Twilight Tourism

Twilight Fans, This Post is for You

I must have been living in a cloud, because, until the movie Twilight came out, I knew nothing about Stephenie Meyer's romantic vampire saga.   When I saw the movie, I immediately fell in love with the characters, and after leaving the theater I snapped up a copy of the book to learn more. 

Now, before I devour the second book in the series, New Moon, I thought I'd share a link to a blog post I came across that might be of interest to you.

Tours to movie sites are not a new thing, and neither is Vampire Tourism.  After all, thanks to Bram Stoker visitors have been traveling to Transylvania, Romania in search of Count Dracula for years.  And what about the English seaside town of Whitby?  This ancient fishing port between the North York Moors and the North Sea is the site where Stoker's Dracula arrived in England aboard the Russian schooner Demeter.  And then there's the sultry city of New Orleans, where you can visit the home of Anne Rice, who wrote the Vampire Chronicles.

Forks, Washington has now joined in on the fun and is getting some much-needed revenue from Twilight fans.  In her post Top Twilight Travel Sites on the Traveling Mamas blog, CajunMama writes about the top Twilight sites that fans can visit:

• Forks, located on the Washington Olympic Peninsula, Bella's new home.
• La Push, a community that's part of the Quileute Indian Reservation and the home of Jacob Black in Twilight.
• Hoh Rainforest, where you can experience the setting where Meyer's vampires made their home.
• Port Angeles, where Edward took Bella to dine on Mushroom Ravioli.

Although much of the movie was filmed in the Oregon cities of St. Helens and Portland due to budget constraints, CajunMama points out that a company called FanTrips.Travel will take you to many of the actual filming locations, such as La Push beach, Columbia River Gorge, and View Point Inn, where Edward and Bella share some romantic moments after the prom.

You can also visit many of the sites on your own.  To learn more about visiting the Twilight sites in Forks, check out Home of the Twilight the Book and On the Twilight Trail in Forks on the Forks website.

Comments

[Twilight Saga]

Yeah, I didn't know much about it either until recently. But i'm officially hooked!