Romania

The Ultimate Winter Castle Guide: Magical Castles to Visit This Holiday Season & in the New Year

The first time I stepped into a snow-dusted castle courtyard, the world fell quiet in a way I didn’t expect. The wind had pushed fresh flakes against the stone walls, softening their edges, and the only sound was the groan of a wooden door somewhere deep inside the keep. Warm light glowed through narrow windows, […]

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Bran Castle: Romania’s Legendary Fortress of Shadows & Stories

It was dark when I left Brașov that morning, still enough that I could see my breath fog up the bus window. There was a smell of damp leaves and pine needles, and beyond the headlights the Carpathians rose as ghostly as any of my pre-trip expectations. Dracula, this time I really mean it, this […]

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