My Visit to Castle Poenari — Dracula's Castle

Castle Poenari photo gallery, part 4

This is part 4 of 4! See part 3 here.

Grafitti near the top of the castle. I didn't deface any of the walls myself, but I did pry a tiny gray rock out of the ground on the main path leading into the castle, to keep as a souvenir. I realized a few days later as I was flying back to Paris from Bratislava that I was flying on Friday the 13th with a rock from Dracula's castle in my luggage. Not a great idea, but I came out unscathed.

On my way out, this is back near the castle entrance again. That's the tallest still-standing part of the original castle.

Those rocks at the base of this side are actually fake; they're big cement blobs to help keep the castle from sliding off the mountain.

And that's all for my afternoon at Dracula's castle! I desperately hope to visit again someday soon, and also to explore the other parts of Transylvania I wasn't able to see on my first two trips. Romania is a fantastic country and I can't recommend highly enough that you visit if you can. I hope you've enjoyed my photos! Safe travels,

— Manning Leonard Krull

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Other Stuff

My photos from Dracula's Castle: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4
Information on getting to Castle Poenari
More information on Castle Poenari and the historical Dracula
My photos from Curtea de Arges, the town near Castle Poenari
My photos from Sibiu and Cluj-Napoca, two other great Romanian towns
My photos from my first trip to Romania in 2005
My other European travel galleries
Cool Stuff in Paris — my site about weird and spooky attractions in Paris
ManningKrull.com — my personal site