Discover a unique and attractive tourist locations for you and your family!

Discover a unique and attractive tourist locations for you and your family!

4 Deserts with the Weirdest Panoramic View in the World!



It is not always arid atmosphere can a traveler sees when traveling to a desert. Some areas in this world has a desert with a strange sight. Want to know what? See the surface of the wavy yellow sand blowing in the wind, may have often. But what if the desert is in the snow, have seven colors, or composed of salt? This is just incredible.

According to the version TravelOc, 4 desert has the most powerful and magical sights in the world:

1. Chihuahuan Desert, Mexico
Hundreds of giant crystals with a height of about 12 meters does not exist on the surface. However, these crystals flourish under Chihuahuan Desert located in the Naica Mine, Mexico, Central America.
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Collection of giant crystals are now known as the Giant Crystal Cave. As described in the official website of The Giant Crystal Project Site, under the desert there are about 170 crystals as high as 1 to 2 meters.

Like a barren desert and arid, the inside is also very hot. Temperatures below the Chihuahuan Desert can reach 60 degrees Celsius with a humidity level of 90-100 percent.


2. Chara Sands, Russia
Discard your assumptions are thinking that surely arid and hot desert, when viewing Chara Sands. How not, desert in the Trans-Baikal region, Siberia Mountains, Russia is in the mountains of snow.

Interestingly, not only was the brown desert around it also there was a layer of super snow white. Desert oasis or a rock may be used. But the snow and the desert only in Chara Sands.
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This is what makes Chara Sands has a super unique panorama. There will be no camel, you will only see the Siberian bear, or elk. In winter, there will be more snow cover Chara Sands. But, during the summer, the snow is somewhat reduced and the desert is more subtle look.

Sometimes, the desert is also covered with snow, especially during the winter greeting. However, the snow never stand too long in there. Finished winter, desert again became fascinated with anomalies and ready to satisfy the curiosity of the tourists.

3. Seven Colored Earth Desert, Africa
Then usually when traveling into the desert only see shades of brown or white, another when you come to Charamel village, in the district of Black River, Mauritius Island, east Africa.

Approximately 7,500 square meters sprawling sand and sparkling with a variety of different colors. There are sand colored red, brown, purple, green, blue, yellow, and orange are combined into one. This scene also managed to create a magical landscape that blends into one.
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According to the story, the buildup of sand that had been years since this may cause the color formed from volcanic rock fragments colorful mixed with various minerals contained in the soil.

Seven Colored Earth is almost always filled with tourists domestic and foreign. In fact, once the tourists are allowed to step on and climb these dunes. But unfortunately, at this time the desert is bounded wooden fences, so the traveler can not enter.

4. Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia
If the desert is usually synonymous with sand, another case with the desert in Bolivia which is entirely in the form of salt. Salar de Uyuni, a destination near the Andes Mountains, is the largest salt desert in the world.

As reported by the Lonely Planet website, the uniqueness of this place is already known to the foreign tourists. Travelers who stop and come to the site can enjoy views of the sea salt was even its hotel made ​​of salt.
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This salt desert has an area of ​​about 10,582 square kilometers. Apparently Salar de Uyuni is part of Michin Lake, a large lake in prehistoric times. Then Michin lake dried up and left the Salar de Uyuni.
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Hans Brinker Budget Hotel, The Worst Hotel in the World!




A hotel in Amsterdam, Netherlands, even proud to have many quirky rules. One of them is to have guests use curtains as a towel! Not only that, the worst hotel in the world still have a lot of other crazy rules.

Vacation in Amsterdam, Netherlands, you should carefully choose the inn, especially Hans Brinker Budget Hotel. Cheap hotels at a cost of 18 euros per night this has eccentric ways, and even tend to slob, when entertaining guests.

While other hotels scramble to maintain the title as the best hotel, Hans Brinker Budget Hotel gave a worst treatment to the traveler who spent the night there. Traveler that most students will feel like to sleep in prison is dirty, smelly, and cold.

