Dracula Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
title character of Bram Stoker's 1897 gothic horror novel Dracula
About Dracula
—Dracula welcoming young Jonathan Harker to his castle The original 1897 novel is set in numerous places throughoutEnglandand continental Europe - largely areas under the control ofAustria-Hungaryat the time. While Stoker did meticulous research with the written material available to him (railway timetables are accurate to the minute and geography is generally as reliable as the maps he used), the author never actually visited most of the continental locations in his novel. By contrast, he knew the English settings well and had to expect his intended audience would, too, so those descriptions are usually pretty spot on for the era. A reader revisiting the originalDraculanovel may be surprised to find several of the tropes now associated with the character absent - Dracula is only weakened
Top Attractions in Dracula
Explore the best things to see and do in Dracula:
- ★Orava Castle
Dracula Travel Guide Sections
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