Visiting the Dracula Castle in Transylvania, Romania
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- Опубліковано 11 вер 2024
- A tour of Bran Castle in Transylvania, Romania, associated with the story about Count Dracula.
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Visiting the Dracula Castle in Transylvania, Romania
*The real Castle Dracula is his Poenari location....everyone always mixes the two up!*
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poenari_Castle
Grace Garlock not always but in this case it is
@Grace Garlock Wikipedia is reporting it accurately. If you read the article on Wikipedia about Bran Castle, you will see that the Romanian government decided to officially make Bran Castle "Castle Dracula" to bring in tourism dollars, despite historians being quite certain Vlad never visited the castle in his entire life. So, people mix them up AND wikipedia is reporting it "wrong" precisely BECAUSE Romania intends it to be that way.
thank you
Bram Stoker, after seeing an illustration of Bran Castle in a book, chose to base the castle of his fictional vampire on its design and location. There is indeed very little - if anything - to link Bran Castle with Vlad Dracula the Wallachian Prince. Just check the Castle's own web-site: www.bran-castle.com/dracula.html
But did you guys know that the original vampires where from Styria, Austria and that even Dracula was originally meant to be styrian, but the author decided to use a transylvanian castle instead, because the area was less densly populated and therefore better fit the scary atmosphere.
Romania is beautiful country. I was there last July..
huynh mao - my Greek brothers wife was from Romania, a dark haired beauty
@@ibolyacsonka3959-Transylvania was NEVER Hungary and NEVER will be!Go back to sleep!
adriana steriopol esti un nestiut si mincinos, transilvania totdeauna a fost si o sa fie Ungaria. ROMAnia nu e numai de cand sa unit valachia cu moldova. ROMAnia e o ghicitura. Unde a fost tara romanesca, inainte era cumania. Voi sunteti emigrati din albania, si aveti radacini cumune cu albanezi. Toata istoria ce sa creat de voi e o minciuna, si toti istorici din lume stiu, si numai rade de voi cum sunteti de prosti.
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If its as beautiful as you say.WHY DO THEY ALL COME OVER HERE.?We are getting overrun with Rumanians.
Dracula is a really really good book, everyone who's a fan of the vampire genre should read it.
I have read it twice...i have it on my shelf and in love with it
kat...............the first book i read was bloody awful.
@barbara...which one was it?
chaitali...?
I agree, although there are better vampire books ( not twilight!) , And better novels by Bram Stoker
We, Romanians, are glad that you enjoyed your visit to our beautiful country.
How are the women should I move over there
I'm from Brazil, and I always wanted to visit Romania. I'm going this August and if you have some information you'd like to share, I'll be glad. At the moment in planning to visit Bucarest and Brasov, would you recommend any other place to go? Thank you in advance ☺️
Very beautiful but materialistic but they adore strangers. :) So you will have a big chance. :) Good luck. @@getupwithmelol
Sibiu, Sighisoara, Rasnov, Poiana Brasov, Prejmer, Harman. :) They are close to each other (under 200km). @@americanomichelle
Beautiful country. Half of its territory has been stolen from us😃🇭🇺✌🏻...
Always been fascinated by Transylvania.
I went there in 2016. It's an amazing place and the castle is beautiful. I highly recommend it.
Just to know: the Dracula castle is actually named the Bran castle
@Zoltán Mátravölgyi ik, his actual castle is somewhere in Muntenia
@@mihneavoinic8411 yes Poenari castle derelikt yet lovely
It's been 6 years since last time I've seen my land. Last time I saw Brașov was winter too. Miss the snow. The cold. The smell of winter in the mountains. This year I'm coming back in vacation so I'm excited about it.. Oh.. For us Vlad Țepeș is an inspiration, iconic our prince The one who dared to fight against otomans 🇹🇷. The one who belong to the Order of the dragon - Societas Draconistarum. A true hero a true legend. And legends never dies..