Even on the official website of Hans Brinker Budget Hotel as seen by TravelOc, they wrote "Those wishing to stay at the Hans Brinker Budget Hotel, Amsterdam, do so at their own risk and will not hold the hotel liable for food poisoning, mental breakdowns, terminal illness, lost limbs, radiation poisoning, certain diseases associated with the 18th century, plague, etc ". The sentence explains that tourists should bear the risk and the hotel will not be responsible for food poisoning, mental disorders, diseases, and others. Oh my god!

One of the worst, when the hotel replacing towels with curtains, washing cost saving reasons. Just imagine, they will not hesitate to tell visitors of the hotel, to dry off using curtains in their rooms.

From the official website, over the past 40 years of existence, it always offers a level of comfort comparable to prison. The rooms were dirty, no hot water, no television, underground bar with a very limited light, and skimpy fresh air. Interestingly, the hotel is actually proud of the predicate.

Cheap prices offered by the hotel aims to reduce the protests of the guests with the convenience of a very bad hotel. But it turns out, is not all that bad in this hotel.

Instead of using the elevator, visitors can use the stairs. Quite right, exercising at the same time. The hotel is also still attract the attention of visitors. The proof is there of 511 rooms, approximately 127 rooms are always full every day. Wow!
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5 Hotel Rooms with the Most Unusual Sights in the World!



Hotels getting creative to find ways to attract the tourists. The view from the room window which is unusual even recognized as a powerful magnet arrival of the guests. Here are 5 hotels with the weirdest sights in the world.

Imagine you wake up and see the stingrays were swimming outside the window of your room, or even see the legs of people who are passing by the window. Be seen from the Telegraph, this 5 hotels with rooms that have the most unusual sights in the world:

1. Sentosa Resort
Singapore has always had a creative idea to bring in the tourists. Not quite the sparkling city abundant attractive activities, Singapore now has hotel rooms with a view of the sea style. Sentosa Island does have abundant tourist destinations, one of which is a hotel room with a unique panorama.
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Not only in the window, you can also see a variety of marine life from another room that has a window. 11 rooms are indeed themed Ocean Suites. These rooms are not in the sea but are connected with a large aquarium that offers views as under the sea. The hotel recently opened in November 2012.

2. Giraffe Manor Hotel
Kenya in Africa is indeed a terrain filled with exotic animals. Not waste the gift, a hotel makes interesting concept to include one of the animals is the giraffe. Giraffe Manor Hotel in Kenya are private lands that maintain a giraffe.
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So do not freak if you see giraffes relax around the hotel courtyard. Or even, giraffe peeking your room and your dining room. For the traveler animal lovers, here is the perfect place to stay. Who does not passionately sweet giraffe peek while getting out of bed?

3. Kakslauttanen Hotel
Finland has a magical natural attractions and fascinating, the northern lights and the aurora. Stay at Kakslauttanen Hotel, then you can see it all from the bedroom.
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Do not think you will enjoy the panoramic view through the window. Because the glass-roofed room here. So get ready dazzled with beautiful views of the night sky in Finland. Sleep will be activities that are too vain to do while staying here.

4. Capsule Hotel
Japan became one of the most intelligent in the deal space. One commonly found in the Sakura State is the Capsule Hotel. This hotel can be found in almost every place in Japan, either open or closed area.
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The hotel provides only a small hallway which is a bed. If you are caught in a capsule under the mattress, then the view is waking distance of people who are coming and going. Unique landscape which is also strange is not a problem because the cost of staying here is pretty cheap.

5. Jumbo Stay Hotel
Not all unused stuff will be garbage. In Stockholm, Sweden, there is a plane used as a hotel. There are private rooms and dormitory here. If you want the maximum, you can stay in the cockpit.
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Stay at Jumbo Stay Hotel of course will have a different experience than staying at a regular hotel. How not, the view presented from the window of a hotel room is the aircraft runway strip. Do not be surprised if you hear the noise of the planes coming and going. Since the hotel is located at Stockholm Arlanda Airport.
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6 Travel Destinations to Meet Zombies!



