Bran Castle
 

Frequently asked questions

  • Q.1

    General Questions

  • Q.1.1Are reservations mandatory?

    A.1.1E-mail or telephonic reservations are mandatory. It is recommended to book your tour in advance.

  • Q.1.2What is the minimum time a reservation should be made?

    A.1.2One day tours - at least 1 day.
    Ext. tours - at least 1 week.
    Transfers - at least 6 hours.

  • Q.1.3What languages are covered by your guides?

    A.1.3English, French, German, Russian and Italian, each one on request.

  • Q.1.4Do you operate one person tours?

    A.1.4We do operate one person tours, you can find the price in the table of prices on each tour page.

  • Q.1.5Could itinerary suffer changes?

    A.1.5The itinerary could suffer changes in case of bad weather, closed roads, etc.

  • Q.1.6VAT, drivers, drivers expenses, parking expenses and gas are included in the price?

    A.1.6The price shown to you on the website is the TOTAL price. It will not suffer modifications.

  • Q.1.7What kind of car models do you provide?

    A.1.7We work in collaboration with Luxury Transport Romania who ensure us with the following types of cars: Mercedes E-class, Peugeot 406 and Renault Megane II.

  • Q.1.8Do you provide food?

    A.1.8No, but we do stop at good restaurants. This cost is not covered in the total price.

  • Q.1.9Can I create my own customized tour?

    A.1.9Yes, just give us a message from the get a quote area.

  • Q.1.10Do you provide airport pick-ups?

    A.1.10Yes, we do provide airport pick-ups, just contact us in order to get a quote.

  • Q.2

    Payment and Prices

  • Q.2.1Do you accept on-line payments?

    A.2.1Yes. We are accepting on-line payments through the secured credit card processor PayPal .

  • Q.2.2What online payment options are supported on your website?

    A.2.2 PayPal currently accepts the following credit cards:

    • VISA.
    • MasterCard.
    • American Express.
    • Discover/Novus.
    • Diners Club.
    • PayPal Express Checkout.
    • Electronic Check Drafts - Also known as ACH or Digital Checks.
    • FXSource - Direct electronic funds transfer service.

  • Q.2.3How will online payments be made?

    A.2.3After making the reservation of a trip/tour/transfer/accommodation, our staff will check for the availability on the dates given. If available, an invoice will be sent to you by e-mail.

  • Q.2.4What other means of payment methods do you accept?

    A.2.4Our company can accept the following means of payment:

    • Cash - the money will be given to driver, and a receipt will be given.
    • Bank Transfer (wire transfer) - you will make a deposit on our bank account.
    • Western Union - direct payment on the name of our company.

  • Q.2.5What currency do you accept?

    A.2.5We only accept RON, USD, EURO and GBP payments.

  • Q.2.6Do you cover museums and attractions fees?

    A.2.6No, we do not cover the entrance fees.

  • Q.2.7Driver, guide, and their expenses are included in the price?

    A.2.7Yes, everything related to their expenses is covered.

  • Q.2.8Taxes, gas, and parking are included in the price?

    A.2.8Yes.

  • Q.3

    Accommodation

  • Q.3.1Is accommodation included in the price?

    A.3.1For extended tours accommodation is included in the price.

  • Q.3.2What conditions do you offer?

    A.3.2Our accommodations are at least 3* in comfort and have great services.

  • Q.3.3What is a country-inn or local accommodation?

    A.3.3A welcoming country house, where you will stay under the same roof with your Romanian guest. They offer one bathroom per room, dinner and breakfast.

  • Q.4

    About Romania

  • Q.4.1Is Romania part of E.U. now?

    A.4.1Romania is a full member of European Union since 1st of January 2007.

  • Q.4.2Do USA citizens require a visa?

    A.4.2No, USA citizens do no require a visa.

  • Q.4.3What countries require a visa?

    A.4.3You can check the list of countries that require a visa at the official webpage of the Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs at www.mae.ro.

  • Q.4.4What is the local currency in Romania?

    A.4.4Even if Romania is in the E.U. it has not yet adopted Euro. The currency in Romania is RON, locally named LEU.

  • Q.4.5Are ATMs' available?

    A.4.5ATMs' are available in all cities. You can check out the MasterCard ATM Locator at http://www.mastercard.com/atmlocator/index.jsp and the Visa ATM Locator at http://visa.via.infonow.net/locator/global/jsp/SearchPage.jsp

  • Q.4.6What electric power system do you use in Romania?

    A.4.6Do not forget that in Romania electric power is at 220 voltages, AC, 2 pronged.

Attractions

  • Bran Castle Museum

    Bran Castle Museum is situated on the border between Transylvania and Wallachia in Brasov County. This castle is known as the homestead of Vlad Tepes (Vlad the Impaler) and is the most visited attraction of Romania.

  • Peles Castle Museum

    Located in Sinaia (44 km from Brasov), Peles Castle is considered by many one of the most beautiful castles in all Europe. It was the final resting place for several Romanian monarchs including King Carol I, who died here in 1914.

  • Corvins' Castle (Hunyadi Castle) Museum

    The Corvins' Castle impresses by the presence that dominates the city of Hunedoara. For those ones attracted by the Middle Age, the Corvins' Castle represents an unique monument in Romania and one of the most interesting in Europe.

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  • Prejmer Fortress

    Prejmer (German: Tartlau; Hungarian: Prazsmar) is a town in Brasov County, Romania. It is located 18 km northeast of Brasov. Prejmer Fortress (15th century) - is the best-preserved peasant fortress of Transylvania, included in the UNESCO patrimony.

