Halloween is coming, and Prontohotel.com wants to give you some advices on where to spend a frightening holiday.

A must-go destination for a Halloween party is Transylvania, the historical region in the central part of Romania that gave birth to Count Dracula.
It’s undeniable the fright factor of bloodthirsty vampires awaking from their black coffins in the middle of the night to hunt their prey. So if you are curious to visit the birthplace of these dark and scary creatures, head for the Dracula’s Castle in Transylvania a dark 14th-century bastion about 20 miles from Brasov, in the shadows of Mount Bucegi.

At the other side of the world, in Maui, you could be able to properly celebrate All Hallows Eve even without a chilly autumn night. Lahaina hosts the Maui’s annual Halloween: Front Street close to traffic and the children’s costume parade gets underway, untill the street is crowded with 20,000 costumed children and adults spreadinf a warm aloha spirit. This is the busiest night of the year for bars, restaurants and hotels in Lahania and it’s typical for tourists to book in advance a hotel.

Another classic is the Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios Orlando.  In this theme park entirely dedicated to Halloween you can find everything needed fo the perfect horror night: haunted houses, terrifying live shows, mutants, monsters and maniacs. Our tip: leave at home children under 13!

Tired of the boring tea time in London? Forget it! The english capital promises a lot of scary attractions and places recalling bloody and brutal London events from long time ago: the London Ghost Walk for example, offers you the most frightening attractions, and why not spend the Halloween night taking a specialized tour after dark following the bloody footsteps of London’s most brutal criminal, Jack the Ripper?

Don’t miss the sorcerer performance at the Official Salem Witches Halloween Ball, in Salem, Massachusetts, “The Witch City”.

We wish you the spookiest night of the year!

Take off on a swinging ‘surfari’ Downunder, and discover New Zealand – one of the world’s exciting surfing destinations. 

It is no wonder that Kiwis are passionate about surfing as our 6,000 kms of exposed coastline has countless easily accessible beach, point, reef and bar breaks. New Zealand is an island and its long shape is fundamental for the surfer because wherever you are in the country, in Wellington as well as in Auckland, there’s a beach for surfing.

In New Zealand people can surf all year round. The North Island has very warm temperatures in summer (December-March) and wet suits are not usually needed. The South Island waters are colder and generally call for some neoprene protection. 

So if you want to have a great experience, travel to New Zealand is easy and the hotels are opened for the surfer people! Catch your wave and your accommodation in a hotel in Queenstown for exemple, and become a great surfer!

Rio de Janeiro, the capital of samba and carnival celebrations, has now one more reason to celebrate, as it will be the first South American city to host the Olympic Games. Famous for its wonderful beaches, such as Copacabana and Ipanema, for the giant statue of  Christ the Redeemer, for the Sugar Loaf mountain (Pão de Açúcar) with its cable car, for the Maracanã stadium, one of the world’s largest football stadiums and more, Rio de Janeiro will officially hosts the 2016 Olympic Games. So why not take the opportunity to visit the new successful Olympic city, feel the emotion of living such an important and global event in Rio de Janeiro, explore its lively atmoshere and support your country?

One of the most exciting way to enjoy travelling could be discover the local music. The importance of music is more and more appreciated as the key to seize on the culture, the customs, or the ethnic roots of people. Nowadays the Net opens its doors to millions of ethnic musics, until now confined and hidden, and we are literally overwhelmed by a wide range of music styles, instruments and cultures. A brazilian kid living in the popular and boisterous old town of Rio de Janeiro takes a moment to turn an upside down pot into a drum and start striking it in a samba rhythm. A westerner in the middle of the Algerian desert knows nothing of the Tuareg’s melodies, but he will “feel” them letting himself go. The pings of the percussion instruments in Bukittinggi, one of the larger cities in West Sumatra, Indonesia, leave the tourists astonished at first sight, but in a while they’re completely involved in the dances. So let’s start travelling and discovering the world to the sound of music!