Searching for Dracula: Private Day Trip from Bucharest
Bucharest, Romania
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Trip Type: Private Day Trips
Duration: 10 hours
Explore the Real Castle of Dracula! See the world through Vlad Dracula's eyes. During this tour you will see the most important sights that played a role in Vlad The Impaler's life and you will learn the true facts about his tumultuous rule. Discover the reality and the myth of Dracula's legend.
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Explore the Real Castle of Dracula! See the world through Vlad Dracula's eyes. During this tour you will see the most important sights that played a role in Vlad The Impaler's life and you will learn the true facts about his tumultuous rule. Discover the reality and the myth of Dracula's legend.
Itinerary:
Targoviste Princely Court - The real court of Vlad the Impaler
About 80km northwest of Bucharest in the Southwestern Transylvanian Alps is the town of Targoviste. It was the capital of feudal Walachia from the 14th to the 17th century. It was here that Vlad Dracula had his main residence. Tour highlights: Princely Court, Princely Church, Chindia Tower, Museum of the printing press and of the old Romanian books.
Poienari Fortress - The Real Castle of Dracula is placed on the highest cliff around Arges gorges at 850m. It is surrounded by a spectacular landscape and to get there you will climb the 1480 steps to the top.
Afterwards drive to Curtea de Arges for a traditional Romanian lunch and a tour of the first capital of Wallachia.
Curtea de Arges is a city in Romania on the bank of the Arges River, which flows through a valley in the lower Carpathians. The name, literally means The Court upon Arges and refers to the former status of the town as the capital of Wallachia. Take a walking tour of the town visiting the Princely Church and Old Court ruins, and the Episcopal Church where the monarchs of Romania are buried.
Targoviste Princely Court - The real court of Vlad the Impaler
About 80km northwest of Bucharest in the Southwestern Transylvanian Alps is the town of Targoviste. It was the capital of feudal Walachia from the 14th to the 17th century. It was here that Vlad Dracula had his main residence. Tour highlights: Princely Court, Princely Church, Chindia Tower, Museum of the printing press and of the old Romanian books.
Poienari Fortress - The Real Castle of Dracula is placed on the highest cliff around Arges gorges at 850m. It is surrounded by a spectacular landscape and to get there you will climb the 1480 steps to the top.
Afterwards drive to Curtea de Arges for a traditional Romanian lunch and a tour of the first capital of Wallachia.
Curtea de Arges is a city in Romania on the bank of the Arges River, which flows through a valley in the lower Carpathians. The name, literally means The Court upon Arges and refers to the former status of the town as the capital of Wallachia. Take a walking tour of the town visiting the Princely Church and Old Court ruins, and the Episcopal Church where the monarchs of Romania are buried.
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