Haunted Places in Greece (39)

Explore 39 haunted places in Greece — castles, hotels, churches, ruins and more. Every location includes its story and GPS coordinates.

• 🏥 Parnitha Sanatorium Attika In the basement that held the morgue, the souls of the dead are said to gather at night — and the cold down there does not belong to the season.
• 👻 Athenodorus' Haunted House in Plaka Attika The philosopher rented the house nobody dared take. At night the gaunt old man in fetters came and beckoned him out into the courtyard.
• 🏯 The Mavromichalis Mansion (Epavli Mavromichali) Attika A girl in a nightgown is seen at the water's edge below the ruined Kastella mansion — and shadows cross windows nobody has lived behind since 1955.
• 👻 Lake Vouliagmeni (Limni Vouliagmenis) Attika The lake's nereid lures young men into the cave passages, say the old people of Vouliagmeni — and the labyrinth below has never been measured to its end.
• 👻 The Athanasopoulos House (Oikia Athanasopoulou) Attika On Charokopou Street the builder Dimitris is heard at night begging two women for his life — the same words, in the same order, every time.
• 👻 The Funeral Procession of Piraios Street (Ta pnevmata tis Peiraios) Attika Night after night in 1936 black-clad mourners and priests carried a coffin along Piraios Street — and no funeral had taken place.
• 👻 The Tower of Dreams (Pyrgos ton Oneiron) Attika Kyriakos never left his tower. Neighbours still see a shadow in a bowler hat singing on the balcony — and muttering: away from my tower.
• 👻 The Tomb of the Marathon Fallen (Tymvos Marathonomachon) Attika Every night horses are heard neighing and men fighting at the burial mound. Whoever comes deliberately to listen pays for it.
• 👻 Davelis Cave Attika In the quarry cave on Mount Penteli, shadow figures are said to appear, torches die out and female voices sing from the dark.
• 👻 Leros Psychiatric Hospital Dodekanisos Screams and whispers are said to rise from the empty wings at Lepida — as if the forgotten patients were never discharged.
• 👻 Villa Kazouli Attika In the villa where the SS set up torture chambers, victims' screams are still said to sound through the windows at night.
• 👻 The House at Agras 22 (To spiti tis odou Agras 22) Attika The king's Master of Horse lived here. Trespassers describe lights coming on in empty rooms and shadows stepping into their path.
• 🏚️ The Amphiareion of Oropos Attika The earth opened and swallowed the seer Amphiaraus with his chariot. Since then he comes to those who sleep here and tells them what to do.
• 👻 The Areopagus and the Revered Ones Attika In the cleft below the judgement rock lived the Erinyes. Athenians did not dare say their name — they called them only "the revered ones".
• 🏚️ The Kallichoron Well at Eleusis Attika Demeter sat down at this well in her grief while her daughter was gone — and Athenians said whoever sat there never quite got free again.
• 🏚️ The Weeping of the Caryatids (Erechtheion) Attika The night the sixth sister was carried away, Athenians heard the five who remained weeping. Ever since there have been only five on the porch.
• 👻 The Serpent of Kychreus at Kynosoura Attika In the middle of the sea battle a serpent rose among the Greek ships. The Athenians knew it: the hero Kychreus, who never left his island.
• 👻 The Hill of the Nymphs (Lofos Nymfon) Attika The nymphs took whoever passed at noon — and in the ravine below lived Panoli, the blind woman groping her way along the walls.
• 🏚️ The Temple of Artemis Agrotera (Naos Artemidos Agroteras) Attika An old woman with a lit candle climbs the street in Mets and warns that the ground is cursed. Turn around and she is gone.
• 👻 The Tailor of Porto Rafti (Raftis Islet) Attika She begged the gods for help against the suitor who would not stop — and they turned her to marble on the island's summit. She sits there still.
