Bran Castle, Romanian Castelul Bran, a medieval stronghold in the Transylvanian Alps (Southern Carpathian Mountains) of Brașov county, central Romania. Popularly—if inaccurately—identified with the ...

Although this remarkable fortress has weathered centuries of war, poverty and multiple political empires, Bran Castle is most famous for being the assumed residence of Dracula. Vlad Tepes, the ...

Transylvania. After a century of being name-dropped in literature and film, this region inside Romania inspires instantaneous association with severe mountains, gothic castles, peasant villages and an ...

Bran Castle, which inspired one of the most iconic monsters in literature -- Count Dracula -- is reason enough to visit Romania's Carpathian Mountains.Courtesy of Top Ten Real Estate Deals Bran Castle ...

As Halloween edges closer, the yearning to do more spooky and fun fall activities pulls me in. Every year, I attempt to pack my late September to end of October with the usuals: marathons of Halloween ...

The castle itself has been around for over 600 years, having been fully completed in 1388. But it wasn’t until 1897 that Irish author Bram Stoker forever made this Transylvanian fortress synonymous ...

BRAN, Romania — Tour companies call it Dracula’s castle, this sentinel built on a mountain pass connecting the flatlands of southern Romania with the hills and forests of Transylvania. But this isn’t ...

A castle in Romania that considers itself the inspiration for “Dracula’s lair” is offering a free COVID vaccine and a free tour of the “torture chamber” to visitors. Bran Castle, which is in the ...

There are only a handful of characters as well-known as well as Dracula. There are, perhaps, only a handful of characters throughout history known as well as Count Dracula. "Dracula is the most ...

MIHAIL KOGALNICEANU, Romania- One weekend in late November 2015, soldiers of 5th Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment got a chance to step away from their tanks to participate in the Morale, Welfare and ...