Hooky Hostels for Halloween

I dare you to sleep in one of these hostels on Halloween!

For the ancient Celts, Halloween was the end of the old year and the beginning of the new one, but it didn’t belong to either of them: it was a moment out of time, when past, present and future were the same thing… and anything could happen! Of course this means also that the dead, or magical creatures like witches and elves, would walk around on earth, scaring the hell out of us poor humans.

What better place than the scariest hostels in the world to celebrate the scariest night of the year? Our Halloween hostels are mysterious places, whose past is rich with history and whose present is sometimes disturbing… discover the best hostels for Halloween!

USA Hostels San Diego is located in a 18th century brothel, way before the “Wild West” era: the amount of stories that this house could tell is simply unbelievable, from the age of the Spanish missions to the time of the cowboys, or the Gold Rush, you can easily imagine all sorts of “things” that have happened here. It is sometimes said that the ghost of the fastest gun in the West, Sheriff Wyatt Earp, still wanders around seeking revenge for his friend Doc Holliday.

People who have stayed at this hostel say that it is not uncommon to see the light go on and off for no reason in the middle of the night, and an entire dorm was once awakened by someone knocking on the walls… but the disturbing part is that the knocking was moving all around the room, noise came from the ceiling and the floor! You are free not to believe this – but notice that the management later decided to turn that room into a bathroom… not to mention the unexplainable night breezes, or all the guests that woke up to the sensation of being touched and grabbed by icy cold hands…

Or how about an old convent in Florence of Lorenzo dè Medici and the cruel Borgia family, who knows which mysteries, poisonings and treacheries, are hidden inside the ancient monastery of the Seven Founder Saints? You can discover them yourself on Halloween! The monastery has been turned into a hostel, conveniently named Ostello Sette Santi (Hostel of the Seven Saints). Overcome your fears and sleep in this hostel and maybe the soul of an old monk, forever trapped on the wrong side of hell's gate, will wake you up in the middle of the night and take you for a special tour of the hostel, believe it or not!

When you talk about legends and super-natural creatures, Scotland may come to mind, the home of some of the strangest stories and creatures ever! Edinburgh, its capital city, is a fascinating old town, full of ancient palaces and mysterious stories… in one of the oldest palaces in town, built before 1600, you’ll find the High Street Hostel … Who knows which creatures haunt the roms and corridors of this scary 16th century palace? Find out for yourself!

But when speaking about Scotland and their scary stories and mythical creatures, how could we forget about “Nessie”, better known as the Loch Ness monster? And of course, which day better that October 31st to try and catch a glimpse of this world-famous legendary animal? And which hostel better than the West End Hostel in Edinburgh, organize a day trip to the Lake of Ness, or stay at the evocative, Highlander Hostel Inverness , in one of the oldest building in town, a stone’s throw away from Loch Ness.

So, if you want to have a great Halloween this year, if you want to meet travelers from all over the world and exchange mystery and ghost stories, these Halloween hostels are the best places! Oh… and we can guarantee you that all the customers who booked through these hostels with HostelsClub.com will return home safe!