Brasov is a stunningly beautiful part of Romania ,I was at the merry cemetery in sapanta two years ago ,fantastic
That is so true! Our friends that live in Romania told us about this legend. I'm so excited! Cant wait to visit!❤🤗
Lau L hi I am from India ... It was great reading your comment. Seems like you missing a lot your previous days may God fulfil all your wishes soon. Actually, my question is regarding existence of Dracula . Was it true or its just a myth??? Even in India people here talks about ghost but a very rare people had seen practically ....I love countries like Romania Russia ukrain but not so thorough with their culture their history so I am bit confused about the existence of draculas.
Greetings from southern CA :) Lau you have a beautiful homeland! I hope to visit it one day. I know right now Castle Poenari is closed due to bears but if it ever re-opens, I wish to visit Vlad's castle and pay my respects to him. He truly was a champion for his people. And yes you are correct, legends never die. Vlad III will live on for all time.
Brassó is hungarian too sorry ;)
Romania is a gorgeous country and that castle is splendid! 👍👍👍🧛🏻
Anyone can read the true story of Vlad Dracula on Wikipedia. Since so many tourists came to Romania and wanted to see a place that has a connection to Dracula (and because other citadels where he actually lived in are much harder to get to) someone chose Bran as that place to mimic Dracula's place. But Transylvania was then under Hungarian rule (Bran region was populated by Germanic people) and Vlad was a prince in Wallachia (southern Romania) so he was just a visitor to Bran & locked there. Actually Vlad was taken by the ottomans to Istanbul as a kid then returned to fight them at home because he was a devoted Christian as his father. His father was a member of the Dragon Order, a Christian order (following the footsteps of the Crusades orders) of the Holy Roman Empire meant to fight the enemies of Christianity.
Wow...
I found that out a while ago too, there isnt even an actual Dracula castle. Stoker was inspired by a couple different castles in the Calamani mountaints
Vlad Dracula was Black.
yeah,right...
Christianity, thou shalt not kill, all bollocks.
Great video, but the real castle of "Count Dracula"(Vlad Tepes) is Cetatea Poenari that is near Lake Vidraru at the beginning of Transfagarasan road(in the heart of Romania) not in Moldova.
M. Marian Vlad the impailer or something like this
Capitanu' legiunii That's his real name. Dracula is a name that was given to him after his birth and his dad was Dracul.
Seriously?!Please tell me where does Bram Stoker mentions this in his book.
Constantin Andrei Stefan Just because Bram Stoker didn't write it, doesn't mean it's false considering Bram based Dracula off a real person.
Constantin Andrei Stefan Jonathan Harker almost gives the exact location when he is writing a letter.
Hi Gabriel.
I appreciate the comprehensive way in which you have synthesized all the information collected during your trip to the Bran castel.
Regards from Romania !
I was in this castle and walked all its halls, stairs and courtyards. It is made for tourists now, but enjoyed it when I traveled through Europe 4 years ago.
I climbed almost 1500 stairs up a mountain to the real Dracula Castle, the Poenari Castle ruins. Bran Castle is mostly fake and a tourist trap. There is no historical document attesting that Dracula ever visited Bran. Poenari is the real deal.
Sounds cool, I'll keep it in mind for next time.
Gabriel Traveler I have watched several of your videos and subscribed last year sometime I believe? My husband and I are wanting to travel next year but have some concerns about safety and worry more so now since the mass immigration has caused the crime levels to spike. Any advice would be most welcome on places to avoid and things to watch out for. Thanks in advance
There is proof his was imprisoned there as a child with his older brother as a form of " insurance " against attack from the boys' warrior family, a common practice in those days. Prince Arthur during the reign of King John was held in the Tower for similar reasons.
Yes!!!! Thank you. I been saying this for a long time and no one believes me.
