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Cornwall, England’s craggy southwestern tip is laden with myth and legend: Mermaids are said to have lured villagers into the sea here and piskies, a mischievous tribe of fairies, to skip across the area’s wind-whipped moors. Its real-life history includes Neolithic standing stones and the 13th-century Tintagel Castle, built on the cliff-top site where King Arthur was thought to have been conceived. No wonder the county has provided creative inspiration for hundreds of years. “Artists have been drawn to Cornwall since the time of [J.M.W.] Turner [in the 1800s] because of the natural light and the outstanding beauty of the landscape,” says Anne Barlow, the director of the Tate St. Ives art gallery.

Whether your cinematic tastes tend more toward spine-tingling suspense, bloody gore, cheesy horror, or light-hearted fantasy, watching spooky movies is one of the best ways to get into the Halloween spirit. Since we can’t quite hop aboard flying broomsticks of our own and travel directly into the worlds of such films, visiting halloween movie filming locations in real-life is the next best thing. Although these destinations can be visited any time of the year, planning your “location vacation” during October often comes with special seasonal perks, like film screenings and even whole town transformations into their on-screen counterparts.

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to escape into a fairytale? To command a dragon, slay beasts, or ride into battle like Norse mythology’s Valkyrie? Hans Christian Andersen, the father of modern fairytales, likely imagined the same. Both the author and his stories were born and raised on the island of Fyn, Denmark (pronounced Foon in Danish).

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Scotland has no shortage of draws for travelers. More than 4 million people traveled to Scotland in 2023, and that number is only growing. Famous draws like world-class whisky and museums fill itineraries, as do castles and nature that’s being restored through an ambitious rewilding program. And while there are plenty of things to do, the best way to experience Scotland is through slow travel, which the region is actively promoting. It’s just one of the reasons Matador Network named Scotland its Sustainable Destination of the Year in 2023.

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