Dracula Tours
Examples of Tours : :
8 days Dracula Tour
3 days Weekend with Count Dracula
Rent a car with driver for one of our Dracula Tours. Our car fleet.
8 days Dracula Tour
Day 1 - 15 km
Welcome to Dracula s county!
Arrival to Otopeni airport of Bucharest. Transfer to the hotel in Bucharest. Dinner & overnight in BUCHAREST
Day 2 - 140 km
Bucharest a city of contrasts
Breakfast. Sightseeing tour of Bucharest, including The Princely Court and The Treasury Vaults. Transfer to the Snagov Lake and visit the Monastery, the last resting place of Vlad the Impaler. Transfer to Sinaia,\"pearl of the Carphatians\", the most faimous Romanian mountain resort. Dinner and overnight in SINAIA
Day 3 - 90 km
Carpathians Mountains - beautiful and equally spectacular as the Alps!
Breakfast. Visits in Sinaia: the Monastery and than Peles Castle, a castle that alone is worth the entire trip to Romania. Departure to Bran for visiting the famous Bran Castle, house of Dracula s father, built on the top of a rock. Crossing the Carpathians Mountains, we enter to Transylvania, land of legend and beauty and we spend the rest of the day in Brasov, a medieval city connected with prince Vlad. Dinner and overnight in BRASOV.
Day 4 - 250 km
Where the legend was born!
Breakfast.Departure to Sighisoara the town where Vlad the Impaler was born. Short visit and departure to Bistrita.Dinner and overnight in BISTRITA.
Day 5 - 50 km
Prince Vlad is now history, Count Darcula reigns!
Breakfast.Departure to Bistrita, Count Dracula s domain. Wine tasting in Lechinta, sightseeing of Bistrita town. Dinner and overnight in BISTRITA.
Day 6 - 280 km
Back to Middle Age time!
Breakfast. Departure to Sibiu crossing Cluj-Napoca and Alba Iulia. Dinner and overnight in SIBIU.
Day 7 - 275 km
Best Romanian cuisine in Dracula s style!
Breakfast. Departure to Bucharest. Traditional dinner & specific show in Count Darcula s Restaurant. Overnight in BUCHAREST.
Day 8 - 14 km
The end of the legend!
Breakfast. Transfer to airport. Departure.
Weekend with Dracula
Day 1, Friday: Bucharest – Pitesti – Arefu – Sibiu
…after breakfast, we shall set off for Arefu to visit the Poenari Citadel, the "real Castle from the Carpathians", a fortress that is now inhabited only by the vultures and by the bad luck bringing bats...
Departure in the morning to Arefu, to visit The Poenari Citadel (this visit is optional: the citadel is located on the top of the hill and we will have to climb lots of steps).
Following Olt River’s valley, we will cross the Carpathian Mountains in Transylvania and reach Sibiu.
Visit the medieval city of Sibiu, the European Capital of Culture in 2006.
In the evening, we drive to Sibiel, a picturesque village situated 18 km away from Sibiu. Visit the Glass Icon Museum and the church. Dinner and accommodation in a family's house, to experience Romanian hospitality. Drinks included.
Day 2, Saturday: Sibiu – Sighisoara – Brasov
Today’s highlight: Sighisoara. There we can have lunch in the "Vlad Dracul"(Vlad the Devil) Home, the house where Vlad the Impaler was born in November or December 1431. We will taste the famous Vampire wine. In the afternoon we will visit the medieval citadel of Sighisoara, an extremely charming and romantic site.
…visit the city of Brasov - where Vlad led raids against the German Saxons.
After breakfast, we will continue our trip to Sighisoara, which Vlad Tepes called home, one of the most beautiful towns in the heart of Transylvania . The whole medieval citadel is a part of UNESCO’s World Heritage. German architectural influences are visible throughout the entire city.
Here, we have the possibility to enjoy a nice lunch on the terrace of Vlad Dracul’s House, today a famous restaurant.
In the afternoon, we will admire the beautiful landscape, dotted with small villages, medieval citadels and fortified churches, on the way to Brasov. We will visit the medieval part of the city with: The Black Church, The Town Hall, The Black Tower, The White Tower, Ecaterina’s Gate, Schei Gate and the Rope Street – the narrowest street in Europe.
Dinner and accommodation in a guest house in Bran area. Located right next to the famous Bran Castle, Bran will please you with its specific beauty. The breathtaking landscape invites anyone to walks. Bran is famous for its home made smoked cheese, and the cheese in tree bark. Every meal here tastes better, because everything is home made and pure biological food.
Day 3, Sunday: Brasov – Bran – Sinaia – Bucuresti
...a new day to visit Bran Castle – Dracula’s Castle, where, along the dark corridors and in the inner gardens one can still hear the steps of the "prince of darkness".
Breakfast and fresh air!
Today we will visit Dracula’s Castle - as in Bram Stoker's legendary vampire story. Bran Castle is an important national monument and landmark of the Romanian tourism, due not only to the beauty of the Castle and the landscape but also to the legend of Count Dracula. The first documentary attestation of the Bran Castle is the act issued on November 19, 1377.
We continue to Sinaia, the beautiful mountain resort surnamed "The Pearl of the Carpathians" where we will visit Peles Castle: one of Romania's most beautiful palaces once the summer residence of the Romanian kings.
We have the possibility to visit the wine cellars from Azuga - built in 1892, by the Rhein family, official supplier for the royal court. Here, we can buy genuine Romanian wines and sparkling wines.
Return to Bucharest in the evening.
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