Dracula is *FAKE NEWS* because it's myth, purely fictional character. Poenari castle is not fake as there is ruins. Vlad the Impaler is not fake either as not fake history is. All who tells else so are ignorant. It's just ignorance
My father is from Romania 🇷🇴 can’t wait to visit this castle thanks for sharing!
Makes me want to play some Castlevania
I thought the same.but enough talk,watch the video ;-):-D:-D:-D:-D
What is that game?
A game about killing vampires,demons and...Death,lol
We here in Romania play Castlevania everyday. Jk everyone here forgot about Dracula's story.
Riiiiiiiiiiiiight!!!
Hello from Romania ! :) Dracula is my uncle !
WHO? :)
bca-biciclind...........you do know he was of irish / dublin origin. so we could be related.
Sall
Barbara Hallinan Bram Stoker was Irish, not Dracula
@@rodrigosanchezrodriguez2484 .....i am well aware of that as he came from marino near fairview same area as john sheehan of the dubliners.
Dear Gabriel, I like you very much for your travel vlog. You put always every possible details of the area you visit, narrate history and other informations of that area and above all your labour and honesty makes you way apart from the other travel vlog makers.
Great, thanks a lot.
Loving your videos of Transilvania, one of the most traditionally kept and enchanting regions in Europe!
hi
And has been stolen from Hungary😃🇭🇺✌🏻...
This is truly an awesome video! Thank you for making this for all of us to see this historic site in its modern environment.
Great, glad you enjoyed.
Wow a picture and information about Bram Stoker...i have read Bram Stoker's Dracula and since then i want to visit Count's castle...a dream of my life...thanks for filming this video
It looks like you are really digging Romania. I can't wait to go back this summer.
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chucksyp, just a small observation. If you go in Transylvania, that's not "ROMAnia" !
@@ibolyacsonka3959 It's Romania, not your BUDAwcPESTA.
@@ibolyacsonka3959 .l.
@@ibolyacsonka3959 Wanna see the true Hungary? Then go to the Marianas Trench in the budapest ocean
We were there about 15 years ago, while spending a year in Bucharest.....loved going to Brasov and seeing the castle!
hello Sarah
what a lovely historic place.thanks for covering this castle matey.will have to visit this myself
I was here back in April 2015 it was my favourite Holiday ever!!!!!!!
I loved touring Dracula's castle!!!!!!!!
How empty the Bran Castle is in the winter! I've always been there during summer vacations and it was always crowded as hell.
(Gasp!) The real castle! It’s just like how my books and magazines describe it! Ohh how I’d love to go visit Europe again!
Thank you! Brought back great memories of the years that we lived in Romania.
Gabe,that inclosed chamber at min 13:27 was the resting place of the heart of Queen Maria of Romabia,she loved the Castle so much that she wished for her heart to always remain on it's domains
Thanks.
Gabriel, Congratulations, great job . You showed all with details. A wonderful place and landscape the sky and the History Vlad the Impaler/Bram Stoker. From Rio Brazil.
Amazing history I visited 10yrs ago, in Nov. A cold day n lots of snow.
Thank you
❤️❤️❤️Thanks for visiting my beautiful country
So lucky!
One of my favourite trip so beautiful country.... i miss the castle also....
You are so lucky to have been able to go there. I love Bram Stoker's Dracula and would love to see that castle. Thank you for posting this video so those of us who can not actually go can live through you.
Have never had the funds to go & I thank you for this video. My grandmother was from Brasov & now I REALLY want to visit. Thank you. BTW Vlad was held hostage for a time as a young man that's how he new the language & culture of the Ottomans.😄
I also have some videos from Brasov: ua-cam.com/users/gabejedmosearch?query=Brasov
I love Romania!!! It is such a beautiful country. I am glad that you had the opportunity to visit Brasov! Greetings from Mexico.
Hai
I have been in ROMANIA 5 times and I have enjoy it every time , a facinating and beatyfull contri greetngs from Denmark
A very lovely place the museum is gorgeous. 🌹🌹🌹♥️♥️♥️🐦🐦🐦
Lisa, I Love you
@@user-fy1fy1lg8j Thanks appreciate it.
