Fancy a break with a little more spirit? Try East Midlands Scare-port!
This Halloween, East Midlands Airport invites travellers to pack their brave face, leave their broomsticks at home and fly with us to discover some dead good haunts.
From creepy castles to eerie abandoned buildings, these European destinations could put a shiver in your sightseeing.
Would you dare to visit the Czech Republic’s Church of Ghosts? In the small village of Lukova, more than 200km east of Prague, lies a 14th century church that has been neglected for decades after a roof collapse during a funeral was interpreted by locals as a bad omen. It is famous for its eerie installation of life-sized, white-draped ghost sculptures.
Fly to Prague with: Ryanair and Jet2. Flight time: 2 hours 5minutes
Or how about Moosham Castle in Unternberg, Austria - considered one of the world's most haunted castles? Widely known as the Witch Castle, its dark history is steeped in executions and folklore, including witch trials and werewolf trials – with modern day visitors reporting paranormal activity including noises and apparitions and cries from the medieval dungeons and torture chambers.
Fly to Salzburg with: Jet2. Flight time: 2 hours 30 minutes
If that’s not chilling enough, there’s always the Beelit-Heilstätten Hospital, a decrepit former sanatorium established in the late 1800s to treat and rehabilitate tuberculosis patients in industrialized Berlin. A young Adolf Hitler recuperated at the sprawling 60-building treatment complex after being wounded at the Somme. The state of abandonment makes for an eerie, haunting experience.
Fly to Berlin with: Ryanair, Jet2. Flight time: 1 hour 50 minutes
Finally, Poveglia is an abandoned island located between Venice and Lido. During the 14th-century bubonic plague outbreak, thousands of victims (dead and alive) were transported to this island in an effort to eradicate the disease. It is widely considered one of the most haunted places in the world due to its dark history. Visitors report disembodied screams, phantom bells from a silent tower and shadows of figures wearing plague masks.
Fly to Venice with: Ryanair. Flight time: 2 hours 10 minutes