Best Castles in Europe

 

Corvin Castle, Romania

It may not have inspired any vampiric novels, but this 15th-century Gothic fortress has enough nightmarish features to rival Bran Castle. Ogle at the exterior of doubly thick impenetrable walls, colossal drawbridge, and countless rectangular and circular towers used to keep watch and house prisoners. Inside, view the massive dungeon and torture chamber, plus the remains of the “bear pit,” where human remains were fed to the castle’s resident bears. Fun times all around.