@@lisaconnor4948 thank you Lisa
@@user-fy1fy1lg8j 😀
Your such a nice guy and your videos are so cool , I hope that I can be like you one day, I love your channel man. Keep up the awesome work!
Thanks Will, appreciate it.
Is way more spectacular if you visit this place in summer time when all is green and sky is blue, birds sing happily everywhere. Last year I went visit it for second time with my family and was so full with tourists that was impossible to buy tickets so we left :(
“Denn die Todten reiten Schnell. (For the dead travel fast.)”
― Bram Stoker, Dracula
Eastern Europe is so f'in cool. The old Soviet block. Ancient culture. Transylvania. Yes, it's a real place. So much to see and do. I'm seriously, very seriously considering to live there permanently.
Love your style of filming Like I was walking with you. ❤️🐾❤️
Thank you for sharing beautiful parts of our world!
Someone: im ganna go to the Dracula Transylvania
me: *watches Hotel Transylvania 3,2,1,)
mE:This is fine :>
I also watched all the episodes
There are total 3 episodes
After when I watch that movie I started searching about transilavaniya castle and vampires
Boooo
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@@shabanaparveen9114 I'm totally not a vamp. Wink wink. (I am one)
Enjoyed sharing your visit. Your clumsiness made it real because you are a handsome man and you were so sincere. Honesty wins out over guidebooks because of your impressions. Thank you so much!
I’m so happy to find you. Love this kind of vlogging. I get to see stuff I would never get the chance to see. Love how you slow down the filming to show certain things you see. Love your choice of music as well
Great, welcome to my adventures.
I'm from Romania, I live in the USA... I visited the castle when I was younger.. I hope I can go back and check it out again..
My family's from him/ there. My auntie said we have a cousin doing a family history she's wrote or writing a book about it..
My grandparents came over here. But now I wish I could go back there. I love this thank you for doing this video.
This Is another well documented clip from Gabriel, fantastic history of the vamps castle, also the different types of other history brought together makes this nicely done about Romania.
Thanks a lot, glad to hear it.
That was Transylvania, not romaNIA, which has an invented "history" by ceaosescu ! ROMAnia is in bucharest !💩💩 💩 , not in ancient Hungarian Transylvania !
@@ibolyacsonka3959 Transylvania was, is and will be forever a region of Romania!
I can't wait to go there....my bloodline is actually Romanian ....Transylvanian area specifically and I've never even been there! Thanks for posting!
Kye do all females look the same as you there? If so I want to go too. You are beautiful 💙💛❤
This is definitely on my bucket list
he learned impaling from the Turks it's called "khazouk" In Arabic I'm from North Africa and the ottomans colonized us and impaled my ancestors for fighting back and not accepting converting to Islam now Tunisia is knee deep in poverty and ignorance, vlad the impaler was a commander and warrior he did what he had to protect his people and homeland from foreign invaders.
Va multumesc.
Doing a whole train journey from London to Transylvania in a couple of weeks by myself so finding your video today was totally perfect timing! Awesome work 😊 xx
Great, that should be a fun trip.
Dracula's castle was not his, he was there over night only once, it was owned by someone else... I have family there in Romania...
I want to make visiting that castle a must on my bucket list. Oh myyyyy God!!
I went a few years ago and I loved it!
And you're very welcome to come again. God Bless.
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This place must look amazing in Halloween with Jack-o-Lanterns everywhere and the castle's personnel cosplaying as Dracula haha.
The whole city looks creepy. What fun to camp at night. Great video. Thank you for sharing.
How damn lucky. Wow, that would be amazing to see. I am a bit jealous lol. Thanks for putting up the video😊
His last name was Acula until he graduated from medical school ... then he was called ..
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Dr. Acula
I am a dracula lover but i did not know this. Thanx for sharing.
