LonelyPlanet - Living The Q Life Travel AdventuresExplore The World With Us One Country At A TimeTue, 22 Feb 2022 19:30:03 +0000en-UShourly1https://s0.wp.com/i/webclip.pngLonelyPlanet - Living The Q Life Travel Adventures3232 94661481Dramatic Bran Castle in Romania/2022/02/22/dramatic-bran-castle-in-romania/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=dramatic-bran-castle-in-romania/2022/02/22/dramatic-bran-castle-in-romania/#commentsTue, 22 Feb 2022 19:30:00 +0000/?p=55940Bran Castle is often referred to as Castle Dracula, but its history has very little to do with Vlad the Impaler who most people associate as being the inspiration of the novel. Apparently, Bram Stoker based his description of Dracula’s castle on a description of Bran Castle that he had read about during the time …

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]]>/2022/02/22/dramatic-bran-castle-in-romania/feed/455940Castle Dracula, Bran Romania/2017/01/30/castle-dracula-bran-romania/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=castle-dracula-bran-romania/2017/01/30/castle-dracula-bran-romania/#commentsMon, 30 Jan 2017 16:28:44 +0000/?p=5868Let us be clear, this is a complete tourist trap and has absolutely nothing to do with Vlad Dracula, the inspiration behind the Dracula legend. It isn’t really a castle, not in the true sense of gentry living, but literally the offices of border control agents. So why go? Well, despite knowing the truth, there …

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