Lodging website Airbnb is n’t hurting for unusual accommodations : traveller book room can order tostay in a teepeeon Idaho ’s Snake River , atreehousein France , acubehousein the Netherlands , aseashell housein Mexico , and evena house designed by Frank Lloyd Wright . But none of these places packs the wraith cistron of Airbnb ’s latest listing : Paris ’s catacomb .
Initially a series of Edward Durell Stone quarries , the Catacombsbecame the final resting placeto bones from several Parisian cemeteries beginning in 1786 . official move the os there after overcrowd in cemeteries , compound with improper disposal proficiency , conduct to the spread of disease in the city . The last bones were placed in the Catacombs in 1859 . Today , the catacomb are a macabre but popular tourist attraction , drawingsthousands of peopleevery year .
Airbnb Irelandis give two prosperous winners a chance to spend Halloween night among the bones of six million Parisians . The listing description promises “ a dazzling culinary experience , ” a personal fabricator who “ will have you spellbound with fascinating tale from the catacomb , guarantee to grow nightmares , ” and a private concert “ in the most unbelievable acoustics under the earth . ” ( This is a throwback — the underground cryptshosted modest concertsin the late 1850s . ) Finally , the winners will " relish break of day with the deadened , as you become the only live person ever to heat up in the Paris catacombs . "
But there are a few rules the winners must tolerate by , according to the itemization :
Does this sound like your ideal Halloween Nox ? Then make a 100 - word essay that explains why you deserve to remain in the Catacombs . ( The originality and creativeness of your story—“Does it surprise and delight us?"—is weighted 70 percent , while the remain 30 percent is all about spirit : " How does your entry come to to the Paris Catacombs and Halloween ? " ) player must be 18 year old and bless up with Airbnb . Entries are due by October 20 ; you’re able to submit themhere .
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