@@NoName-ql2lf whats there to laugh?? I am a dracula lover means i love dracula's story. Its a classic horror story. Have u ever read bram stroker's dracula, only reading gives u goose bump. Movie? Death like experience.
Afarro No, his fathers surname was Dracul, meaning dragon. What is this Acula nonsense.
A doctor............Okay, that very well explains his obsession with blood transfusion...... maybe in later days he becomes addicted to oral ingestion of blood !
@@tvoommen4688 Mitch Hedberg did that joke 20 years ago
Nice crisp video with your hallmark scene techniques, sudden change of pace and seamless music accompaniments plus that very nice historical reference made this into a masterpiece, congrats
Glad to hear it, thanks a lot.
Oh yeah! What we were all waiting for. Such an inspiration for my channel Gab. Keep it up :)
So why is this labeled Dracula's castle?
we need another Vlad in Europe now!
guerrero pagano isn't that the truth.....
guerrero pagano
so edgy behind your keyboard
Muslims don't belong in Romania
guerrero pagano what happened to the last one
I'll see what I can do.
Whoa! Real life PUBG on Vikendi maps. Thnx for sharing this beautiful castle
podi kurangachi
What a cool video. Thanks for taking me with you!
Sure, thanks for watching.
Romania looks like my kind of place 🇷🇴😎💗
For Dracula's
It’s hungary
@@decombatnfl3639 please update your map. 🤣
@@nkem-2194 I will never.
@@decombatnfl3639 then keep on dreaming and live your Fantasy, no one will bother.
You have the symptoms of delusional paranoia. Hope though you will get better.
Take care !
Looks like the village has changed since Dracula's demise. But the spirit of the Vampire still lives within this castle.
Castle Bran was actually a tax collection house that belonged to Vlad's father (or that his father used?) but hey, it is still a connection to Vlad's family, and very nicely preserved! I would love to visit Romania one day and meet the locals. A beautiful country! Thank you for the virtual tour, Gabriel, it was wonderful! I felt like a got to have a nice little visit to the village and the castle without having to fly there from the U.S! Someday!
If wishes were fishes, I would be you...you help all of us travel with you. Thank you.
Been there several times, beautiful country. Saw his gravesite, too...
My second home soon to be my 1st. Love the place and the culture.
I want to visit someday I'm just intrigued about Dracula's life the real one🤗🤗🤗
great video i want to visit this area so bad looks amazing🙆🌎
Great, thanks.
Awesome video!!! Haven’t been there for a few years really didn’t go back after watching a video!!! People always ask me if I know where Dragula lives when they here that I come from the Romania 🇷🇴
Unofficial Bucket List Family so easy if someone ask where Dracula lives??? Just say they are always around me.
I'm proud to be Romanian(dacian) and thank you Gab for your video.:-)
Interesting place and you did a great job explaining some of the history of Vlad the impaler. The portraits of him made him look quite scary. Good thing you left before dark!
Wait what happeneds if u dont left after the dark? Is dracula gonna haunt u ? Just sayin' im kinda curious
i love Gabriel traveler.
Thank you, Gabe, for this footage and your budget travel book. Handsome guy, too. 😇
Finally....I get to see the inside the Bran Castle....thank you mate.....
thxs for uploading man
i love the feeling of this city
If you go up the hill behind the castle you will find an amazing mountain resort and ski area.
“He didn’t like garlic and onions.”
