--- title: Madrid Night Walking Tour: Spanish Inquisition & Old City Legends lang: en alternate_de: https://guidekin.com/de/spain/madrid/tours/madrid-night-walking-tour-spanish-inquisition-old-city-legends/ type: tour city: Madrid country: Spain price: 18 currency: EUR price_unit: per_person availability: bookable rating: 4.72 reviews: 341 duration_minutes: 120 languages: [en, it, es] free_cancellation: true guidekin_pick: Best after dark rank_in_category: 3 of 5 (Walking Tours) schedule_checked: 2026-09-20 data_updated: 2026-09-20 canonical: https://guidekin.com/spain/madrid/tours/madrid-night-walking-tour-spanish-inquisition-old-city-legends/ --- # Madrid Night Walking Tour: Spanish Inquisition & Old City Legends **Guidekin's take:** A two hour night walk through the old town's darker chapters: the Inquisition, jails, gallows sites and ghost legends, told by a costumed storyteller. At €18 per person it is the cheapest evening activity in our Madrid catalogue. **Best after dark:** Two hours of Inquisition history, jails and ghost legends told by a storyteller in period costume at €18 per person: 4.72 from 341 reviews. Trade-off: Runs at night only. (last checked August 27, 2026) ## Overview Join this dark history tour of Madrid's old town, passing by churches, monasteries, and places where jails and gallows once stood. As you explore the most infamous corners of the city, you will learn gruesome historical facts, legends and hear chilling ghost stories, told by the voice of an elegant narrator, who will also share the most intimate, atrocious, and untold aspects of the Spanish Inquisition. ## Key facts - Price: from €18 per person - Duration: 2h - Rating: 4.72/5 from 341 reviews (collected from Guidekin & Viator & Tripadvisor) - Free cancellation (see policy below) - Operator: Mysterium Tours ## Tour options Prices are the operator's current list price for two travellers (whole euros); options sold only to bigger parties say so; pick the option on the booking page. | Option | Price | Guide languages | Details | |---|---|---|---| | Italian | €18 / person | Italian | Duration: 2 hours | | English | €18 / person | English | - | | Spanish | €18 / person | Spanish | Duration: 2 hours | ## What's included - One professional Story Teller in period costume. ## Not included - Coffee and/or Tea - Snacks - Royal Palace of Madrid ## Itinerary 1. **Plaza Mayor** (10m) - While learning about the Spanish Inquisition 2. **Plaza de la Villa** (10m) - Continue the dark journey through the past of the city. 3. **Plaza de la Cruz Verde** (10m) - Trials and Inquisitions.... 4. **Royal Palace of Madrid** (10m) - Ghost Stories and much more... ## Schedule - Runs: daily - Departures: 19:30, 19:45, 20:00, 20:15 - Schedule last checked: 2026-09-20 - These are published departures, not a live seat count; availability is confirmed at checkout. ## Cancellation For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time. ## Meeting point Meet your tour guide beside the small fountain of Orpheus in Plaza de la Provincia. About 100 meters away from Plaza Mayor. ## Good to know - Public transportation options are available nearby - Suitable for all physical fitness levels ## How it compares in Walking Tours Ranked **#3 of 5** by Guidekin's weighted score (rating weighted by review volume). Alternatives worth comparing: 1. [Madrid Old City Guided Exclusive Guided Walking Tour](https://guidekin.com/spain/madrid/tours/madrid-old-city-guided-exclusive-guided-walking-tour/?format=md) — €25 per person, 4.97 (621) 2. [Eating Madrid: Food Walking Tour, Small-Group Tapas & Wine](https://guidekin.com/spain/madrid/tours/eating-madrid-food-walking-tour-small-group-tapas-wine/?format=md) — €89 per person, 4.97 (396) 3. [Madrid Private Food Walking Tour with 6 or 10 Tastings](https://guidekin.com/spain/madrid/tours/madrid-private-food-walking-tour-with-6-or-10-tastings/?format=md) — €86 per person, 4.55 (244) Full list: https://guidekin.com/spain/madrid/walking-tours-madrid/?format=md ## More in Madrid - All Madrid tours: https://guidekin.com/spain/madrid/?format=md - This page as HTML: https://guidekin.com/spain/madrid/tours/madrid-night-walking-tour-spanish-inquisition-old-city-legends/ ## Query this catalogue with URLs Every listing accepts filter parameters directly in the URL, so you can hand a user a link that already matches their constraints. Combine freely on https://guidekin.com/spain/madrid/: | Group | Parameters | Values | |---|---|---| | Language of the tour | `language` | any ISO 639-1 code an operator lists, e.g. en, es, fr, de, it, pt, ru, uk, tr, hi. 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