Bran Castle
 

One day tours

A1 Brasov - Rasnov - Bran - Sinaia Location of Bran Castle Museum

Highlights:

The Brasov area has lately started to become a top tourstic attraction in Romania especially for the history and the gorgeous landscape. In this tour you will be presented with both of them.

This tour starts from the center of Romania, Brasov city, where you will visit the Brasov citadel fortress. Later on, after a short 20 min driver you will get to Rasnov peasant citadel that was recently renovated and integrated in the national tourstical attraction. Just near, Bran Castle awaits for you in the Bran-Rucar passage, the castle which hosted Vlad Tepes (Vlad the Impaler) multiple times. Advancing to the next attraction you will see Peles Castle, the state of the art castle built by Carol I of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen.

Price: The price per person in this tour starts from 50 Euro. ...[read more]

A2 Brasov - Rasnov - Bran - Fagaras Location of Bran Castle Museum

Highlights:

Situated in the central part of our country, on the middle way of the Olt River, the Brasov county is in fact the land of tourism. It's easier to speak about the places without a tourist interest than to mention the numberless points where eye and heart are fascinated by the wonderful landscapes.

The origins of Brasov as medieval town are lost in the dark times. The buildings of Brasov can tell you a lot about the evolution of the city throughout different ages. Also known as Kronstadt or Corona, Brasov was the home of some of the best craftsmen, jewelers, and traders living in Transylvania.

This tour starts from the center of Romania, Brasov city, where you will visit the Brasov citadel fortress. Right next to Brasov, after a short 20 min drive you will get to Rasnov peasant citadel that was recently renovated and integrated in the national tourstical attraction. Our next stop would be Bran Castle, located in the Bran-Rucar passage. Bran Castle hosted Vlad Tepes (Vlad the Impaler), son of Vlad Dracul, multiple times, and faced many attacks during it's history. Advancing to the next attraction you will see Fagaras Fortress, located in the Fagaras area, a fantastic place to visit and explore.

Price: The price per person in this tour starts from 50 Euro. ...[read more]

A3 Brasov - Rupea - Sighisoara Track of the tour A3

Highlights:

The first stop will be in the city of Brasov which is situated in the centre of Romania, in the depression of the Barsa-county of the Carpathians. Also known as Kronstadt or Corona, Brasov was the home of some of the best craftsmen, jewelers, and traders living in Transylvania.

Our second stop in this tour will be the ruins of the Rupea fortifications which were built on a basalt rock. Inside the old fortress there is 40m deep well, which has water that is still drinakble.

Mures county will be the next stop, more exactly Sighisoara. The town circles a hill, on the summit of which stands a citadel with a ring of walls, nine extant towers (including the "Tower of the Clock"), and a number of medieval churches. Settlement of the area dates from the Bronze Age.

Price: The price per person starts from 33.3 Euro. ...[read more]

A4 Brasov - Harman - Prejmer Track of the tour A3

Highlights:

This tour covers the most important churches in and around Brasov. Our visit will be the Black Church which is one of the most important and doubtlessly the most imposing monument built by the German people from Transylvania in their 850 years of history. You will also visit St. Nicolae Church and the First Romanian School.

Our second stop will be the Harman fortified church located right next to Brasov. Harman Church is a Roman basilica with Gothic elements. The west tower, chapels and water moat still maintain this era today. Inside you can find paintings dated back to the 13th century.

Our last visit in this tour will be at the Prejmer fortified church. Prejmer church was built in a shape of a Latin cross in a Gothic style. Built in 1427 to with stand the attacks of the Ottomans. The walls are 14 meters high and 5 meters thick. Access to this massive fortress can be gained through a 5 meter thick long tunnel.

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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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

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  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

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  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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).

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

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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

 
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