TRAVELLERS seeking a quiet place need look no further than the numerous abandoned towns around the world. Travel review website IgoUgo.com (http:www.igougo.com) has compiled a list of the top 10 ghost towns around the world based on recommendations from its readers.
1. Kolmanskop, Namibia. You’ll need to stop in nearby Luderitz for a permit to enter this former mining town in the Namib desert – a holdover from the days when Kolmanskop was a free-for-all for diamond hunters. The town had its heyday in the 1920s but was abandoned in 1956. It has since been partly restored.
2. Fatehpur Sikri, India. Built by Emperor Akbar to be the most beautiful city in the world, it was widely thought this goal was achieved – until people realised the city lacked access to water. It was abandoned as the capital of the Mughal Empire after just 10 years and is today a perfectly preserved 16th-century town.
3. Oatman, US. Of all the Arizona ghost towns, quirky Oatman has to be among IgoUgo members’ favourite. Here, wild burros roam the streets and US$60,000 bills decorate the walls of the local hotel, where, incidentally, Clark Gable and Carol Lombard spent their wedding night. Continue reading
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