Our blogger Inka Piegsa- Quischotte writes:

"Dank chill, drizzle, and streetlamps shrouded in fog are bad weather? A bad time for touring? Depends! In fact, they were just perfect for a nocturnal outing I had in Barcelona that was hair raising – in a good way. 

Like most ancient cities, Catalonia’s capital is chock-full full of history, legends – and ghosts. And if that kind of thing gets your ecoplasm going, the city’s tourism office runs a creepy little stroll that might be right up your dark alley.

Conducted from 10:30 pm to midnight on Fridays during winter and Fridays/Saturdays the rest of the year, “Fantasmes de Barcelona” is based on an eponymous book by Catalan author Sylvia Lagarda Mata, who collected stories about ghosts, murders, legends, and mysteries of the city, especially during the Middle Ages.

Our little group, bundled up and wearing sensible shoes, gathered under the late-19th-century Arc de Triomf, and off we went, wandering deep into the shadowy, creepy alleys and byways of the Born, Ripoll, and Ciutat Vella to our final destination at Santa Maria del Mar Basilica.

Along the way, our entertaining guide Carme’s stories turned from weird to gruesome, sending delicious shivers down all of our spines (in addition to those induced by the clammy nighttime cold). According to her, the spirits of exorcists, murdered maids, and apprentices roam the streets of the Born and their wailing can be heard on nights with a full moon."

Read more in her post Chasing Ghosts, Ghouls, and the Devil in Barcelona.

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