For instance, visitors can eat the exact meal Jonathan Harker ate at The Golden Crown in Bistrita and sleep at Castle Dracula Hotel, built no so long ago on the Borgo Pass at the approximate site of the fictional Count's castle. Some tours also cover the folkloric aspects of the fictional Dracula. (Palatul Curtea Veche) in Bucharest, Snagov Monastery, where, according to legend, Vlad's remains were buried the ruins of the Poenari Fortress (considered to be the authentic Dracula's Castle) the village of Arefu where Dracula legends are still told, the city of Brasov where Vlad led raids against the Saxons merchants, and, of course, Bran Castle.
Other Dracula sites include: the Old Princely Court Such as the 14th century town of Sighisoara where you can visit the house in
They include the most important historical places associated with Travel Journal: 'In the Footsteps of Dracula.'Īlthough he never traveled to Romania, Stoker crammed his book with descriptions of many real locations that can still be visited in present-day Romania.
