Bran Castle (Dracula's Castle), Transylvania, Romania

5victorm1 5:00 PM Apr 24, 2022

Great experience
I'm originally from Brașov and wanted to show my girlfriend the famous Dracula's castle. I've visited a few times over the past years and i was genuinely impressed on what they've made of it. Very well organised, very well cared for and in spite of the high number of tourists, we didn't feel constrained. Great exposeés of the former romanian royal family with their authentic chambers, Wall projections of romanian folcloric legends (some of which, even I must admit, I had no idea existed), a European museum of torture (for an extra fee of 2 euro), and one more 'time tunnel' that looked very promising, but we did not get a chance to see. A great part of romanian history genuinely worth visiting. Souvenir shops obviously extortionate, but you dont really buy 25 tshirts at once so not a bother. If you're in the area, make sure to pop by

4TheLush101 5:00 PM Aug 21, 2022

Interesting but busy
We visited as part of an organised tour in August 2022. The town was quite busy and we’d been advised by our guide to book our tickets online the same day (on the drive there) so that we could skip the queue for the ticket office. Really glad we did that as the queue was quite long when we got there mid afternoon. Once you’re inside, there are gardens and a large pond at the foot of the castle, as well as a cafe and shops. You head up a steep-ish ramp and then queue to go inside. You can’t skip this queue as we learned. They then scan the QR code from your online ticket. Inside are displays in English and Romanian about the history of the castle itself. Learning about Marie, the Queen who united Romania was interesting. There were also displays about Bram Stoker and Dracula too but the castle doesn’t really have any link to the story, nor to Vlad the Impaler as the info guides tell you. It was quite busy so we did have to queue to get around and read some of the displays etc. We also added the torture room as an added extra and it was worth the relatively cheap price but is similar to other torture exhibits at other castles around the world, so something to consider. The reviews for the elevator / lift were not positive so none of us chose to do that. There were people still queuing to enter when we left at 5.15ish and the castle closes at 6 in the summer. Overall an interesting stop but be prepared for crowds / queues unless you book online.