But located high within the curling grip of the rugged Carpathian Mountains in central Romania, Transylvania is as real as real can ... did the rest. Count Dracula, he of the “hard-looking ...

Unlike the immortal Count of fiction ... The story of the real Dracula begins in Wallachia, present-day southern Romania, ...

Brasov, Romania ... as "Count Dracula's" home. And there is a bit of truth to it. Stoker never visited Eastern Europe, but his famous character is based, in part, on a real 15th-century prince.

King Charles III is descended from the real-life Count Dracula ... ruler of the Romanian region of Wallachia is widely thought to be the inspiration for Bram Stoker's "Dracula." ...