Here it is the new destination for you lovers of horror tour or the adrenaline rush of a hobby, called touring style zombies. Here, tourists can visit places which became the headquarters of the zombies!

Who does not cringe in seclusion and surrounded by a lot of people like a zombie, complete with fluids like blood on their face. But for lovers of horror tour, maybe this is one of the favorite destinations. If you are a lover of this type, might have to try one of the zombie-style destinations in the world.

Peek of the Lonely Planet, here are 6 destinations that lets you meet a zombie :

1. Zombie Camp, Portland, Oregon, USA
This is a camp that is quite unique and may not be found anywhere else, because here you will be invited into the cubical zombies. Tourists who come to be taught how to kill a zombie, such as how to properly throw a hatchet, cutting with a samurai sword, make fire without smoke, and camouflage desert as a place of refuge. Exciting is not it?
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2. Zombie Museum, Monroeville, Pennsylvania, USA
Zombie Museum? Might sound odd to you, but it's there in Monroeville, Pennsylvania, USA. Monroeville Mall is being touted as the undead's museum.
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Apparently, once this place is the location filming a zombie most phenomenal Dawn of the Dead in 1978. Now, the Monroeville Mall transformed into a museum exhibiting nuanced zombie stuff, such as imitation foot decaying, faceless eyeballs, and other spooky collection.

3. Patient 0, Melbourne, Australia
Third place is to meet zombies Patient 0 in Melbourne, Australia. This is a live-action show that will feature the actors as zombies. With a set like an old factory, they will hide in the walls of the factory, and holding a laser gun to shoot every man that comes. BANG!
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4. Zombie Shopping Mall, Reading, UK
It seems that zombies are almost ruled the world. After the U.S. and Australia, this time turn the British occupied the undead. Zombie Shopping Mall is the gathering place of the zombies in the UK.
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Zombie Shopping Mall is a shopping center that is not used anymore, then in settings as a tourist. more exciting again, the tourists who come are invited to shoot zombies in the dark mall. Well, if you want to join this tour, tourists have to pay 139 pounds.

5. Zombie Week, Stockholm, Sweden
No need to wait for Halloween to see zombies, in Stockholm, Sweden, you can see a lot of zombies filled the street on Zombie Week. This is a routine event when summer comes, exactly the end of August.
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At that time, hundreds or even thousands of people thronged the streets will zombie style in Stockholm, complete with attributes. All of it is wear clothes and dress up spooky style zombies. So, do not be surprised if suddenly you see thousands of people walking with head, mouth, and eyes that secrete fluids such as blood.

6. World Zombie Day, Worldwide
After Zombie Week, there are still other times to the zombies out of hiding, when the World Zombie Day. Unique indeed, was not the only man who had a worldwide celebration, but also a zombie.
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This celebration is done throughout the world on the second Sunday in October. Just like Zombie Week, then there will be many zombies are out meets the road complete with blood splattered on their body. Occasionally they will show sinister expression to every passerby. But you do not worry, they are not real zombies, but people who like zombie style.
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7 Tourist Destination to Cool Off at the End of the World!



When problems are too piled up, it was not enough just to end of the island getaway. Nothing wrong if you want a vacation as much as possible when stress hit. This is the 7 appropriate destination to cool off at the end of the world.

