You'll see an occasional horse & cart en route.
Park in the lot for 4 lei ($0.94) per hour then pass the souvenir stands to enter the castle complex.
Admission to the castle is 40 lei ($9.43) and there is no tour.
Bran Castle is associated with Dracula but there is no evidence that Vlad Tepes (the Wallachian prince who inspired Bram Stoker to create Dracula) ever stayed here. Nor was it mentioned in Bram Stoker's book.
The castle was built for fortification and protection of the German colonists in Transylvania. It was given to Queen Marie (the last queen of Romania) in 1920. Her daughter Princess Ileana used it as a hospital during WWII. It was later seized by the communist regime and finally given to Dominic von Habsburg in 2006, Princess Ileana's son.
The castle does play up the Dracula association.
The path leading up to the castle.
Climb the stairs to enter the castle.
Inner courtyard of the castle.
There is no tour but there are English descriptions posted throughout the castle. It's easy to follow the route of the tour.
Some passageways in the castle are very narrow.
The rooms display Queen Marie's furnishings.
Views of the forest from the castle.
King Ferdinand's (Marie's husband) bedroom.
The Torture Room
More medieval instruments of torture.
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