Tag: Van Helsing

• A Kitschy Legacy for a Historic Fortress: The Real Story of Bran Castle

  

  Inside Bran Castle you won’t find coffins or necklaces of garlic. Instead of a residence for the most prolific vampire, the 13th century castle acted as a military position and a royal residence. So why do people still show up in capes and fangs?

  Amanda M

  March 10, 2020

  Castles, Europe, Gothic Travel, Literary Tourism, Romania, travel

  bram stoker, bran castle, Bran fortress, brasov, Castle Bran, Count Dracula, dracula, Literary Tourism, Romania, Transylvania, vampire, vampire hunter, Van Helsing, Vlad the Impaler