But have you visited his secular castle? The fictional character, described as a Transylvanian blood-thirsty count, is often associated with the Wallachian ruler Vlad the Impaler, a ruthless despot who enjoyed impaling criminals of his time. For Halloween, Count Dracula is inviting you to the hottest party of the year. Party until dawn with wicked fairies, vampires and strigoi, the local ghosts. Show off your dark side!
The mysterious Corvin Castle hides doom stories. But he was not the only one held captive in the castle. The legend goes that three Turkish men were captured and asked to dig a well.
They were promised that they would go free once they found water. The three souls, however, found their end as captives. Adorned with impaling stakes, Vlad the Impaler used the Poienari Fortress during some of his campaigns. The story goes that she had to choose between suicide or being captured by the Turks. In the end, she decided to jump to her death from the high cliff.
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As I leave the bar I spot a full moon hanging over the streets and think back to the forest of Hoia Baciu with its strange emptiness, a world away from the up-all-nighters partying in the bars around here. Frights and sights in Transylvania: exploring haunted Hoia Baciu. Tales of the unexpected … Hoia Baciu, the allegedly haunted forest. All photographs: Robert Ormerod for The Observer.
Reuse this content. Full of crooked trees, the forest became famous in after a UFO-like figure was photographed creeping above "the clearing," an empty stretch of land in the middle of the forest.
Alex Dan, a tour guide and founder of the Hocia Baciu Project, said people often come here to have paranormal experiences and connect with this mystic environment. Although the flow of tourists decreased during the pandemic, Dan expects visitors to come back en masse for Halloween, the busiest time of year for the region. A ruthless ruler who defended his region of Wallachia against the Ottoman Empire attacks in the s, Tepes was known for his sadistic killings, often impaling his victims and leaving them to a slow, excruciating death.
The legend says that Tepe's sadistic behavior was the result of a childhood spent as a prisoner of the Ottomans, held with his brother as a punishment for their father's defiance of the Ottoman Empire. Turn notifications on to get an email when new times are added. Haunted by Dracula - the Bran Castle. Coming soon. Brasov County, Transylvania , Romania.
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