National County Local Accommodation Restaurant Patio Conference room Pool Bran Castle Rasnov Fortress Poiana Brasov Bucegi mountains The Bran villages Bookings Online Contact	Situated at 30 km from Brasov, between the Bucegi and Piatra Craiului (King's Rock) mountains, Bran Castle is an important national monument and a tourist landmark in Romania, due both to its beauty, the landscape's, and to the legend of count Dracula, who is believed to be still haunting these ancient places.    At the end of the 15th century, the citadel of Bran is subject to the authority of the szeklers' committee, responsible for the defense of the south-east Transylvania, and during the reign of Iancu de Hunedoara it passes under the dominion of the principality of Transylvania. Throughout the centuries the Bran citadel fulfilled its role as e defender against the Turkish invasion.