visits are led by licensed tour guides.

    Please arrive 10 minutes before the start of the tour. The tours start right on time.

Location

Activity location

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    • Parma
    • Parma, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

Meeting/Redemption Point

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    • In front of the monument to G. Garibaldi, Piazza Giuseppe Garibaldi, 43121 Parma PR, Italy
    • Parma, Emilia-Romagna, Italy