Dreamed of a vacation in the mountains of ice or even in the middle of an arid savanna. No harm. All is fine as long as you eliminate excess stress and restore calm yourself. Compiled by TravelOc, following 7 places to calm down away from the residence:

1. Switzerland
Enjoy the mountain snow with low temperatures can be a powerful way to cool the head. In Engelberg, Switzerland, there is Mount Titlis serving eternal snow. No matter what the season, the snow will remain blanketed the mountain. Skiing and feel the snow hit your body can be a potent stress medication.
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If you are too lazy activism such as skiing, you can enjoy the view of snow mountain in the cable car. Fill vacation days to enjoy the tranquility of Luzern City. The town is located on the shores of the lake offer views that can make you forget all the problems.

Leisurely stroll or bike ride around the city can be a fun activity too calm. As one of the prettiest towns in Switzerland, Luzern has a seductive flagship green panorama. The magnificent Lake Lucerne often swim the tourists who want to taste the freshness of the water.

2. Norway
Want to enjoy the heavens dance? Norway responsibilities. One Scandinavian country has natural attractions and magical. It is borealis aurora or commonly referred to as the Light of the North. Colorful light in the sky makes it like a giant curtain is very beautiful.
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In Norway, the best time to view the aurora in the late autumn and early spring, as quoted from Visit Norway. The best place to see this amazing phenomenon in northern Norway. Plains in northern Norway are mostly very cold and full of ice and snow. The air tends to be low are usually able to cool the contents of the head that is heating up. Spend the holidays to pursue aurora that far northern end of the earth and return home feeling satisfied.

3. Namibia
The African continent has so many safari that holds the enchanting habitat. Namibia became one country that has a well-equipped accommodation for the traveler who wants to experience life in a nature safari, away from everywhere. From the African Safari Home, available a variety of vacation packages that can help relieve your stress.
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Staying at the resort is in the middle of safari or on the beach can be your choice. A variety of lodging is also available, so a small vacation budget is not the problem. Enjoy wildlife animals there undisturbed vehicle noise, or it could be a healer stress.

Mundulea Nature Reserve is one of the best safari that can be visited in Namibia. Enjoy a flock of passing or cruising ground decorated with red bushes while aiming the camera to herd animals.

4. Bora-bora
Bora-bora be the perfect place for those who want to cool off on a deserted island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. The island is still part of French Polynesia has a very beautiful waters.
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The main island at the center of the resort and lodging. Even in the middle of the ocean, sea currents around the resort is not dangerous because there are islands around it that looks like a wall. Spending time in the sunshine while relaxing swim in its waters could be the perfect way relieve stress. The inn is located on the water also offers a quiet atmosphere at night. This is where you are at peace with nature and throw all the load is on your mind.

5. Canada
Canada is the largest country in North America and among the largest in the world, due to its natural stretches up to the North Pole. Have some metropolis city does not make Canada lost the wild destination, which can help relieve stress. If you want to calm down, been to Quebec be the right choice.

Quebec City is known as the old city that has buildings with stunning architecture. Winter Festival here always attracts many tourists. If you're curious, you can come there and fused with fun festival.
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Toronto being the right destination for you who really want to release stress in a big city. It is the largest city in Canada. The city became the center of entertainment, business, economics and culture. Even so, Toronto also has many wonderful museums, beautiful beaches and exciting theme parks.

6. New Zealand
Remember the movie Lord of the Ring that filming in New Zealand? Hobbit village in the film was very beautiful and full of stunning natural curves. Dense forest rich in flora and fauna. City of Hamilton to be the right destination for those who want to cool off by enjoying the river.

Meanwhile, Rotorua is a city that is right for you who want to soak in a natural hot spring pools. Glad wine tour? Come to the city of Napier. There is famous for its wine-producing center. Nelson is a city that has the longest daylight than other cities. Mountains, national parks, vineyards and orchids so some destinations you can go in Nelson.
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For the traveler who likes to release stress by challenging adrenaline, can come to Queenstown. Here the central destination that can make you shout off like ski, skydive, bungee jumping, and more.

According to the study, chocolate can be a stress remedy. Take a vacation to Dunedin, the city could be right for you because it has a chocolate factory you can go. Enjoy a holiday in a remote place but beautiful like Lord of The Ring world.

