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From Sucevița to Cluj-Napoca

Dracula tourism is a type of cultural tourism involving travel to sites associated with Dracula and his real or imaginary travels. There is Dracula Tourism in Transylvania, Romania and in the United Kingdom.

The most well-known Dracula Tourism locations to visit in Romania are: Dracula Museum in Bucharest, that presents both the story of real-life Dracula, the Wallachian prince Vlad III Dracula, aka the Impaler and also the one of the mythical Dracula, the blood-thirsty vampire.

1. Bran Castle ("Castelul Bran"), considered to be the home of Dracula
2. The City of Sighisoara, where you can visit the house in which Vlad the Impaler was born
3. Old Princely Court ("Palatul Curtea Veche") in Bucharest
4. Snagov Monastery ("Manastirea Snagov"), where, according to the legend, Vlad's remains were buried
5. The ruins of the Poenari Fortress (considered to be the authentic Dracula's Castle)
6. The village of Arefu, where Dracula legends are still told
7. The city of Brasov, where Vlad led raids against the Saxons merchants
8. The village of Piatra Fantanele, where a Dracula Hotel was built in the very same place Bram Stoker placed the Dracula Castle in his novel Dracula.