Visiting Vlad Dracul's House

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Sighișoara's medieval festival has been on my radar for years, but somehow I've never been able to visit, when the festival was held. With the pandemic and restriction, the festival was out of the question but this year there are no restrictions and I happened to be at the right place at the right time, so I was bale to attend the event.

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Dracula is known by many foreigners, when you say Romania or Transylvania, all they know is Dracula. However, only a few know who Dracula really was. I'm not going to repeat what's on the internet, you can read about it here.

Today I'm going to show you Vlad Dracul's house. The place is located in the medieval city center of Sighișoara, inside the medieval walls. Sighi

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Vlad II (Romanian: Vlad al II-lea), also known as Vlad Dracul (Vlad al II-lea Dracul) or Vlad the Dragon (before 1395 – November 1447), was Voivode of Wallachia from 1436 to 1442, and again from 1443 to 1447. He is internationally known as the father of Vlad the Impaler, or Dracula. Born an illegitimate son of Mircea I of Wallachia, he spent his youth at the court of Sigismund of Luxembourg, who made him a member of the Order of the Dragon in 1431 (hence his sobriquet). Sigismund also recognized him as the lawful voivode of Wallachia, allowing him to settle in nearby Transylvania. Vlad could not assert his claim during the life of his half-brother, Alexander I Aldea, who acknowledged the suzerainty of the Ottoman Sultan, Murad II. source

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At the entrance there was this banner which supposed t attract as many visitors as possible. There's a 10 lei entrance fee, which is approximately 2 euro. We didn't visit the room as I don't think it worth it. It's not the money that stopped me though.

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We went there to have a drink as they have a beautiful terrace and the place inside is even more beautiful.

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The terrace has two levels, we were sitting on the upper level and this is what you see from there. Most of the tables were already reserved, which is not surprising at all, so we were happy to find a free table.

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There was a short history on the menu, for those who wanted to know more, so I took a photo for you :)

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The menu is impressive, there are photos of the place and Vlad Dracul in it, as well as dishes named after Dracula.

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The most surprising dish on the menu for me was the Hungarian potatoes. I've never heard of it, had no idea such thing exists, but now I know.

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We got there before noon and were not hungry, so we only had soft drinks, tea and coffee.

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What seemed strange at first was the music on the terrace. Given the thematic of the place, I wasn't expecting pop music there, but that's what was aired. Seemed strange, but what can you do.

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Inside however the atmosphere was very different. The minute you step in, you are surrounded by the medieval feeling, helped by the appropriate music.

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Chairs were like back in those times and there were candles on the tables.

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Once you exit the main room, towards the restroom, in the hall there was this armor displayed.

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Next to the armor, there was this cupboard full or coffee, luxury coffee I'd say, judging by the price. They are betting on people buying souvenirs, but as long as I was there, no one bought anything.

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The souvenir offer did not stop at the coffee cupboard. There was this cabinet, full other souvenirs, like magnets, key chains, cups all featuring the city or Vlad Dracul.

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This is the hall between the restaurant and the restroom, where you can sit down and admire the armor and the drawing on the wall.

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Or you could admire these medieval weapons and think about how difficult it must have been to fight with that heavy armor on you,using a weapon like these ones.

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The head of Vlad Dracul on display.

This is not the only place to offer a little piece of history, with what you order. How much is true of what they say no one knows, but I'm usually not the type to question everything and believe nothing. When I visit a place like this one, I like to enjoy what is being offered to me. For me this place was great as you don't see this kind of medieval beauty at every corner. It really fits into the picture. What better place to enjoy a coffee or a soft drink in a medieval fortress, than this.


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That must have been awesome!!! Did you grow up watching Dracula movies?

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Wow🥺 @erikah just made me feel like this was real, the detailed pictures and description. I love it. Meanwhile, souvenirs like chains and metals😑 What will I be doing with that?

We have different preferences, some prefer dolls, other chains and metals 😀

Okay oh😂 Kent be me😂😑

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Great place to enjoy a cup of coffee. It really creates a different sensation, you are right that enjoying a cup of coffee with a medieval atmosphere is a very rare thing.

I agree with you, @erikah, that we will enjoy what is on offer and it's all up to you. But, bringing yourself in an atmosphere is very pleasant.
You believe everything there? It's up to us who enjoy it, right?

It's not a normal place for sure and it brings what it promises. It takes you to a world that doesn't exist but had it's still nice.

Great😍Amazing place and those historic story but I am scared of dracula😅

Then don't go there as there's a place where Dracula shows up 😂

It looks like a pretty normal house from the outside.

They did a great job paying attention to detail in their design though. I like how you can kind of see blood stains on the paper the menu was on.

I feel like the banner at the entrance would the opposite of what it’s supposed to do. I don’t know about you, but I’d go the opposite direction if saw that. Then again, I guess anyone who had the brilliant idea of coming to check this place out in the first place must have a stomach for scary shit lol.

It was pretty cool to see the menu as I wasn't expecting such one.

About the banner. Dracula is pretty famous worldwide, as I said in my post, all some people know about Romania and Transylvania is Dracula. These people would give anything to experience something connected to him. But not me. It doesn't scare me but somehow I had no desire to pay the entrance fee to see a coffin and a doll 😂

A doll? Come on, that’s cold.😂😂

What did you think? Find a human body in the coffin? 😂

Yo, Dracula must be pissed af rn.😂😂

The place is cool, but it seems to me - too cheerful :) Count Dracula, vampires - more medieval gloom is needed :) but this is just my vision :)

I'm going to let them know next time I'm there 😀

Actually, I never watched a Dracula movie before or read the book before, but I went to visit Whitby Abbey a few months ago, which is said to inspire the Dracula story. They had a lot of Dracula things there

I know the story as I'm constantly being asked about Dracula as that's what people know, but I've never seen the movie or just can't remember 😐

Anyway it's good for tourism, just like the whole royal thing in the UK

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During my journey in Sighisoara last year, I visited everything except this place just because I didn't think it was worth it either. To me it seemed more like some guys taking advantage of a poorly arranged room and of the name that definitely stirs interest for the tourists but other than hight prices and a few medieval decorations, didn't notice anything else. With that fee you can visit a lot of more interesting places in Sighisoara from which to also learn something anyway :)

We didn't visit it either as I knew from the start that it's not worth it. We went for drinks but that was all. I agree with you, many are trying to exploit the name of Dracula and the story behind it. I didn't buy souvenirs either as you pay double or triple 🙂

I had lunch in this place many years ago, but I was disappointed. Nothing worthy of fame of the history of this place. Sad to see that nothing changed...

Till people are paying for what they have to offer, there's no reason for them to change anything.

It seems like you are describing dracula in the movie Hotel Transylvania. The place was really nice and beautiful, wishing to visit that place oneday🥰

Put it on your bucket list and one day you will.

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