Hunedoara

Travel Guide

Hunedoara Castle showing a castle and a bridge
Hunedoara Castle featuring interior views
Hunedoara Castle featuring interior views
Hunedoara Castle which includes heritage architecture
Hunedoara Castle which includes heritage elements and interior views

Experience the Transylvania of literature and cinema, complete with dungeons and torture chambers, on a visit to this city in western Romania. 

Enjoy Romania’s beautiful countryside and haunting legendary tales with a visit to Hunedoara. The city lies in the heart of Transylvania, a pleasant and inviting area of rolling hills, meandering rivers and tranquil old villages. The region is a very real place made famous as a setting for great horrors in stories of bloodsucking vampires and amazingly painful cruelties. While Hunedoara is in fact a peaceful modern town, local residents take pride in their place in legends and stories of infamy.

One of the city’s highlights is the Hunedoara Castle, also known as Corvin or Hunyadi Castle. You may recognize it as the backdrop for several haunting movies. This castle was built and added to over several centuries, resulting in a multi-towered and somewhat forbidding appearance with a mix of Renaissance and Baroque architecture and a surrounding moat. Visit its dungeon and torture chamber. According to legend, one prisoner here, Vlad Tepes, the Prince of Wallachia, after being driven to insanity, became one of the century’s cruelest oppressors. Bram Stoker supposedly modeled his literary Count Dracula after this evil tyrant.

Make a pilgrimage to the Prislop Monastery south of the city where the Romanian monk Arsenie Boca is buried. Many visitors bring flowers to the gravesite of this priest, beloved for his spiritual and anti-communist acts.

Farther south see the Cetatea Colț or Colt Citadel. Hike up a hill to the ruins of this 14th-century castle that may have inspired Jules Verne's novel The Carpathians’ Castle.

Hunedoara offers attractions that are typical of modern Romania. Sample home-made meals of sausages, stuffed cabbage and boiled cornmeal and see festivals with colorful folk costumes.

Travel to the town from Budapest or Bucharest in about 5 hours by car. Alternatively take the train or bus and enjoy the scenic ride through Transylvanian countryside.

Read or reread Bram Stoker’s Dracula before you visit Hunedoara. Then picture yourself in a Transylvanian horror movie while you enjoy the contrasting views of today’s beautiful countryside.

WERK Hotel & SPA
WERK Hotel & SPA
4 out of 5
Strada Voinei, 2A, Hunedoara, HD
Stay at this 4-star business-friendly hotel in Hunedoara. Enjoy free breakfast, free WiFi, and free parking. Popular attractions Michael Klein Stadium and Hunedoara ...
9.4/10 Exceptional! (27 reviews)
"Nice new and modern property. Comfortable room with view of the Castle. Hotel literally across the street from the Castle! Easy 5 min walk over. Excellent dinner in restaurant! Free parking."

Reviewed on May 26, 2025

WERK Hotel & SPA
Vila Sarisa
Vila Sarisa
3 out of 5
28 Strada Mara?e?ti, Deva, HD
Fully refundableReserve now, pay when you stay
The price is P5,100 per night from Jul 10 to Jul 11
P5,100
P5,559 total
Jul 10 - Jul 11
includes taxes & fees
Stay at this 3-star hotel in Deva. Enjoy free WiFi, free parking, and breakfast (surcharge). Popular attraction County Museum is located nearby.
"It’s in a residential area. Room was super clean. Felt like staying in someone house. Check in was a bit difficult. I’m not sure why there was nobody there. Had to call them on my mobile."

Reviewed on Oct 13, 2024

Vila Sarisa
HOTEL COMAT DEVA
HOTEL COMAT DEVA
3 out of 5
Strada Depozitelor, Deva, HD
The price is P3,255 per night from Jul 7 to Jul 8
P3,255
P3,548 total
Jul 7 - Jul 8
includes taxes & fees
Stay at this 3-star hotel in Deva. Enjoy free WiFi, free parking, and breakfast (surcharge). Popular attraction County Museum is located nearby.
8/10 Very Good! (3 reviews)
"Clean and affordable"

Reviewed on Jun 24, 2025

HOTEL COMAT DEVA
Lowest nightly price found within the past 24 hours based on a 1 night stay for 2 adults. Prices and availability subject to change. Additional terms may apply.
Apartament Alina
Apartament Alina
3.5 out of 5
Aleea Pacii, Bl.A5, Deva, HD
Stay at this 3.5-star apartment in Deva. Enjoy free WiFi, airport pick-up service (surcharge), and daily housekeeping. Popular attraction County Museum is located ...
"Close to the bus station and nice owner."

Reviewed on Jan 16, 2020

Apartament Alina
Lowest nightly price found within the past 24 hours based on a 1 night stay for 2 adults. Prices and availability subject to change. Additional terms may apply.

Popular places to visit

Things to do