Halloween is nearly upon us, and everyone is looking for the best ways to celebrate. Holafly, the travel eSIM provider, has researched over 200 attractions in the UK and Ireland to uncover the scariest places to visit this spooky season.
Five of the top 10 spookiest attractions across the UK and Ireland are located in Edinburgh, making it the ultimate city to visit and explore this Halloween.
Holafly researched over 200 attractions to uncover which is the scariest. To conduct this study, they first created a seed list from various online sources.
From this list, they cross-referenced each attraction via TripAdvisor and extracted data including total reviews, the number of 5-star reviews, and total mentions of words such as ‘scary’, ‘spooky’, and ‘haunted’. This data was then turned into an index and ranked accordingly.
Based on data from TripAdvisor, the study can reveal that the scariest attraction in the UK and Ireland is in Edinburgh, along with the second most spooky attraction.
See below to find out which Edinburgh attractions took the top two spots, and where the other three placed in the scariest attractions in the UK and Ireland top 10.
1. The Real Mary King's Close
The Real Mary King's Close took first place with a spooky score of 1,711 out of 1,728. Located beneath the Royal Mile, special Halloween events include Lantern Led Tours and True Crime Tours. | Contributed Photo: Submitted
2. The World Famous Underground Ghost Tour - Edinburgh
The World Famous Underground Ghost Tour came second with a spooky score of 1,683. Visitors can expect to visit haunted spots like Greyfriars Kirkyard and underground caverns. | Tripadvisor
3. The Edinburgh Dungeon
The Edinburgh Dungeon at Market Place was ranked fifth in the top 10 scariest attractions to visit in the UK and Ireland in this Halloween study conducted by Holafly. | Nick Mailer/Edinburgh Dungeon
4. Haunted Vaults Walking Tour
Haunted Vaults Walking Tour was eighth on the list. This vaults tour takes you beneath the streets of Edinburgh's Old Town into a dimly lit space that many considered to be haunted. Visiting the vaults of the South Bridge that date back to the 1700s, which were mentioned on Most Haunted Live as one of the scariest places on earth. | Submitted Photo: Greg Macvean