Halloween : Top 5 destinations to visit in Europe

The month of October is particularly suited to confronting one's greatest fears while celebrating Halloween. You don't have to go far away to spend an extraordinary weekend! Here are the Top 5 ideal destinations to celebrate Halloween in Europe. 
 
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Italy is a beautiful country, known all over the world for its gastronomy and its numerous monuments. In fact, it is the country with the most UNESCO World Heritage monuments ahead of Spain and France! 
Even if you imagine yourself spending a romantic and charming holiday here, Italy is a perfect place to celebrate Halloween, especially in beautiful Venice and the medieval town of Corinaldo. 
 
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When you think of Venice you imagine the romantic city with its canals, St. Mark's Square full of pigeons and its unmissable carnival, yet it is also a perfect destination to celebrate Halloween. Beyond its image of a charming city, it has a sinister atmosphere with a past full of extraordinary legends about sea monsters of all kinds. There are many places full of mystery in the city, visit the San Michele cemetery and the mysteriously empty tomb of Sister Gisella Vittoria Gregoris or the cursed Ca' Dario palace which has aroused the admiration of Woody Allen and Claude Monet. 
For even more thrills, visit the island of Poveglia off the coast of Venice, considered one of the most haunted islands in the world! And for good reason, it is an island on which plague patients were taken in the 17th century, and later it housed a psychiatric asylum where macabre experiments were carried out. 
At nightfall, the fog invaded the small streets and canals of Venice, showing a different face. It is up to you to find one of the secret masked evenings that took place in the city at that time. 
 
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You can also visit the medieval town of Corinaldo, south of San Marino, a few hours drive from Florence, which hosts a special event during this period, the "Witches' Festival". Throughout the city you can enjoy scary processions, haunted markets, live music and fireworks. During this period Corinaldo celebrates the witches of which the inhabitants are said to be descendants, so during the last 4 days of October they celebrate in their honour. 
 
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As the birthplace of Halloween, being Celtic, Scotland and Ireland are truly the places to go to celebrate this holiday. More than just a party where people dress up and ask for sweets, it is celebrated all over Scotland.

So take the opportunity to visit the beautiful and sinister city of Edinburgh with its little streets of the Royal Mile, its beautiful castle and its scary stories! Relive the dark hours of the city, discover the underground chambers through the haunted tunnels of the South Bridge or the mysterious mansions. As you walk through the streets of the city, you may come across Little Annie, a famous ghost from Mary King's Close, where many people died of the plague.

For those who see Halloween in a festive way and want to dance the night away, experience the Fright Fest held on Halloween night at ATIK Edinburgh. There is also the Samhuinn Fire Festival with performances by acrobats, fire dancers and live music.
Scotland is the perfect place for a Halloween city-trip with friends! So get your scariest costumes ready and go and face your biggest fears! 

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Spain is a wonderful country, where you will find magnificent monuments and different landscapes from north to south. And off to the beautiful city of Barcelona to spend a scary Halloween! 

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Catalonia is known to be a very festive region with an enchanting culture, and inevitably they celebrate Halloween in great style. Here you will not celebrate Halloween but the Castanyada! Families get together and enjoy small pastries, roasted chestnuts with sweet wine. But don't panic if you want to scare yourself, Barcelona is a perfect place to spend an evening of terror, especially when you dine at the restaurant La Posada Maldita, where the staff have fun scaring the customers in an atmosphere straight out of hell. You can also enjoy many traditional events in the streets of the mystical Gothic Quarter.

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Romania is undoubtedly the best country in Eastern Europe to celebrate Halloween, especially the beautiful region of Transylvania, the cradle of many scary stories. 
Indeed, the region is known to be home to the Bran Castle, by Vlad Tepes, otherwise known as Dracula, which you can visit if you have the courage. The tourist village at the foot of the castle will give you garlic cloves if you want to protect yourself from vampires at night. On the evening of the 31st of October, you can take part in a real masked ball in the castle.
Every year, the region also hosts a Halloween festival in the medieval town of Sighisoara, full of legends, where you can enjoy terrifying shows, mixed with folklore and the tasting of traditional Romanian cuisine. The festival is held in the middle of the Romanian forest at the foot of a magnificent citadel, where it is said that every year the tales haunted by the forest come back to life at this time.
And for even more thrills, you can venture into the famous Hoia-Baciu forest, where it is not uncommon to see ghosts, UFOs and other inexplicable events. 
So lovers of horror films and other terrifying legends, come and discover Romania during the scariest time of the year! 

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When you think of France, and especially Paris, you imagine a romantic city with incomparable gastronomy. However, the beautiful City of Light also hides a dark past and a terrifying place, ideal as a setting for Halloween.
 
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So to frighten you, set off to discover the Catacombs of Paris, where 6 million Parisians have been unearthed from the cemeteries to be buried in the catacombs, just a few metres below the surface. Indeed, it dates back to the 18th century, when the mass graves were full and there was a risk that the health of the living Parisians would be affected, so the bodies were moved to this place, offering a mystical and astonishing atmosphere.
If this is not enough for you, you can take part in the famous Vampire Ball at the Pachamama in the 12th arrondissement of Paris, to experience a real night of excess! 
 
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Now you know the best destinations to scare you on Halloween!