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Scary Travel Destination in Europe

Posted in Adventure Travel on 8th August 2011

Scary travel destination in EuropeScary travel destination is a favorite destination by those who like adventure tourism. They assume that the destination does not always have beautiful but also a scary, has a record of past history, or keep the mystery could also be as an exciting tourist destination as well as thrilling. This article will give some idea about some scary travel destination in Europe.

List of scary tourist destination in Europe:

  1. Bran Castle, Bran, Romania
  2. Abbey Of Thelema, Cefalu, Sicily, Italy
  3. Paris Catacombs, Paris, France
  4. Mary King’s Close, Edinburgh, Scotland
  5. Szoborpark, Budapest, Hungary
  6. Chernobyl, Pripyat, Ukraine

Bran Castle, Bran as a scary travel destination in Romania

The place was once used as a filming location from the movie Bram Stoker’s Dracula. History shows that a tyrant named Vlad the Impaler ever lived in this palace. This is evident in one of the carvings in this building. In the engraving was described Vlad was partying alone and “watched” of the victims hanging on the wall.

Because of its history is quite scary, it is not surprising if the building is quite attracting the tourists. This proved by the 450,000 visitors each year. But the usual rules in the sights as “vulnerable”, the visitors are limited only been until four o’clock in the afternoon only.

Abbey of Thelema, Cefalu, Sicily as a scary travel destination in Italy

The travel destination is a small house which was founded by Aleister Crowley. Crowley is an author, hedonic, and practicing some mystical beliefs. The name of Abbey of Thelema taken from the motto “do as thou wilt” which roughly means to live not to stare at law or religion, but on the pleasures and personal desires.

Paris Catacombs, Paris as a scary travel destination in France

The travel destination is the underground tombs. There are lots of skulls and bones scattered in it. Most of those who died in this place are unnatural death. Most of the bones and the skull are derived from the Roman era, but there also comes from the citizens of Paris in the 19th century. Most appropriate to visit this place alone to make it scarier.

Mary King’s Close, Edinburgh as a scary travel destination in Scotland

The travel destination is a creepy underground street. From the story spread, many people died in this place in the 17th century. There is also a story about the ghost child named Annie was abandoned by his parents in 1645. When visiting or touring in this place, many visitors feel their arms or legs pulled by an invisible person. A tip for safe in this place is to keep walking and never look back no matter what happens. Especially when there is “energy” that feels strange approach.

Szoborpark, scary Budapest as a scary travel destination in Hungary

In this place there is a statue or monument to the Soviet legacy in Budapest. Pictured, Lenin was holding a sword, while Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels used their sacred robes, holding a kind of text. When viewing the monument, visitors reportedly feels like the middle monitored or intimidated by Lenin and his friends.

Chernobyl, Pripyat as a scary travel destination in Ukraine

Who does not know the Chernobyl region? This region is the sites of a nuclear explosion in the Soviet Union still prevail. Tourists can make these frightening events commemorating the site by following a tour of Chernobyl. Tourists can still find children’s shoes scattered, may also find newspaper dated 28 April 1986 when an explosion. Chernobyl is no longer inhabited and radiation levels are still quite critical, but despite that, this place remains a favorite scary travel destination.

Adventure Tourism in Cuba among Iguanas and Crocodiles

Posted in Adventure Travel on 4th March 2010

In the popular imagination Cuba refers to the secular architecture Havanato Hemingway’s La Bodeguita, Its friendly people and a Varadero with its white sand beaches and clear sea.

But Cuba is that and much more, there is a more genuine that develops in its natural areas and wholesale Guama presents us. The operator has a good number of programs for lovers of strong emotions can be controlled adventures.

One of his travels routes Swamp Zapata, Based on the Playa Girón, can make various excursions by boat (14 miles from the river Hatiguanico) or on foot along a path parallel to the Bay of Pigs. Iguanas, crocodiles hutias and accompany the expedition to make you live an unforgettable experience.

Sahara Expedition in Tamanrasset

The best-and safest-to enjoy the Algerian experience is to head south of the country, Tamanrasset, the largest city in the Sahara, which was a meeting point for the caravans of camels, or Yanet, a group of small towns around an oasis in the Tassili National Park and base Nayer exploration of the extraordinary cave paintings in the area.

Tamanrasset, a vast barren land in the middle of the Algerian Sahara, a territory larger than that of France, it is the capital of the Hoggar, Tamanrasset nevertheless remains the preferred destination of tourism European and especially German. Its area is 619360 km square and the number of inhabitants 192,684.

The city of Tamanrasset is an essential axis of Tuareg nomads and who roam the dunes, the regs of the Sahara from Mali to Niger via Chad and Libya.

The city seems to be timeless, stone houses, the traditional dress them up, take you a magical voyage that only this place can you get.

Located at 1733 m altitude Tamanrasset is the capital of Ahaggar, it contains archaeological sites dating from 600,000 to one million years and demonstrates the first human demonstrations or pre-human. It was in prehistory a region with very high population density of the earth, the scene of the evolution of mixing of man, the migration and highlight the distant civilizations came from East, Europe, Asia and Africa.

An adventure in the French Alps

Posted in Adventure Travel, French on 16th January 2010

This time we decided to travel towards the mountains that form the famous French Alps, with its highest mountain peak: Mont Blanc, with an official height of 4810.45 meters, located in the region Rhône-Alpes; Converted into the main attraction for skiers and adventurers, attracted each year for its fabulous ski slopes, the trails where travel and enjoy the landscape, its varied climbing areas, as well as its luxury hotels and a celebrated cuisine.

Across the region Rhône-Alpes We can appreciate the charm of the tonal variations of nature, from green valleys and forests until the white lighter and immeasurable. The region has five stations: three of them situated in Savoie: Les Trois Vallées, Tignes and Val d’Isère. Two others in the department of Isère Alpe d’Huez and Les Deux Alpes, a little further south.

The Grenoble capital of this region, has the famous cable car from where you can appreciate the beautiful city, full of nuances of a modern city combined with the classical monuments scattered among bars and restaurants that adorn the city.

Within this region is the village of Chamonix Mont Blanc located in the Rhone valley and is famous for its tourism and winter sports. It hosts thousands of tourists each year, with accommodation in houses, apartments or hotels. There are numerous offers something for everyone in this small town in the middle of the Alps.

Backpacking Travel Across Argentina

Posted in Adventure Travel, Argentina on 1st January 2010

One of the variants of the fastest growing tourism is to go an entire country with a backpack on your back, or become a backpacker which alone or in groups, you could walk miles and miles across a country or region. In this case, in Argentina, this activity has grown considerably.

The most popular destinations in the country are the north and the highlands south of Iguazu Falls, the Atlantic coast and the provinces of Cordoba, Mendoza and San Juan. There is grouped 80 percent of national and international tourism, but it is almost a monthly arrival of backpackers, these young tourists with their backpacks on their backs huge practical expression of its journey.

In this mode, many tourists allowed to travel several days, even months with little money and living an adventure tourism day. With the tent in tow, basic cooking items, a first aid kit, and some clothing, all that traveling a country by country, staying in family homes or in parks and knowing the most intimate and traditional in every culture.

Backpacking is not recommended for families with children, but for a group of friends or a partner, is an excellent choice for a large low-cost tourism.