  • Fagaras Citadel

    Fagaras Fortress is the most impressive monument of the town, and the core around which the town was actually built. Ladislaw Kan started to built it in 1310 on the former place of a 12th century wooden fortress strengthened by earthen walled fortifications. The former fortress had been burned down by the Tartars in 1241. The fort was enlarged and rebuilt in the 15th-17th centuries in the Transylvanian Renaissance style and came to be known, alongside with Deva, as one of the strongest fortifications in Transylvania.

  • Brasov Citadel

    Brasov, known as Kronstadt in German or Brasso in Hungarian is one of the largest cities in Romania. It is located in the center of the country and surrounded by the Carpathian Mountains. The city provides a mix of wonderful mountain scenery in the nearby Poiana Brasov and medieval history with Germanic influences in the old town.

  • Harman Fortress

    The Harman fortress is located 8 km north-east of Brasov. It dates back to the 13th century when the Saxons built the original church in a Romanesque style which was restored in a Gothic style.

  • Sibiu Citadel

    In 2007 Sibiu is the European Capital of Culture (together with Luxembourg). It is the most important cultural event that has ever happened in the city and a great number of tourists are expected, both domestic and foreign. The city of Sibiu and its surroundings are one of the most visited areas in Romania.

  • Rasnov Citadel

    Rasnov Citadel (Rosenau in German), is located on a rocky hilltop in the Carpathian mountains, 200m above the town of Rasnov in Romania. It is 15 km southwest of Brasov and also about 15 km from Bran Castle. The fortress is on the Bran Pass, a trade route connecting Wallachia with Transylvania. The view from the top of the castle hill is spectacular.

  • Deva Fortress

    Deva (German: Diemrich, Hungarian: Deva) is a city situated on the left bank of the middle course of the Mures river. It is the capital of Hunedoara county in Romania and has around 80,000 inhabitants, including subordinated villages. In Ancient Times it was a Dacian fortress called Singidava.

  • Rupea Citadel

    Rupea Fortress, located on the Northwestern side of Brasov county, was built on a basalt rock. The first trace of the citadel is on a document where the writers referred to it as Koholom citadel meaning the rock eminence. It is said that on that particular rock once existed a Roman camp, during the time Dacia was conquered by Romans. Later on, the Saxons and Hungarians who settled on these lands rebuilt the camp.

  • Suceava Fortress

    Suceava is the capital city of the Suceava County, Bukovina, northeastern Romania. It is sittuated on a commercial high-way that linked the Baltic with the Black Sea. The town of Suceava gained its importance from the presence of the main royal palace which Petru I Musat built here at the end of the XlVth century. Close to the royal court and the citadel stood the Mirauti Church, the first Metropolitan Church of Moldavia, which once housed the relics of Saint John the New, one of Moldavia's patron saints.

  • Sighisoara Citadel

    The Sighisoara Citadel is the old historic center of the town of Sighisoara (Hungarian: Segesvar, German: Schaessburg), Romania, built in the 12th century by Saxon colonists. It is the last inhabited medieval citadel in Europe and was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1999, for its 850 year old testimony to the history and culture of the Transylvanian Saxons.

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  • Curtea de Arges Monastery

    The Cathedral of Curtea de Arges (early 16th century) is one of the most famous buildings in Romania, and stands in the grounds of a monastery, 1 1/2 km north of Curtea de Arges. It is dedicated to Saint Nicholas.

  • Cozia Monastery

    Cozia (like its sister Tismana, farther off, and like the neighboring monasteries of Turnu and Stanisoara), is set in one of the most picturesque of the many carpathian landscapes which are the pride of Oltenia, this immense repository of such monuments.

  • Sambata de sus Monastery

    Sambata de sus, also called "Brancoveanu" Monastery is located on the valley of Sambata river. The monastery is famous for being a place of recovery, comfort and spiritual balm for visitors who halt or pray in this sacred dwelling.

  • Voronet Monastery

    The Voronet Monastery is possibly the most famous monastery of Romania. It is known throughout the world for its exterior frescoes of bright and intense colours, and for the hundreds of well-preserved figures placed against the renowned azurite background.

  • Putna Monastery

    We know about Putna that it was the first monastery built by Stephen the Great (Stefan cel Mare). Moreover, the ruler wanted it to be his place of eternal rest. Thus, like Bogdan I and Alexander the Good, Stephen the Great meant the monastery to be the ruling family necropolis.

  • Moldovita Monastery

    Moldovita Monastery that one can we see today dates back to 1532 and is due to ruling prince Petru Rares (1532-1546). It has, like Sucevita, the aspect of a fortress, with imposing towers and high, thick walls (6 m high, 1.2 m wide).

  • Sucevita Monastery

    Sucevita is chronologically the last and greatest monastic ensemble among the painted monasteries in Bukovina, as it has the appearance of a real fortress, with towers, buttresses and watch roads.

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Tours

  • One day tour (A1)

    Brasov Citadel
    Rasnov Citadel
    Bran Castle (Dracula's Castle)
    Peles Castle (Sinaia)

  • One day tour (A2)

    Brasov Citadel
    Rasnov Citadel
    Bran Castle (Dracula's Castle)
    Fagaras Citadel

  • One day tour (A3)

    Brasov Citadel
    Rupea Citadel
    Sighisoara Citadel

  • One day tour (A4)

    Brasov Citadel
    Harman Fortress
    Prejmer Fortress

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  • Dracula Tour (B1)

    Explore the Transylvanian lands in the search of Dracula's true story. During day 1 you will be visiting Rasnov Citadel and Bran Castle. In the evening Brasov old city will be presented to you. A special accommodation will be taken care of for you at a lodging that is a scaled copy of the Bran Castle. On day 2 you will explore Sighisoara's Citadel followed by lunch at a restaurant located in the home where Vlad Tepes was born and raised.

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Transfers

 
Phone: +4 0722139979