7. Nepal
This is the country that has the world's 10 highest peaks. Nepal located in South Asia is in the middle of Tibet and India. Most tourists who come here because they want to climb the highest mountain in the world is Mount Everest.
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But that does not mean you can not enjoy Nepal if is not go up the mountain. Come to the Kathmandu Valley. Herein lies the heart of Nepal. Diverse cultures, both indigenous cultures and mixing present here. Here also gathered important cities like Kathmandu, Boudhanath, Patan and Bhaktapur.

Kathmandu became a city must visit for all tourists. While Boudhanath is a complex area that has the largest Buddhist stupa in the world. Patan is the largest city in Nepal, which became the center of jewelry, Buddha statues and unique masks. Choose the city that fits in your heart and heal stress and explore the city while dive into the social life there. 
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4 Scariest Destinations in the World!



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Often, the story of a spooky place can be a powerful magnet for tourists. For those of you who like to test your nerve, get ready goosebumps while visiting 4 scariest destinations in the world. Do you dare?

There are various reasons behind the activities of traveling. Want to see the outdoors, history enrich, deepen cultural, also reveals the secrets of a place. The latter case it is also often carried by travelers. When I heard the story of the mystical, chilling may be up, but curiosity was definitely upset, right?

Compiled by TravelOc, here are the 4 most creepy destinations in the world. Do you dare to go in there?

1. Mae Nak Shrine, Thailand

Locals call it Wat Mae Nak Prakanong. Although the actual temple in Bangkok this looks more like a home. The visitors usually go to the Temple of Mae Nak to ask for blessings. The pilgrims carry a bouquet of flowers, cosmetics, toys, diapers, and bottles of milk as offerings to Mae Nak and her child.

There is a creepy story behind this tradition. A hundred years ago, a beautiful woman named Nak Pranakong live along the river, the City of Bangkok. She then married a man named Maak. When pregnant with her first son, Maak who was conscripted to fight for the sake of defending the country. Maak not come home when the girl gave birth.

Tragically, the girl died in childbirth effort. So did her first child who died a few moments later. But her love was greater in Maak, ghost girl refused to leave the house until her husband returned home.

Maak went back home without knowing that she was a ghost. A married couple were then living together as if everything is normal!

Until one day, revealing the fact that Mae Nak is dead. Mae means 'mother' in Thai. Having realized that he had been living with the ghost of his wife, Maak then go to a temple to call a local shaman. Mae Nak then wrath, and began to terrorize the people in the village. Entire villages were terrified!

Shamans were visited by Maak finally managed to beat the ghost Mae Nak. Shamans were cut forehead bone Mae Nak and save her spirit in a bottle. Since that time, built a special shrine to the memory of Mae Nak. The temple is located in the temple complex, Wat Maha But. Even today, the accompanying legends and traditions still exist.

2. Chateau de Machecoul, France

France is not only charming by the City of Paris with the Eiffel Tower only. Chateau de Machecoul in Pays de La Loire is a house where serial killer once lived.

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He is Gilles de Rais (1404-1440), a warrior who once most feared murderer then. Within a period of one year (1434-1435), de Rais killed a lot of children.

The killing was done at his own house, after the victim raped first. Above the barbaric behavior, de Rais was executed by hanging in his home.

3. Leap Castle Oubliette, Ireland

There is a magnificent castle fortress located in the city of Ollfaly, Ireland. The name is Leap Castle Oubliette, which was built around the year 1250. In 1659, Darby family lived in the fort.

Darby family, well known arrogant and wicked. They often execute hostages and urban residents in this fort. No wonder there is in this castle basement, which serves as a holding cell. There found the bones that had rotted!

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It made many people curious, and wanted to see a crime in the former fortress. Some travelers claim to see little creatures figure, stooped, green, accompanied by the smell of corpses and sulfur.

