Best Place To Celebrate Halloween in 2022

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From Dracula’s Castle in Romania to the streets of Oaxaca, here are the most haunted and creepiest tourist spots to visit on Halloween. 

Halloween is the festival of celebrating the free wheeling spirit and becoming the part of some spooky rituals. With trick- or-treat and costume and theme parties are the main attractions of the Halloween, there are some places around the World to be to experience nerve-wracking fear of the Halloween at the very best.

Londonderry, Northern Ireland

Ireland is the place where Halloween took birth.  At that time it was celebrated as Samhain festival, which marks the end of the harvest season, the time when the dead reunites with the living and visit their old homes. To keep the old spirit of the medieval Samhain festival alive and well intact, Derry City has the best things to offer when it comes to Halloween. The Banks of the Foyle Halloween Carnival is the place to be part of the weird and exciting Halloween rituals. While other attractions include: haunted houses, ghost tours, parades, workshops, Dragon Safari, fireworks. 

Salem, Massachusetts, USA

It was the Salem, where thein famous trial took place in which twenty people were given the death sentence for being witches. Now, Salem has become one of the best tourist spots to visit on Halloween. Salem hosts numerous events in accordance to Halloween throughout the month of the October. These events include trial and hanging re-enactments, fireworks, tours of haunted spots, witches’ circle and parades. The Witch House museumis the most famous tourist spot due to its historical background, as it has direct links with the Salem Witch Trials.

Dracula’s Castle, Romania

Transylvania is known for medieval towns, castles and elegant Gothic architecture, but Bran Castle attracts the most visitors, once said to be the home of notorious Vlad the Impaler, famously known as Dracula. According to the legends, this was the place where he spiked thousands of his enemies on stakes.  Today, Bran Castle is open to the public, and visitors come all over the World on the Halloween to learn the tales about cults of one of theterrifying figures in the history.

Sleepy Hollow, New York, USA

Sleepy Hollow has become the big deal on the occasion of Halloween, and the legends of the Headless Horseman is the main attraction. Phillipsburg Manor is the most popular Halloween event that features ghosts, vampires, witches and the special effects. Visit the Lyndhurst Castle to meet the spirit of Mummy, Phantom of the Opera and Frankenstein’s Monster. Take a tour to the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, where Washington Irving is buried.

Oaxaca, Mexico

On the eve of Halloween the streets of Oaxaca get darker and scarier for the annual celebrations of Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead). The streets are decorated with flowers, skeletons and skulls. Locals and visitors dress up in costumes visit cemeteries, as it is widely believed that spirits return on this occasion to meet their loved ones. With the national holiday for Dia de los Muertos, the biggest party is held at the Xócalo main square, which offers awide variety of food, drinks and tons of entertainment. 

London, England

There are many Halloween events that take place in London. If you want to scare the hell out of yourself, then Dungeon is the place to be. Experience interactive face-off with the one of most notorious murder, Jack the Ripper, the legend says that his ghost walks through the city on the Halloween’s night. Visit the site of Sir William Wallace’s execution and the churchyard haunted by Queen Isabella.

New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

New Orleans has the reputation of the most haunted City in the America and known for its famous cemeteries, which makes it one of the best places to celebrate the Halloween. New Orleans provides the ultimate experience of haunted and paranormal tours. The biggest Halloween parties are held on Frenchmen Street, where tourist and locals turned up in costumes. The Halloween’s celebration in the New Orleans includes an annual Halloween parade, Voodoo Music, art exhibitions, haunted houses tours and activities at the zoo. If you want to part of best Halloween celebrations, you simply need to visit New Orleans.

Paris, France

French Capital is one of the most sought tourist destination in the World, Paris it’s a portrait of romanticism and art and it’s a masterpiece of architecture, Eiffel Tower, Bois de Bologne and Louvre Museum are finest examples. But on Halloween, the city of lights sheds its usual side and drowns into the evil and horror with the sight of Paris Catacomband Père Lachaise Cemetery. From the tombstone of Jim Morrison, to Chopin and Edith Piaf, the Père Lachaise Cemetery is the home of many tombstones. According to the legends this cemetery is haunted and it is the World’s most visited cemetery. While the Catacombs of Paris holds the remains of 6 million Parisians.

Source: Author Hammad Ali Khan Marwat 

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Travel Tips

For other travel tips on hallowenn celebrating read also Best Places to Celebrate Halloween in Italy or if you love horror and fear…read Most Haunted Places in New York City

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