Soooooo super spooky! It's a long climb up some 1480 steps, but well worth it especially on a cold and cloudy day. Once at the top, I found no one there to take my money. Walked around the ruins with the thought of spending the night. There are no roofs left as most of the structure fell down the side of the mountain in the 1800's. Found a little nook and hung out for a few hours. Very scary and eventually I got so scared I had to leave. NO ONE was around. Just the old walls, cold mountain air and chilling wind. This castle was built for prince Vlad Tepes, AKA Dracula, to guard the entrance from Transylvania into the Arges Valley. According to the story, when the Turks besieged the Poienari Citadel, his wife threw herself off the highest little tower and plummeted to her death believing they were doomed. If you stand at the edge of the ruins, you will feel the wind and stare deep into the valley below.