We are a young family: Michaela is my wife, Master of Science in History at University of Bucharest. My name is Marian, the husband, licensed in Archeology at University of Bucharest too. We decided to found a travel company in 2002.
Later on, we started researching the legends of Vlad the Impaler – Dracula, following his routes through an area of about 50,000 square km in Central Romania, including Transylvania. We traveled over 800 km from the mountain villages where legends are still told, to medieval castles and towns where to find evidences on Dracula.
We felt encouraged to share these unique information collected across the countryside, with all the people using the Internet. So, we hired a camera specialist to help us capture this travel story on DVD to make it available to everyone who'd like to watch Dracula legends live. We pride that no other similar film has been produced before. There are good pictures and web sites, books, magazines, even movies, but none of them show you Dracula at his home.
The places to see:
* SIGHISOARA (Schaessburg, by its medieval name) - 800 years of history, the burg of Central Romania where Vlad the Impaler was born in 1431, today is being recognized as the best-preserved medieval fortress in Romania. We’re going to step inside the Princely Birth House to meet the room of little Dracula.
* BRASOV (Kronstadt) - 750 years of history, the largest medieval town in Transylvania where Vlad often stopped over, leading terrifying raids against the German Saxons. Together we’ll go back in the 15-th century, following the chronicles of Kronstadt along its legendary streets. As punishment for complot and ignoring his trade laws, early in 1460 Vlad Dracula destroyed Saxon army near Brasov and ordered 1,200 captives to be impaled on stakes. No one was left alive.
* BRAN CASTLE - 700 years of history, moving 30 km southwest from Brasov, you can go up the dark stairs that Dracula went up himself! He came over Bran castle only once in September 1462, being on the way to Oradea fortress in order to meet his cousin Mathias Corvin - King of Hungary. There he hoped to get some help from Mathias and together drive the Turks away from Romania. Leaving Bran and its ecotourism resort, we’ll move into the mountains along the Mountain Pass of Bran to the adventure site of “vampire” at Castle Dracula, near Arefu village.
* CASTLE DRACULA - in 1459 Vlad the Impaler ordered hundreds of arrested traitors to build a fortress for emergencies above a mountain. The surrounding area belongs to Fagaras Mountains, which frequently are over 2,400 meters height. No prisoner survived. To revenge his wife’s death during a siege in 1461, he launched a large scale raid against Turkish Empire crossing the Danube River deeply in the Balkans.
As a result of first “blitzkrieg” war in history, Dracula killed 28,000 Turks so cruelly that he established a bloody reputation around Europe. This place inspired as much imagination as FF Coppola persuaded his fans with the myth of the Count Vampire of Transylvania. Still, legends and facts remained for centuries, far beyond just a fiction movie.
* SNAGOV MONASTERY - in 1458 Vlad the Impaler built a church on the island of Snagov Lake bordered by oaken forest, today the place where the Prince is buried.
* CHEAP HOTELS AND VILLAS - near Sighisoara, Brasov ( Poiana Brasov), Bran Castle and Castle Dracula. We’re going to take a look inside the rooms, including bathroom and your restaurant where you’ll enjoy the master cuisine of rural Romania - fresh and natural. On the terrace you can watch the pool, kids ground, and wild surroundings.
* ADVENTURE AND CIVILIZATION - throughout the Countryside of Romania, preserving lifestyle, customs, and unspoiled nature from the Middle Ages until today. No other place in Europe can show you traditionally dressed shepherds who often use to pipe their ballads along the mountain valleys of the Carpathians. After 550 years, many Dracula legends are still told in Fagaras mountains. Nowadays, it is an amazing fact that peasants keep asking for Vlad's help every time an injustice happens to them: “Unde esti tu Tepes Doamne?” which means “Come back my lord to protect”.
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Notes:
* Cost varies on season off/on with maximum in December to January 15.
* Note that we offer accommodation in 3* and 4* hotel & villa only.
Price Includes:
- escorting customers 24 h throughout our standard 5 day tour across
Dracula's historical routes.
- 24 h/5 day transportation by high comfort minibus with air conditioning, speaker, coffee maker, bar.
- we pick up our tourists at Bucharest airport and drive them back to the airport after the tour.
- all inclusive based service for accommodation at 3* hotels and farm pensions with meals (breakfast, lunch, dinner).
- museum and castle tickets.
- outdoor activities on request: day trips, winter sports, disco clubs, barbecue.
Price Does Not Include:
- air fares and transportation to Romania and return
- extra cost for drinks not included in the menu, cigarettes, fireworks.
TOTAL COST PER PERSON (updating EUR/USD exchange rate at 1.45): 899 US$ KIDS UNDER 7 benefit 50% off.
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