Renzullo repainted the walls a shade of terracotta, which now plays off rare 18th-century English porcelain that had been on display in the public side of the castle. His goal, he says, was to create ...

The guests were welcomed in perfect Gothic-style: they arrived in a stagecoach, dined by candlelight, and even curled up in red velvet-lined coffins. Bran's castle was home to Vlad the Impaler in ...