Private Day Trip to Dracula's Castle and Peles Castle from Bucharest
Bucharest, Romania
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Trip Type: Private Sightseeing Tours
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Discover the most famous castles of Romania in just one day! Visit Dracula's Castle and Peles Castle, residence of the kings of Romania.
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Discover the most famous castles of Romania in just one day! Visit Dracula's Castle and Peles Castle, residence of the kings of Romania.In the morning meet with your guide in Bucharest at Revolution Square, or alternatively enjoy a pick up from your location or hotel.
Leave the city on route to Sinaia. Visit Peles Castle, former summer residence of the kings of Romania, in Sinaia, a well-known mountain resort. 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 to the 19th centuries.
Continue your journey to Bran and the famous Bran castle, also called Dracula`s Castle, it is located 25 km from Brasov at the entrance in the Bran – Rucar passage. The castle got its fame from the Dracula novel written in 1897 by Bram Stoker which was later on adapted into a feature film by Francis Ford Coppola. The first documents about Bran Castle appeared in 1377. Throughout history, the Castle had a strategic mission as the border between Transylvania and Wallachia. First it was under the reign of the King of Hungary, Sigismund of Luxemburg, and after that 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 become their residence.
Continue your tour with a short tour of Brasov City. Dating from 1520, the City Council Square has been considered the centre of Brasov for hundreds of years. Merchants and craft fairs took place here. They came from Transylvania, Wallachia, and even the Near East and Europe. According to the types of merchandise they traded on the side streets of this Square, the streets were called The Wheat Fair, The Cloth Row, The Butnar Fair, The Linen Fair, The Cotton Row or The Coats Fair. The Square is surrounded by houses built in the Renaissance, Baroque, Provincial and Neo-classic style and they once sheltered small shops and warehouses. The Square is dominated by the magnificent building called Council Hall.
The medieval fortress of Brasov was one of the most secure fortresses in Europe, the architectural defense pile being made of stone walls, 32 defense towers, 8 bulwarks and 4 fortified gates. The towers had both defense and observation roles. During your tour we’ll see the old wall which is still preserved, Black and White Towers and also you’ll visit the Weaver’s Bastion – the biggest and best preserved bastion.
Return to Bucharest with a drop-off in Revolution Square or at your chosen location.
Leave the city on route to Sinaia. Visit Peles Castle, former summer residence of the kings of Romania, in Sinaia, a well-known mountain resort. 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 to the 19th centuries.
Continue your journey to Bran and the famous Bran castle, also called Dracula`s Castle, it is located 25 km from Brasov at the entrance in the Bran – Rucar passage. The castle got its fame from the Dracula novel written in 1897 by Bram Stoker which was later on adapted into a feature film by Francis Ford Coppola. The first documents about Bran Castle appeared in 1377. Throughout history, the Castle had a strategic mission as the border between Transylvania and Wallachia. First it was under the reign of the King of Hungary, Sigismund of Luxemburg, and after that 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 become their residence.
Continue your tour with a short tour of Brasov City. Dating from 1520, the City Council Square has been considered the centre of Brasov for hundreds of years. Merchants and craft fairs took place here. They came from Transylvania, Wallachia, and even the Near East and Europe. According to the types of merchandise they traded on the side streets of this Square, the streets were called The Wheat Fair, The Cloth Row, The Butnar Fair, The Linen Fair, The Cotton Row or The Coats Fair. The Square is surrounded by houses built in the Renaissance, Baroque, Provincial and Neo-classic style and they once sheltered small shops and warehouses. The Square is dominated by the magnificent building called Council Hall.
The medieval fortress of Brasov was one of the most secure fortresses in Europe, the architectural defense pile being made of stone walls, 32 defense towers, 8 bulwarks and 4 fortified gates. The towers had both defense and observation roles. During your tour we’ll see the old wall which is still preserved, Black and White Towers and also you’ll visit the Weaver’s Bastion – the biggest and best preserved bastion.
Return to Bucharest with a drop-off in Revolution Square or at your chosen location.
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