Brasov, Film: Wrong Turn, & Peles Castle
Our last full day in Romania started with - Dracula 's Castle! AKA Bran Castle , it actually has little to do with Vlad the Impaler at all.. he seems to have stayed here briefly, it was involved in some battles. However, it certainly looks the part - a fairytale castle, in the woods, in the mountains .. and it was lovely to get back into the heart of those mountains: Now, our itinerary originally had us doing this the next day, but as our guide said, we were headed to Brasov , and this was on the way, so it made much more sense. We made it to the castle in due course.. a guided tour was organised for us, and we met the castle guide at the entrance. Which was a ways away from where we parked - they have a huge market at the castle entrance, all sorts of Dracula-related stuff.. Our castle guide warned us we'd have a lot of climbing to do, but promised he'd have lots of stops. I have to say, the worst part for me was the slope leading up to the castle itself - long, halfway ...