Tag Archives: Bran
Among Europe’s top 25 castles
Posted by on September 3, 2010
OfftoEurope.com published a top of the most interesting 25 castles in Europe. Subjective, of course, but nonetheless instructive for places to see, many off the beaten track. To my delight, Romania has two castles in the top 10, and 3 in the top 25. This is remarkable especially since Romania doesn’t have many “internationally competitive” [...]
Brand Dracula – to be, or not to be
Posted by on February 15, 2009
Romanian tourism minister Elena Udrea recently declared that she will not include the brand “Dracula” in the Romanian tourism development strategy (Google English translation of the article, here). Her point of view got endorsed by the owner of the castle, Duke Dominic of Habsburg, who made a similar statement (translation here). None of the above [...]

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