Despite the fact that there are a lot of advertisements about legend-associated places, they are not always meeting our expectations . Some of them seem to be disappointing when being visited, as the myths and legends are too much of a fairy-tale based. To solve such a problem we offer you to have a look at the list below and find out fresh reasons to visit these wonderlands. Our top list will give you an opportunity to have a newer look at the listed countries. This is especially true while talking about the possibility of making new discoveries and getting acquainted with multiple mysterious and fabulous places.
1. Chillon, Switzerland
Switzerland can not be called a land of oil, gold but instead it has wonderful mountains, ski resorts, waterfalls and a rich variety of lakes. One of the symbols of this country is mystical castle of Chillon. It impressed the famous writer and lord Bayron so badly that we wrote the poem “Chillon Prisoner”. And soon after he left his autograph on one of the columns, something like “The lord was here”. This was just a joke. But anyways the researchers consider this castle to be a masterpiece. Another place to visit is the castle Gruyere, where you can find the pieces of the legend about the giants- Willrich Steel hand and Clerembo and except that there is also a museum of fantasy over there. Here the halls are not decorated in traditional art crafts; you find goblins and fays, which are painted on the height of the Alpine mountains. At the neighborhood you’ll find the legendary castle of Saint-Germain, where you’ll be able to witness the works of the Oscar winner Hans-Rudi designer, who made the special effects for the movie “Alien.” The fantastical features included in the exposition are not offered for those who feel sick while getting scared. This is especially true about the part with the aliens.
2. Petra,Jordan
If you want to get into the real decorations of the tale “Hundred and One Nights”, you better visit Jordan. The local legends are popular mixture of Bible stories and folk stories. The most enthusiastic spot is undoubtedly Petra. This town made of scarlet and rose rocks is considered to be one of the Seven Wonders of the World. According to the legend the main part was built by the Egyptian pharaoh, who was following Jews- running away from the slavery to find the Holy land. So the king made the castle of El-Khaznu, to hide all the wealth that was preventing him to overtake the Jews. He never came back to get his gold as he was drown together with all of his crew close to the Red Sea. So it is believed that somebody will find it for sure if he/she will be able to find the secret way that takes there. The gold searching was so tough that every single statue has been shot and removed constantly. The next legend associated with this land is the Sodom and Gomorra towns’ legend. God got angry at the inhabitants of these towns and washed them by the salty waters of the Dead Sea. Despite this story you’ll be able to spend an awesome time here.
3. Langkawi, Malaysia
Malaysian Langkawi is called to be the “Island of the Legends”. There are so many legends sewn around the place that no one knows exactly which one was the first. The most popular one is telling about the girl named Mansuri. She was so pretty that everyone was devoting her poems and songs. When she grew up they organized her wedding with the son of the tribe leader- Darus. All the inhabitants were invited. Everybody was jealous about Mansuri and especially the wife of the tribe leader- Mandora. Later when Darus went for the fighting and a stranger-singer came to the place Mansuri wasn’t able to refuse to give a nightspot to him. The islanders decided that this was a cheating and killed Mansuri. Before her death the young innocent lady cursed the island for 7 generations. The entire story was overlapped at the year of 1986, when the 7th generation of Mansuri was born- a girl named Aisha. And so during 20 with something years the island turned into a land of tourism. Also here you can taste the local fruit called durian. As to the islanders this fruit smells rather bad, but the taste is terrific. Despite the unusual smell it is good to know that you can’t combine this fruit with any kind of alcohol and even with light cocktails.
4. Chinabalu,Kalimantan
This island is also known as Borneo and is situated on the Pacific Ocean. It is still inhabited with various tribes who are telling seizing stories and legends. One of this is telling about the mountain Chinabalu- the highest top of the South-eastern Asia. Its name translated from the old-Malaysian is “Chinese widow”. The story goes like this: there used to live a huge dragon on the island. He was the only dragon left that’s why he was so unfriendly. He was protecting a giant pink pearl and at the afternoons he was eating up the Indians who were coming to steal it. The dragon was finally defeated by a Chinese prince. The saved pearl was gifted to the prettiest girl on the island and soon they got married. Later on the brave prince started missing his homeland and moved back to China. His poor wife cried so much that she turned into a stone. The frequent rains are also being associated with the legend. There is also a newer legend which states that the name of the mountain can be translated as the “Mountain of the Spirits”. So those who are leaving us are being moved to the top of the mountain.
5. Rome,Italy
Our last but not the least legend is about the founding of the city of Rome by the twin brothers, Romulus and Remus. Their mother got pregnant, some say by Mars, the god of war. Their great-uncle recognized that Romulus and Remus were more than human and attempted to have them killed. The servant left the basket with the brothers on the river Tiber, which was in flood. They were found by a she-wolf who suckled them and fed them. A swineherd later found the babies and brought them up. When they grew up they decided to build a city of their own in despite of serving the king. During an argument one of the brothers killed the other one. Romulus buried Remus, and carried on with building his city. The city was named to be Rome after the powerful brother who reigned Rome for 38 years. Then it is told to be that Romulus disappeared in a violent storm, and it was announced that he had been taken up to heaven, from where he would continue to look after Rome’s destiny as the god Quirinus does. This legend makes the story of the Rome even more seizing and especially the fact of rather active nightlife of the city make it worth to visit.
