Transylvania Day Trip from Bucharest: In Search of Count Dracula

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About this activity

This tour takes you in search of Bram Stoker's famous character: Count Dracula. Visit the historical sites connected with the legendary real-life terror; Vlad the Impaler who inspired the story and the legends behind Bram Stoker's novel.

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At a glance

Duration: 12 hours
Confirmation: Confirmed within 48 hours
Ticket: Mobile or paper ticket accepted
Group: Up to 7 people
People per booking: 1–7
Guide: English
Operated by: Romania Tour Store

Ages: Infants (0–0 years) · Children (7–12 years) · Youth (13–18 years) · Adults (20–99 years)

What is included

Included

Included: Hotel pickup and drop-off
Included: Professional guide

Not included

Not included: Lunch
Not included: Gratuities

Itinerary

Princely Court

one hour Admission not included

Visit Targoviste Royal Court, the former capital of Walachia Principality from where Vlad the Impaler ruled.

Targoviste Royal Court, which was conceived as a complex of buildings that served both as an administrative center and as a dwelling for the ruler, his family, numerous courtiers, and servants.

Meetings of the local council took place here, important trials were carried out and documents of the chancellery were issued from here. Guests and foreign travelers, who arrived in Wallachia for a variety of purposes were hosted here too.
Princely Church of St Nicholas

30 min Admission not included

Before Tragoviste, Curtea de Arges was capital of Wallachia. The town`s strongholds were rebuilt in the 14th century. See its Princely Church and its frescoed interior which is one of the first examples of Romanian paintings. The Episcopal Church (the monastery) which is a recreation of the original built in 1512 -1517 by prince Neagoe Basarab (rebuilt in 1875 – 1885).
Poienari Castle

2 hours Admission not included

tanding on a cliff but now in ruins – this is known as the real castle of Dracula (Vlad Tepes). To get to the top you must climb up its 1400 steps (takes approx. 30 minutes). Once you arrive to the top of the castle you will find that it is surprisingly small; one third has collapsed down the mountainside in 1888. Entering through a narrow wooden bridge, you come across the crumbling remains of two towers within; the prism shaped one was Vlad`s ( Dracula`s) residential quarters.