However, the castle never belonged to the real Dracula ... historic reality of Bran and the character of the Count in Bram Stoker's novel. Dracula exists in the imagination.

said Poienari is the "true" castle of Vlad the Impaler - the vicious figure that inspired Count Dracula in the Bram Stoker 1897 novel. The "impenetrable" fortress - perched on an 800m cliff - was ...

Cloaked in a black cape like the infamous count himself, 10-year-old Niklas Schuetz runs through the dark corridors of a hilltop castle in search of the truth about Dracula. “He was a Romanian ...

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 ...

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 ...

It’s fair to say that Dracula’s Castle—practically teetering atop a steep cliff in Transylvania—is dramatic. Its true name is Bran Castle, but the fortress gained its nickname and ...

Even more than a century after publication, the character of Count Dracula remains one of the ... there and certainly didn’t live in the castle which now stands there. The same year of his ...

Airbnb is offering a free stay in the spooky IRL castle Airbnb is giving ... bedtime stories about the real-life Vlad the Impaler and how he became known as Dracula. Afterward you’ll be led ...

“This is forcing us to go slowly, get real ... Count Dracula also has an unexpectedly relatable side, she said. “You have Dracula running around pretending he’s his own staff in this castle ...