Count Dracula best tour!
Departures May-October 2013
Highlights:
Princely Court - Dracula's Palace in Bucharest
Snagov Monastery where Vlad was buried after his assassination
The Famous Bran Castle
Sighisoara with the house where Vlad Tepes was born
Borgo Pass in the Carpathian Mountains,
Bistrita city
Poienari - Vlad’s old and faithful citadel..
Day 1: Bucharest. Welcome to Dracula's Land, a land of mystery!
We will start to discover Count Dracula's traces at the Princely Court
- Dracula's Palace in Bucharest, built in the second half of the XIVth
century. The guide will pick-you up and you will start to discover the
city. The city tour includes all the important places and architectural
buildings: Parliament Palace, Arch of Triumph, the former Royal Palace (nowadays the Art Museum), the Athenaeum (Romania’s most famous concert hall), the Revolution Square (where the 1989 anti - Communist revolt went nationwide), ride along Victoria Avenue, the University, the National Theatre, the Opera House, Manuc’s Inn, the medieval core of the town, the Patriarchy.
We will not unpack because our adventure just started and tomorrow...
Day 2: Bucharest – Snagov Monastery – Brasov. Prepare to immerge into the legend!
The guide will pick you up from hotel and will go to Snagov to visit Snagov Monastery where Vlad
was buried after his assassination. The monastic establishment is
located on a small island of Snagov Lake so you’ll also enjoy a boat
trip across the lake. The architectural style of the monastery follows
the architectural pattern that is characteristic to the monasteries on
the Holy Mount Athos in Greece. Then, we will go to Brasov, one of the most beautiful cities in Romania and will visit the Black Church.
The
Black Church is the largest gothic church between Vienna and Istanbul
and boasts the largest church bell in Romania, weighing in at seven
tons.
Day 3: Brasov – Bran Castle – Sighisoara: Follow in the footsteps of Count Dracula!
This day is dedicated to Bran Castle, well known as Dracula's Castle. This castle came to be connected with the legend of Dracula the Vampire.
It was built between 1377 and 1382, on a 60 m high rock with a
strategic, military and commercial purpose. The building has four towers
positioned at the four cardinal points. The walls are made of stone
blocks, the rooms and narrow corridors constitute a mysterious labyrinth
of ghostly nooks and secret chambers, whilst in the inner courtyard
there are artesian wells, connected to an underground network. The
castle had both a military and a customs point purpose.
We head towards Sighisoara.
Here we will visit the house where Vlad Tepes was born, now a cozy
restaurant. You can serve his favorite dish and drink his Vampire red
wine. Sighisoara is the best preserved medieval town in Romania.
Day 4: Sighisoara – Bistrita – Borgo Pass – Piatra Fantanele.
Walking tour: visit the medieval citadel (the “Upper Town”) of Sighisoara: the Clock Tower, the Evangelical Church etc. After The city tour, we will drive across Transylvania via Targu Mures and Bistrita (walk through the medieval town center) to the Borgo Pass in the Carpathian Mountains. The landscape is amaizing.
Accommodation at the “Dracula Castle” Hotel.
At the construction of the hotel, in the year 1980 the 21 members of
the „Dracula” Society from London carried bricks by hand or by barrow,
leaving a document with their signatures closed hermetically in an empty
Scotch whisky bottle (the president at that time was Mr. Bruce
Wightman). The place where the document is located is known only by the
master of the „Dracula” castle from Piatra Fântânele in Romania.
In
front of the hotels is the statue of legendary Bran Stocker. The hotel
is situated in the mountain and has a wonderful view of the area.
Day 5: Piatra Fantanele – Biertan – Sibiu
In the morning continue your tour with a walk in the spectacular scenery around the hotel, and then drive southwards to Biertan Fortified Church and visit it. In 1995, the fortified church of Biertan was included in the list of the world architectural patrimony under UNESCO patronage.
The eclesiastic and defence complex was built in 15th-16th centuries in
the late Gothic style,with specific Renaissance element.
From Biertan, we will go to Sibiu where will overnight. City tour of Sibiu, European Cultural Capital in 2007.
Day 6: Sibiu – Poienari, Vlad Tepes’s Citadel – Bucharest
In the last day in Transylvania, we will complete our tour with a visit to Poienari,
Vlad’s old and faithful citadel perched high on a cliff, more than 1000
stairs to climb. In 1459, Turks captured by Vlad Tepes in revenge for
killing his father and brother were made to march to this site, where
they were ‘encouraged’ to build this amazing defensive fortress. It’s
rightfully considered by Dracula buffs to be the ‘real’ Dracula’s
castle.In the evening will arrive in Bucharest.
The tour includes:
-transport by car for the entire tour for 6 days
-English speaking guide (or German, French) for 6 days at your disposal
-accommodation for 5 nights, breakfast included … close to Dracula
-assistance
Not included:
Entrance tickets to all the museums and touristic attractions included in the program.
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