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Dracula Halloween Tour

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What a better way to celebrate Halloween than the home land of Vlad "the Impaler" or better known as Dracula. We have prepared a special tour for this event to trace the foots steps of the "Real Dracula". Travel with your specialist tour guide to ancient residents of this phenomenon where Vlad use to dwell. Discover the truth and the myth of this unique legend. We have also included important elements of Romanian history on this tour.

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Trip Itinerary

Day 1 - Bucharest

 
Welcome to Buchares.
Airport Transfer

Your English-speaking specialist guide will pick you up from Bucharest Airport or another location in the city.

Bucharest Airport Transfer picture
Sightseeing

Start off with a tour of Bucharest to see it most important monuments, such as The old quarter, the Stavropoulos Church, the Revolution Square with the famous balcony, and the Village Museum.

Hotel

At the end of the tour you will be dropped off at your hotel. Dinner at Club Dracula. Overnight in Bucharest. Hotel : Crystal Palace****. D.


Day 2 - Bucharest

 
Bucharest – Snagov - Curtea De Arges.
Sightseeing

Breakfast in Hotel. After Breakfast, we start on the trails of Dracula, to see his final resting place. Snagov is a small village 40 km north of Bucharest, with its beautiful sixteen kilometer long lake; In the centre of the lake is an island occupied by a monastery, built in 1519. The Snagov monastery is situated on the island of the lake with the same name, we have to reach the monastery by crossing the lake by boat (If time and weather permit). Visitors come here to seek the tomb of Dracula sitting in the front of the church altar. Vlad's murder is believed to have occurred in the forests nearby, where the monks took the his body, since both Vlad and his father had both given money to the monastery.

Bucharest Sightseeing picture Bucharest Sightseeing picture
Sightseeing

We will depart for Curtea de Arges (Court de Arges): The former second capital of Walachia. The strongholds rebuilt in the 14th century See its Princely Church and its frescoed interior which is one of the first examples of Romanian paintings. The Episcopal Church (the monastery) which is a recreation of the original built in 1512 -1517 by prince Neagoe Basarab (rebuilt in 1875 – 1885) and Olari Church.

Hotel

Evening and Dinner on your own. Overnight in Curtea de Arges. Hotel : Montana Guesthouse***. B.


Day 3 - Romania

 
Curtea De Arges – Poenari – Bran.
Sightseeing

Breakfast in Hotel. Today we will continue our journey of uncovering the real Dracula's foot steps. Reaching Poenari Castle; standing on a cliff but know in ruins this is known as the real castle of Dracula (Vlad Tepes). To get to the top you must climb up its 1400 steps (takes approx. 1 hr). Once you arrive to the top of the Citadel you will find that the citadel is surprisingly small, one third has collapsed down the mountainside in 1888. Entering through a narrow wooden bridge, you come across the crumbling remains of two towers within; the prism shaped one was Vlad's (Dracula's) residential quarters, from here, according to the legend, The Impaler's wife flung herself out from the window, declaring that better this way than be captured by the Turks, who were besieging the castle. Legend has it that Vlad himself escaped over the mountains on horseback. We then depart for Bran village, with the famous history and beautiful Bran Castle. Why is Bran so famous? It is a rich village, situated 28 km from Brasov, the village commands the entrance to the pass of the same name, once the main route into Wallachia. The Saxons from Brasov built a castle here in 1377 – 1382 to safeguard this vital trade artery and although what's now stated on every tourist brochure as Dracula's Castle. It has only few associations with Vlad the Impaler – it is said that he sieged it in 1460 on an attack of the land of Bran. One of its famous residents was Queen Marie of Romania, the granddaughter of Queen Victoria and married to prince Ferdinand in 1893. Today this region is full of beautiful guesthouses, the landscapes are some of the most beautiful in the country Visit to the castle.

Romania Sightseeing picture
Food and Dining

Enjoy a special dinner tonight. Start with a campfire and traditional plum brandy, we then move inside for a traditional meal including bacon, home made sausages, all fried on the camp fire with red wine, followed by a traditional Romanian Folk show, with dancers and a party.

Hotel

Overnight in a Bran. Hotel : Cheile Gradistei Hotel ***. B, D.


