Bran Castle Tour from Brasov is a day trip to famous Bram Stoker’s Dracula’s Castle (a castle on a rock in Transylvania that fits Bram’s imaginary tale), a fortress initially build by the Teutonic Knights in 1212 on the border between Transylvania and Wallachia…
Brasov, pick-up/drop-off from any location
15 Minutes before event time
First built in wood by Teutonic Knights and later in stone, the castle was used in defense against invaders many years as Bran Gorge played a militarily strategic role up to the mid-18th century, and later used as a customs post.
Bran Castle Tour offers you the chance to discover the “castle on the rock”, home of the fiction character in Bram Stoker’s “Dracula” novel; now a museum dedicated to displaying art and furniture collected by Queen Marie of Romania.
Additional you can visit Rasnov Citadel, medieval peasant fortress built on top of a hill, as a refuge.
Rasnov Medieval Citadel was part of a defense system for Transylvanian villages
Tour usually starts at 9 AM but time may vary. We’ll take you from your accommodation in Brasov or any other point in proximity.
Monday, Bran Castle opens 12 PM.
Less than one hour drive thru picturesque sceneries
Discover Bran Gothic Castle chambers filled with antique furniture and artifacts of Romania’s royal family. Additionally you can visit “Village Museum” on the base of the hill.
Rasnov Citadel is a hill top fortress with wonderful views across the valley. Built as a defense outpost it has walls of 5 meters high and wide, in some areas, of 1.5 meters thick.
Inside the citadel there is a local history museum.
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