Day trip to Bran Castle - Poienari Fortress

Day trips – Day tours – Brasov – Transylvania – Romania

Day trip to Bran Castle & Poienari Fortress

Bran Castle

Spend half a day exploring the narrow corridors of the world famous Bran Castle with our guided tour. Most people know Bran Castle as “Dracula’s Castle”, from Bram Stoker’s novel. This story is loosely based on Vlad Tepes who ruthlessly defended this part of Transylvania, and in the process, the legend of his rather gruesome killings inspired the story of Dracula. Join our Day Trip to Bran Castle and see how it is an amazing example of 14th Century Gothic architecture that looks like it was carefully placed on top of a mountain. We’ll share with you the stories and legends around this castle that have intrigued people for centuries.Going to Bran Castle one can really experience the feeling of what it was like to live in those times and places. As you wander through the mazes of rooms, stairways, secret passages and levels connected with wooden ladders, it’s easy to imagine the history and secrets hidden there. It’s on mountaintops, so you can walk around outside for great views and fresh Carpathian Mountain air.Bran Castle tour includes an overview of the legend behind the castle and Dracula as well as the historical facts.From Bran we depart on the scenic Bran-Rucar pass. In 1462, the Wallachian ruler Vlad Tepes (also known as Dracula) was arrested by the austro-hungarian emperor Matei Corvin because an alleged treason with the help of Mohammad the second, the emperor of the Ottoman Empire.In a letter sent by the Saxons from Brasov city to the emperor Matei Corvin was written that Vlad Tepes and Mohammad the second have promised to each other peace, but the price was that the Wallachian ruler to offer Transylvania to the Ottoman Empire, land considered to belong to the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The Rucar-Bran pass is one of the most spectacular and attractive landscape.

Day trips – Day tours – Brasov – Transylvania – Romania

Day trip to Bran Castle & Poienari Fortress

Bran Castle

Spend half a day exploring the narrow corridors of the world famous Bran Castle with our guided tour.Most people know Bran Castle as “Dracula’s Castle”, from Bram Stoker’s novel. This story is loosely based on Vlad Tepes who ruthlessly defended this part of Transylvania, and in the process, the legend of his rather gruesome killings inspired the story of Dracula. Bran Castle it’s an amazing example of 14Th century Gothic architecture that looks like it was carefully placed on top of a mountain. We’ll share with you the stories and legends around this castle that have intrigued people for centuries.Going to Bran Castle one can really experience the feeling of what it was like to live in those times and places. As you wander through the mazes of rooms, stairways, secret passages and levels connected with wooden ladders, it’s easy to imagine the history and secrets hidden there. It’s on mountaintops, so you can walk around outside for great views and fresh Carpathian Mountain air.Bran Castle tour includes an overview of the legend behind the castle and dracula as well as the historical facts.From Bran we depart on the scenic Bran-Rucar pass. In 1462, the vallachian ruler Vlad Tepes (also known as Dracula) was arrested by the austro-hungarian emperor Matei Corvin because an alleged treason with the help of Mahomed the second, the emperor of the Ottoman Empire.In a letter sent by the saxons from Brasov city to the emperor Matei Corvin was written that Vlad Tepes and Mahomed the second have promised to each other peace, but the price was that the vallachian ruler to offer Transylvania to the Ottoman Empire, land considered to belong to the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The Rucar-Bran pass is one of the most spectacular and attractive landscape.

Poienari Fortress

Is placed on the highest cliff around Arges at 850 meters, surrounded by a spectacular landscape and, in order to get here, you will have to climb up the 1480 steps. The first documents mentioning the Poienari Fortress are from the 14th Century, when it was only a surveillance tower.
In 1457 Dracula used the unfaithful landowners to rebuild it.
On Easter Day he trapped them at the religious service in the church and forced them to walk to Poienari. Once there, he raised his sword toward the old fortress ruins and ordered them to repair and consolidate it in 1 week.
It’s hard to believe this can be the truth, but the legend says that the people preferred hard work instead of being impaled. Lots of them had lost their lives there as they had to climb the steep hill, but they finished the construction in 1 week, as ordered. All those alive were forgiven by Vlad Tepes because he decided they had learned their lesson..