Lol 😂
😂😂
With your tour I also experienced the place like I was there, amazing
13:28 "Here was placed, in year 1940, The Heart of Queen Maria of Romania"
Thank you 4 these beautiful videos, I will come here someday...
i live in Indonesia, which has 6 legal religions, including islam, catholic, christian, hindu, buddha, and konghuchu. I'm muslim, but i love the cool things about vlad dracula and the medieval castles, i love romanian stuff. All the key is being respect to each other, no matter what religion you are.
u r hindu ananda name is off hindus
@@sagartomar3461 Nope, I'm muslim and I'm Indonesian people
@@anandaputri2051 then why u put ur name hindu
@@sagartomar3461 it is not a Hindu name nor a Muslim name . It's a cultural name . Everything isn't religious attached in this world
The problem is, Transylvania has nothing to do with that dump, called ROMAnia ! :) Transylvania is a stolen ancient Hungarian land ! :) Learn history, if you love so much the "romanian stuff"!!! You will see they don't have even a "history"!
Beautiful castle
It looks like a vampire movie scene XD
I knew I never have chance and it's unaffordable for me to go to the Europe ,thanks for bringing me to there
Thanks for the tour
Mabuhay from the Philippines
Thats my dream to visit the castle
Cool, I am Dracula fan. This is exactly the Castle I wanted to explore soon. I always wanted to know the story about Dracula. Nice share.
Then you don't want to go to this castle. This "fortified home" is a tourist trap. Vlad the Impaler's actual castle is called Poenari Castle and today it sits in ruins atop a mountainous ridge. The hike up can be dangerous, a couple of people have fell to their death climbing to it. However it's the REAL deal, not some fantastical "movie Dracula" tourist attraction.
@@waynepurcell6058 thankyou for the info Wayne much appreciated.
@@waynepurcell6058 That’s sooooo crazy Wayne. Thanks for the info!
Regarding the story of Dracula...many say that the popularity of this infamous vampire prince exists today not because of Bram Stoker, or Hollywood, it's because of the wonderful interpretation of first ever Dracula character which was Bela Lugosi, also a Romanian of Hungarian ethnicity born in Lugoj, Banat region. Funny thing!
Andrei Piatra he was not Romanian, because, as you said 1. Hungarian 2. He could not have been a Romanian, as Transylvania was not in Romania in that time. Only ethnic Românians where Romanian in those times. Yet yes, he was Transylvanian. Ps: I am a Romanian myself
Era roman, da-l dreacu! 😁
Andrei Piatra of course Lugosi is to be credited everything else is just an impersonation and lacks the Magyar authenticity imo. I also resent that Dracula is considered a monster Vlad actually was a great hero to his people so he was made out to be a monster? Would be better if just evil people were preyed on for blood that's what I would do if I was a Vampire.
Andrei Piatra Eu sunt Dracul!
@@severmiu9097
DRACULA WAS 100 PERCENT ROMANIAN.
The Dracula story took fruit for Stoker when he visited Slains Castle in Cruden Bay in the NE of Scotland. Bran was living at the Kilmarock Arms hotel in the village overlooking Slains Castle.
Wish I were there!
Vlad would love to have you,lol.
very informative and nice video , thank you
That's pretty awesome, love this historical stuff
Have been to that castle and it is more a tourist stop. The real castle belonging to Vlad the Impaler is on a mountain top some distance away. It is now a bunch of large stone blocks strewn about the top of the mountain.
Here from the channel mountain trekker, wish u all the best!!
Love the history you teach us!😀
Cool. :)
Beautiful! Transylvania is gorgeous with amazing landscapes.I visited Brasov and the Bran Castle in 2012.We started with 3 days in Budapest,Hungary.From Budapest we took the night train to Brasov.Then off to Sibiu and Sighisoara, before finally ending up in Bucharest,which is the total opposite of Transilvania.A real dirty shithole with absolutely nothing to see.
You can't compare the beautiful European and civilized capital Budapest, with that shit, called bucharest, or romaNIA, in general! 💩 💩💩
@@ibolyacsonka3959 I haven't been to Budapest. It's very beautiful from the pictures.
@@ibolyacsonka3959 I feel sorry for you
@@ibolyacsonka3959 Frustrated loser
I just watched the Ed and Lorraine Warren story about Dracula's castle you can't find it easily two professor took 15years to actually find it.
Can you send me its link?