Drinking coffee out of one of these Dracula mugs -- on sale at a Bran Castle souvenir shop -- is sure to wake anyone up in the morning. Sean Gallup/Getty Images Europe/Getty Images.

Airbnb has announced a competition to win a night’s stay in Bran Castle, the home of Count Dracula in Bram Stoker’s famous 1887 gothic vampire novel.

Bran Castle dates to 1388, more than 500 years before the publication of ‘Dracula.’ Photo: Wojtek Laski/Getty Images. BRAN, Romania—When he lived as a boy in Bran Castle, ...

The turrets and towers that have turned Bran Castle into a go-to destination for tourists in are imbued with foreboding, and it is not hard to see why it has such lasting connections with Dracula .

Bran Castle, better known as Dracula's castle, is located on a cliff in the middle of the Carpathian Mountains in Transylvania, Romania. It was built and used by local kings, including the Dracula ...

Drinking coffee out of one of these Dracula mugs -- on sale at a Bran Castle souvenir shop -- is sure to wake anyone up in the morning. Sean Gallup/Getty Images Europe/Getty Images.