Ghoulish Madeleine Mccann Tour Around Portugal Apartment Where Toddler Vanished Defended

Ghoulish' Madeleine Mccann Tour Around Portugal Apartment Where Toddler Vanished Defended

The sick trips are believed to be organised by a British grandfather and look at where the missing three-year-old child was last seen alive in Praia da Luz
A tour guide has defended his 'ghoulish' organised Madeleine McCann trips around the Portuguese apartment where the toddler vanished – by insisting he’s just 'trying to help'.

The sick tours are believed to be organised by a British grandfather and look at where the missing three-year-old child was last seen alive in Praia da Luz.

The trips also take in the nearby tapas restaurant where her parents Kate and Gerry were dining when she vanished and wasteland spots where British cops have dug for her body.

Tourists on the excursions - named Luz Tours and dubbed the “Luz Challenge” - are reportedly then invited to speculate on what happened.

The Sun reports that the unnamed organiser who writes a blog called Shining in Luz insists he is just “trying to progress the case”.
The tour organiser writes: “Luz Tours are for people with considerable expertise in the Madeleine McCann case.

“I don’t think there is a way to commercialise Luz Tours and I wouldn’t want to even if it was possible.

“However, I find it ironic that I get keel-hauled for trying to progress the Madeleine McCann case, for free, and Scott Michaels gets lauded for running a business based on dead celebrities.”

The Scott Michaels reference is relation to the founder of the Dearly Departed Tours in Hollywood - which take tourists around locations where the famous died.

They range from Michael Jackson’s mansion to The Beverly Hilton Hotel where Whitney Houston drowned.

This year marks the 10th anniversary of Madeleine McCann's disappearance.
MirrorOnline reported in October how the sightseeing "Luz" trips have been slammed by Brits living nearby as “appalling” - and Maddie's parents were said to be distressed by the latest outrageous twist in the story.

One astonished expat who lives in the area said: “This is in appalling taste. I couldn’t believe it when I saw it.

“This is totally uncalled for. A little girl going missing should not be made into a game or a challenge.”

Madeleine, of Rothley, Leics, was almost four when she vanished from her family’s holiday apartment on May 12 2007.

The gruesome tours are ­said to being offered on the Internet by a British grandfather in his 60s who has become obsessed with the case since emigrating to Praia da Luz.

He says he lives in “Maddieville” and is offering his version of “Mission Impossible” to work out what happened to Madeleine.

He aims the tours at Brits looking for a day trip but insists he does not want payments.

Our source said: “The guide is obsessed with Maddie. He’s ­written thousands of words about the case and pored over maps, photographs and police transcripts.

“We don’t know why he is so hung up on it.”
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