Bran – Dracula

Spend half a day exploring the narrow corridors of the world famous Bran Castle with our guided tour. For over 100 years historians, fans and sceptics have tried to discover and understand the truth behind the legend of the Wallachian King “Vlad Tepes Dracula”. We’ll take you to places were Dracula has lived, took battles or just passed trough and you’ll hear the stories behind them. First stop is at Bran Castle, a 14th century fortress mistaken by the regular tourist with Dracula’s Castle.
This is where the legend of Dracula (the vampire) started. From Bran we depart to Poienari Fortress crossing trough the Rucar-Bran valley. The view is spectacular as we pas by the Bucegi and Piatra Craiului mountains on our way to Wallachia. After 1 ½ h we arrive at Curtea de Arges Monastery, the oldest church in Wallachia where the former Royal family of Romania is buried. All the Wallachian kings took a special interest in this monastery as there’s a legend behind the construction of this Church: ” Every thing that that it was built in the day was crumbling over night until the chief of the builders “Manole” had a dream. God appeared in the dream and told him that they need to build a woman within the walls of the church so it wouldn’t crumble anymore.” Find out what they did and how they finished the construction of the church on this tour.