The World’s Most Haunted Hotels

With Halloween coming up, we have compiled another spooky list that will keep you up all night. While most tourists usually try to avoid staying at haunted hotels at all cost, there are people out there who are attracted to these creepy places. If you are one of these weirdly adventurous travelers, you will certainly enjoy this post featuring some Of The World’s Most Haunted Hotels. Sites of various crimes, accidents and other tragic stories, haunted hotels can be found all over the world. While some of the haunted hotels have turned their bleak reputation into an effective marketing tool to attract curious tourists, others wish nobody knew about their horrifying legacy. In these some Of The World’s Most Haunted Hotels, things like moaning, screaming, mysterious sounds, eerie apparitions, furniture that move by itself and other unexplainable phenomena are not unusual. From the feared Welsh Skirrid Mountain Inn where guests often feel invisible ropes tightening around their necks to the haunted Taj Mahal Palace Hotel in India where tens of people were brutally murdered in a terrorist attack, staying at any of these some Of The World’s Most Haunted Hotels is definitely not recommended for the faint-hearted. (But you’re not faint-hearted are you? We didn’t think so).
 

Karosta Prison, Latvia

Karosta was used as a Nazi and Soviet military prison where thousands of prisoners died. These days, the site serves as a bizarre hotel where guests are treated like prisoners. Multiple paranormal activities have allegedly been witnessed at the hotel with visitors claiming to have heard footsteps, whispers, and audible warnings such as “get out of here”.

Crescent Hotel, Arkansas

Built as a luxury hotel and spa in 1886, the Crescent Hotel in Eureka Springs, Arkansas, is considered to be one of the most haunted hotels in the US. The hotel is said to be haunted by at least eight different spirits all of whom are believed to be ghosts of people most of which died at the hotel during its gloomy history.

Dr. Holms Hotel, Norway

Located at the renowned ski resort town of Geilo, southern Norway, the Dr. Holms Hotel is a large, luxury hotel with spa, swimming pools, gyms and many other facilities. However, this hotel is also popular for its ghost sightings. The legend has it that in 1926, a young woman hanged herself at the attic and her ghost lives in room No. 320.

Hotel Burchianti, Italy

Situated at the heart of Florence, one of the world´s most romantic cities, Hotel Burchianti is definitely not a place where lovers want to stay. Numerous guests have claimed to see creepy translucent figures, feel icy cold breath in their faces and hear indefinable human voices.

Hotel del Coronado, California

When it opened in 1888, the Hotel del Coronado was the largest resort hotel in the world. Nowadays, this San Diego hotel ranks among the most haunted hotels in the US with employees, workers and guests experiencing odd noises, spirited breezes, strange faces and a ghostly figure of a young lady wearing a black lace dress.

Grand Hyatt Taipei, Taiwan

Considered one of the best luxury hotels in Taipei, Grand Hyatt Taipei is a renowned resort that was built over a former wartime political prison and is said to be haunted by the ghosts of several executed inmates. The hotel has even placed some sacred scrolls throughout the lobby in an attempt to rid the place of any wandering spirits.

Hever Castle, England

Located in the village of Hever, some 30 miles (48 km) south-east of London, the Hever Castle was built as a country house where Anne Boleyn, the second wife of King Henry VII of England, spent her childhood. These days, the castle serves as a luxury hotel but the ghost of Anne Boleyn is still thought to reside there, having been spotted by numerous guests.

Banff Springs Hotel, Canada

Built in 1888, the Banff Springs Hotel is considered one of the most haunted places in Canada. Apart from a ghost of a young woman wearing a wedding dress, the building is also haunted by spirits of a family that was murdered in room No. 873. The door to this room has since been bricked up but the ghosts are often seen in the hallway outside the room.