Bran castle

Bran Castle

2. •The castle is located in
Transylvania less than 30 km
from Brașov. Initial in this
place there was a castle
fortress with military
purposes was transformed
into a castle in 1920.

3. •Surrounded by an aura of mystery and legend and
perched high atop a 200-foot-high rock, Bran Castle owes
its fame to its imposing towers and turrets as well as to
the myth created around Bram Stocker's Dracula. From
1920 to 1957 Bran served as royal residence, a gift of the
people of Brașov to Queen Marie of Romania. The castle
is now a museum open to tourists, displaying art and
furniture collected by Queen Marie.

4. •Bram Stoker’s character,
Dracula, is a Transylvanian Count
with a castle located high above
a valley perched on a rock with a
flowing river below in the
Principality of Transylvania.
Dracula – as he is perceived today – is a
fictitious character whose name derives
from the appellation given to Vlad Tepes,
the ruler of Wallachia from 1456-1462
and 1476, and who, for largely political
reasons, was depicted by some historians
of that time as a blood-thirsty ruthless
despot.

5. •Stoker’s Count Dracula is a centuries-old
vampire, sorcerer, and Transylvanian
nobleman, he inhabits a decaying castle
in the Carpathian Mountains.

6. •Narrow winding stairways lead through some 60 timbered rooms, many
connected by underground passages, which house collections of furniture,
weapons and armor dating from the 14th to the 19th centuries. The castle
overlooks the picturesque village of Bran, which offers an open-air
Ethnographic Museum consisting of old local-style village houses complete
with furniture, household objects and costumes.

7. •Inside the castle we find the narrow corridors arranged in a maze,
rooms in all parts, go through the door and later, walking us through
the castle, we arrive again at the same place.
The doors are low, that sometimes you need to lean. Climb the stairs
and get to a room, but under the stairs is another door that would
lead us to the same place.

8. •In addition to what we find inside the castle, outside it is an
impressive garden with lots of flowers and fruit trees, which
belonged to Queen Mary and that there was a lake trout and a few
swans.

9. Program visit for tourists
•WINTER PROGRAM (October 1 -March 31)
Monday: hours 12:00 - 16:00
Tuesday-Sunday: hours 09:00 – 16:00
• SUMMER PROGRAM (1 April - 30 September)
 Monday: hours 12:00 – 18:00
 Tuesday-Sunday: hours 09:00 – 18:00

11. •http://www.bran-castle.com/
•http://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castelul_Bran
•http://amfostacolo.ro
•http://atractii.ofertebran.ro