• 👻 The Haunted Shirt of Distomou Street (To stoicheiomeno poukamiso) Attika The man burned to death on Easter night with his candle in hand. A shirt still hangs in a cupboard — and passers-by smell smoke and incense.
• 👻 Gina Bachauer's House (Oikia Tzinas Bachauer) Attika The piano in the empty Chalandri house still plays, neighbours say — and a woman in black moves slowly through the overgrown garden.
• 👻 Sofia Laskaridou's House (Oikia Sofias Laskaridou) Attika Periklis rode into the sea and shot himself in 1910. In the house on Laskaridou Street the painter Sofia is still heard calling his name.
• 👻 The Well of Kifissia (To pigadi tis Kifisias) Attika The shadows at the well on Pesmatzoglou Street were first seen in 1945, and the screaming came from below. Water spirits keep whoever leans over.
• 👻 The Lady's Spring on Mount Parnitha (Pigi tis Kyras) Attika As the sun drops at the Lady's Spring, walkers meet a girl in a white dress with a blue ribbon at her waist — and the woman always beside her.
• 👻 The Typaldos Tower (Pyrgos Typaldou) Attika Four times the builders have walked away from the neo-Gothic tower near Amerikis Square. Locals say whoever still lives inside dislikes being disturbed.
• 👻 The Cave of Pan at Oinoe Attika Pan stopped the runner Philippides on the mountain road, asked why Athens had forgotten him — and promised to come to Marathon anyway.
• 👻 Thalassi on Mount Penteli (Thalassi Pentelis) Attika At midnight women in white danced by the water at Thalassi and called to whoever passed. Lamias, the shepherds said. Not women.
• 👻 Athanasia's House in Thiseio (To fantasma tou Thiseiou) Attika Behind Thiseio station stands a house where weeping is heard. The neighbourhood calls her Athanasia and says she never got her wedding.
• 👻 Bridge of Arta Epirus The master builder's wife was walled up alive in the bridge — and on spring full-moon nights her figure is said to cross the arches.
• 🗡️ Frangokastello Kreta At dawn in late May, the shadows of fallen warriors, the Drosoulites, are still said to march on the Venetian fortress. 🛏 Book a night here
• 👻 Rododafni Castle (Palataki) Attika The Duchess of Plaisance is said to roam in a white nightgown around the palace where she kept her daughter's embalmed body. 🛏 Book a night here
• 👻 The Red House (Longos Mansion) Centralmakedonien Thessaloniki's red merchant palace is wrapped in the city's most stubborn rumours — a family curse and vampire-like beings at night.
• 🗡️ Spinalonga Kreta The sick entered through Dante's Gate and left the island only in death — their whispers are said to linger in the lanes. 🛏 Book a night here
• 👻 The Ram's Head Spring at Kaisariani (Krini tou Kriou) Attika The water runs from a marble ram's head in the monastery wall. Childless women have drunk from it for two thousand years to conceive.
• 👻 Lycabettus Hill (Lykavittos) Attika Athena was carrying the rock to the Acropolis when the crow brought the news. She dropped the stone where it lies — and made all ravens black.
• 👻 Kleiston Monastery at Fyli (Moni Kleiston) Attika A light burned in the cliff across the ravine, night after night. When the man finally climbed up, the icon lay there in a hollow of the rock.
• 👻 Daphni Monastery Attika In the Byzantine monastery on the Sacred Way, monk-like figures are said to appear among the columns — then dissolve.
• 🗡️ Lamia Castle Fthiotida On full-moon nights a white-clad noblewoman is said to walk the ramparts above Lamia, mourning her death. 🛏 Book a night here

FAQ

How many haunted places are there in Greece?

Haunted Places lists 39 haunted locations in Greece, each with its story and GPS coordinates.

What are the most haunted places in Greece?

Among the most notable in Greece: Parnitha Sanatorium, Athenodorus' Haunted House in Plaka and The Mavromichalis Mansion (Epavli Mavromichali).

Can you stay overnight at haunted places in Greece?

Yes — 4 of the haunted places in Greece are hotels or inns you can book for an overnight stay. The rest are public sites you can visit.

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