- Poenari Castle offers impressive views of the surrounding mountains and valleys and it is worth the trek, if you’re in good physical shape.
- Vlad’s castle was Poenari Castle. It is located in the middle of present-day Romania, about 100 miles northwest of Bucharest.
- In the 15th century Vlad Dracula added the four other towers of Poenari Castle turning it into one of the main fortresses in the Carpathian Mountains.
- I visited Castle Poenari on my second trip to Romania, during a long, one-month voyage across a handful of countries; Switzerland, Austria, Romania, and Slovakia.
- coat-of-arms. Romanian Castles. Vlad Tepes' Residential Castle. Poenari Castle.
- Poenari Castle was built in the 13th century, under the rule of Negru Voda. Over the years, the castle fell into ruins, until Vlad Tepes found it in the 15th century.
- Poenari castle is located on top of the mountain above the Arges Gorges, near the Arefu village and close to the Vidraru dam.
- Poenari Castle ([po.eˈnarʲ]), also known as Poenari Citadel (Cetatea Poenari in Romanian), is a ruined castle in Romania, notable for its connection to...
- Today, Poenari Castle sits in ruins after having been destroyed by an earthquake in 1888 that toppled over the ramparts that once stood on top of the castle.
- If you want to see the REAL Dracula castle, visit Poenari Castle, Romania. Explore this off-the-beaten-path home of Vlad the Impaler.