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Transylvania Castle Tour from Bucharest

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On this private full day tour from Bucharest your English-Speaking guide will take you to the Sinaia, Bran and Brasov. Explore the atmosphere of Transylvania and some of the most important tourist attractions...

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Trip Itinerary

Day 1 - Bucharest

 
Peles Castle
Sightseeing

Visit the Peles Castle, former summer residence of the kings of Romania, the Peles Castle is 44 kilometers away from Brasov, in Sinaia, a well-known mountain resort as well. Nowadays the Castle is one of the most important museums in Transylvania where one can admire furniture and ornamental objects, carpets, tapestry, sculptures, paintings, collections of weapons from the 15th up to the19th centuries.

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Bran castle
Sightseeing

Continue your journey to Bran with it’s famous Bran castle. Also called Dracula's Castle, it is situated not far from Brasov (25 kilometers) at the entrance in the Bran - Rucar passage. The castle got its fame from Dracula's legend written in 1897 by Bram Stoker and later on made into a film by Francis Ford Coppola.. The first documents about the Bran Castle appeared in 1377. Along the history, the Castle had a strategic mission being the border between Transylvania and Wallachia. First it was under the rule of the King of Hungary Sigismund of Luxemburg, than under the Romanian voievodes Mircea cel Batran and Vlad Tepes and later on it came under the jurisdiction of the City of Brasov. In 1912 it was donated by the municipality of Brasov to the Romanian royal family, in order to became their residence.

Bucharest Sightseeing picture
Brasov
Sightseeing

Then go to Brasov and visit of the medieval center of Brasov, The main sites are: Council Square, Black Chuch, White and Black Towers, Weaver’s Bastion and Ecaterina’s Gate, The Rope’s street, and more. We will return to Bucharest where we’ll arrive late in the evening.

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