4. Catacombs of Paris, France

There's more sinister places in France. Who would have thought in the basement of the City of Paris, there is a mass grave with millions skull. It is Catacombs of Paris, where the bones of 6 million bodies were found. From the website Appollo Jets, cited by TravelOc, this place called L'Empire de la Mort, or "Kingdom of Death".

Once upon a time, around the 18th century there was no land for the cemetery in the city of Paris. One of the burial ground was crumbling down, just hit a tunnel. Starting at this point that all the bones in the cemetery was moved to the basement. Now, the Catacombs of Paris a tourist destination for horror traveler who wants to test his nerve.

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Not infrequently the tourists who were touring heard screams and strange noises. Just imagine, only armed with a flashlight in hand, you will cut through the darkness and find thousands of skulls in the tunnel.
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5 Travel Destinations to Meet Vampires!



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The existence of vampires to be an endless conversation. Some people think the creature was a myth, others believe that it is real. If you're curious, come to five destinations to meet a vampire.

Blood-sucking creatures that supposedly scared the sign of the cross and garlic is a legend in many places. Be seen from the Lonely Planet, this is the 5th most appropriate destination to meet a vampire :

1. Bran Castle, Romania

For lovers of mystery, especially vampires, certainly no stranger to the name of Bran Castle. Castle in Romania this is often referred to as the root of the presence of these blood-sucking creatures. Especially when the Irish novelist, Bram Stroker, tells the story of the castle in his novel.

It is a story, Vlad Tepe, a bloodthirsty Romanian living in the ancient times. He lived in Bran Castle. The kingdom ordered to secure this man, but no one can handle it. Stroker makes life story of Vlad Tepe became a vampire.

Castle ready-made landmarks of Romania is now a museum. Inside the castle, there is an art and furniture collection by Queen Marie. While in the castle courtyard, there are open-air museum showing an overview Romania from time to time. The vampire story lovers make the castle as a must to visit when to Romania.

2. Forks, USA

Forks, Washington, United States suddenly famous for being the place filming Twilight. The film tells the story of a benevolent vampire family, with the main star teen vampire's impact on the number of tourists who travel to Forks. Across Forks forest into the Cullen family homes and a lot of teenagers who want to see their own form of forest.

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Now, there is a special tour that caters to twilight route. Dazzled by Twilight tour agency will take tourists to the Cullen family vampire nest by offering some kind of theme. There are 3 themes to choose from, while rotating location in Forks and La Push.

3. Dracula's Haunts, UK

Presumably novelist Bram Stroker has a strong influence in the development of the vampire story. Bram had put Whitby Town in England in a novel that still revolves around this long fanged creatures. He described how a ship's captain died tragic vampire attacked.

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So famous, it has now become one of the destinations looking for vampires. Want more support to legend, Whitby has a gothic themed event. Gothic Week held two times a year ie April and October. During the week, last concert and comes with food stand and accessories. Do not forget to dress gothic if you want to enjoy this festival.

4. Musee des Vampires, France

Not everyone afraid of vampires. Proof, there is a museum dedicated to vampires. In the city of Les Lilas, France, there is a museum called the Musee des Vampires. The building will be difficult to see clearly because enclosed.

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Although open to the public, is required prior arrangements for a visit to this museum. You can call or come in to book day excursions. Musee des Vampires contains items related to vampires. Hats, shirts, photographs, books, and weapons-related blood-sucking human legends are available at the museum. Are you curious?

5. Vampire Tour, UK

British capital has a unique tour that will satisfy tourists who love the mystery. London is often described in Bram Stoker's novel that tells the story of a vampire. Vampire Tour taking Highgate area.

Highgate thought to be an area that once occupied the vampire. There's a creepy house supposedly once occupied a vampire. This tour will also take visitors to the forest and the mystical Highgate cemetery. No less interesting, this tour will entertain guests with a medieval style. Vampire Tour takes place every day except Monday.
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