Day 4 - Brasov

 
Bran - Rasnov - Sinaia - Brasov.
Sightseeing

Breakfast in Hotel. First stop in Rasnov to visit the Peasant Citadel founded in 1225 by the Teutonic Knights, with beautiful mountains of the Barsei land.

Brasov Sightseeing picture
Sightseeing

Then onto Sinaia to see its stunning Palace "The Pearl of the Carpathians. Also you will get a chance to see Pelisor Castle and the Sinaia Monastery. We then depart for Brasov, and have short walking tour of the bustling historic center.

Hotel

Overnight in Brasov. Stay at Casa Wagner Hotel *** or similar. B.


Day 5 - Brasov

 
Brasov – Prejmer – Harman - Bistrita - Piatra Fantanele.
Sightseeing

Breakfast in Hotel. We start the day visiting the fortified Saxon Churches in Prejmer and Harman. Prejmer fortified church is the biggest fortress of its kind in Eastern Europe; built in the 14th century. The fortress has double walls and dungeons. Inside its walls there is a church, but the interesting thing here is the honeycomb like inner wall. Every family had one small room for sheltering in case the village was attacked.

Sightseeing

We continue our route to Bistrita and a short visit of the city which is the setting for much of Bram Stoker’s Dracula, we follow by Borgo Valley where we will find the Hotel Castle Dracula in Piatra Fantanele.

Food and Dining

This evening will be a special Dracula themed dinner.

Hotel

Stay at Hotel Castle Dracula ***. B,D.


Day 6 - Romania

 
Piatra Fantanele – Sighisoara.
Sightseeing

Breakfast in Hotel. Depart for Sighisoara. En Route we will stop in Targu Mures, one of the great Magyar Cities of Romania. Arrival in the afternoon to Sighisoara. The old medieval city is included on Unesco's Word Heritage. The Old Town or the Citadel is the only one still inhabited in Europe - a lost world and still so at the present! In 1431, the storey house at Museum Square 6, within the shadow of the old town's Clock Tower, a women whose name is lost to posterity gave birth to a son called Vlad, who in later life earned the title of The Impaler, abroad better known as Dracula, derived from Dracul or the Devil – referring to his father Vlad Dracul, whom the Holy Roman Emperor Sigismund of Hungary made a knight of the order of The Dragon in 1431. Highlights of the Citadel include The Clock Tower, the Church on the Hill, the Scholar’s Stairs, The Monastery Church, the towers of the citadel (originally fourteen), The Shoemakers Town, the Tailor’s Tower, the Tinsmiths Tower are only a few of the marvels of this place called Sighisoara.

Romania Sightseeing picture
Hotel

Transfer to the hotel and get ready for the Halloween Party. Stay at Sighisoara hotel*** or similar. B,D.

Food and Dining

Tonight will be a special dinner and Halloween Party with a Dracula Show, Costume contest and a lot of surprises. Don’t forget to bring your Halloween costume! Overnight in Sighisoara.


Day 7 - Bucharest

 
Sighisoara - Sibiu - Bucharest.
Sightseeing

Breakfast in Hotel. Depart from Sighisoara to Sibiu which was the European Capital of Culture in 2007. Sibiu is one of the most important fortified towns in Transylvania. The city was founded in 1190 and grew to be the chief city of the Transylvanian Saxons. This amazing town, with the "Old Town" (The Big Square, the Small Square, the Ursuline Church, The Franciscan Church, The staircase Tower, the Tanners Tower, the Liar’s Bridge, the House of the Butcher’s Guild and last but not least with the amazing Bruckenthal Museum) are a few highlights of Sibiu.

Sightseeing

Continue our route to Bucharest through Olt Valley who pass the Carpathians Mountains offering beautiful landscapes to the traveler. On the route stop at Cozia Monastery; erected by Mircea cel Ba(trân in 1388 and boasting his tomb, is one of the most valuable monuments of national medieval art and architecture in Romania. Continue to Bucharest.

Hotel

Arrival and overnight in Bucharest. Stay at Crystal Palace Hotel ****. B.


Day 8 - Bucharest

 
Airport Transfer

Breakfast in Hotel. Transfer to Airport and the final good-bye from your Specialist Guide. B.


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