Istanbul Haunted Night Tour

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Forum of Constantine

In the year 330, Constantine moved that Capital of the Roman Empire and it started here at this location. The Column of Constantine holds dark secrets from the past and the forum that surrounded it bared witness to the terror that took place here.

Ahmet Tevfik Pasa Mezarı

We enter a graveyard of a Sultan and his advisors from the 19th Century. Here the tales of betrayal and assassination.

Sphendone Remains

Hippodrome

The Hippodrome was the sporting and social center of Constantinople. It was the center of the Roman world for over 1000 years and was second only to the Cirucs Maximus. This was host to the famous chariot races from the grandest city of the medieval world. The Hippodrome was not only a place for chariot racing and its rival factions, but it held public executions and was the place to see the emperor face to face for the citizens of Constantinople. It was also the scene for one of the most horrific massacres in human history.

Kucuk Ayasofya - Gazi Suleyman Pasa Mosque

This church was once called the Church of Saints Sergius and Baccus and later rename under Ottoman rule the Little Hagia Sophia Mosque. Before it was a church, the area was a palace home to Justinian before he became Emperor in the 6th century. During the 16th century a high-ranking eunuch was embezzling money and evading taxes. Here he was found and executed losing something very personal for him.

Sphendone Remains

Serpent Column

Here we will talk about the Haunted Serpent Column from the spoils of war to the brutal execution of a Byzantine Emperor that took place here.

German Fountain

We will briefly discuss the German Fountain and how the same location was the starting gates for the chariot races in the Hippodrome. In the 17th century Ottoman soldiers were returning home from war and they were not being paid. This led to a deadly event that happened at this location where a very old tree once stood.

Sultan Ahmet Tomb

In the Ottoman Empire the law of Fratricide allowed these Sultans to kill their brothers and children who threatened their throne. Brothers killing brothers and now they haunt the Mausoleum where their bodies lay.

Sultanahmet Square

In the early 17th Century coffee was banned for public drinking and the consequences were literally deadly.

Imperial Gate Bab-i-Humayun

The main gate to the Imperial Palace is grand, but it was also meant to scare and intimidate all those who entered. The head gardener of the palace gardens also had a special race that was literally a matter of life and death.