Grab A Coffin And Spend The Night At Dracula’s Place!
Yes, this was real!
A few years ago, someone was lucky enough to stay at Dracula’s Castle – in red velvet-lined coffins – for an entire haunted night!
In 2016, AirBnB had a Halloween contest, and here’s what was posted:
“I am Dacre Stoker, the great grandnephew of Bram Stoker, author of the legendary Dracula novel. I am a vampire expert and passionate advocate of my great grand-uncle’s novel. Bran Castle is where the legend of Dracula was born and I am thrilled to welcome and guide you through the dark passages of the castle for a private unveiling of its many mysteries.”
Oh, and in case you wondered what the Castle looked like:
The offer went on to add:
“A horse-drawn carriage carries you swiftly through Transylvania as the sun sets towards the horizon, heralding the hours of swooping bats and howling wolves. When you come around the final bend on the tree-lined road, you’ll catch a glimpse of Bran Castle. This misty mountain-top manor is home for the night. The chill that suddenly fills the carriage is not the evening mist, it’s a fear older than the forests now grown up around the castle rock. This is the lair of vampires, and you cannot leave until dawn.”
Oh, and this was offered up as your bed for the night:
The castle was built in 1377, and is located about 2.5 hours outside Bucharest, Romania. How cool!
For this year’s “Shocktober” celebration, I went to their website to see what’s on offer this year:
Well, I was excited to see that the inspiration for “Dracula” is open to visitors – and lots of stuff is going on!
In fact, there are events and opportunities to visit – and a cool sounding Halloween party as well!
Yep, they are having a lot of events including a big party on Nov. 2nd with music, lots of food and drink, and scary adventures all throughout the castle! If I lived there I’d go for sure!
Tickets can be purchased online, here: https://bran-castle.com/
I would also definitely stay there, even if the house is evil. In fact, evil dwellings were part of my first “Shocktober” post:
Have you seen “The Changeling?” It’s scary and terrific! Here are three films where the horror takes place inside a house:
Of course, the legend of Vlad was forever immortalized in Bram Stocker’s brilliant novel “Dracula” – I shared a look at the book and you can see more here:
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Leave a comment and let me know if you would ever lies down in this coffin for an overnight stay at Dracula’s place!
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johnrieber 
I would love to see the castle – in the daytime. The Airbnb contest was really cool. Hubby stayed in a private castle when he was in Switzerland and France as an exchange student. He still talks about the dungeon and the old master Potter painting above his bed.
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HA! I love that! Thanks for sharing!
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Thanks, John. Glad you did.
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That’s wild Airbnb had a Halloween contest and the winner slept in a coffin! I would like to visit Bran Castle one day though because the history is so fascinating.
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I agree…and it seems to be beautifully maintained…as inspiration for the Dracula book it has so much to explore! Thanks for your comment!
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what a blast that halloween party would be and I’d spend the night if I could bring someone along, what an adventure
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Hmm, I think I would just like to admire the castle from the outside in daytime!
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HA! I get it but I think it would be cool! Thanks for commenting!
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I would have no problem spending the night in a coffin in that castle, John!
Best wishes, Pete.
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