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ROMANIA TOURS - BRASOV AND SURROUNDINGS DAY TOURS
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Through our Brasov Day Tours we invite you to discover the area of Brasov, the most important tourist center from Romania. Here a tourist can admire the medieval city of Brasov, the former royal residence – Peles Palace, the famoust castle from Romania – Bran Castle, the unique Rasnov Fortress, the most representative saxon (German) fortified churches from Prejmer and Harman.
Located at the foot of Carpathian Mountains, Brasov offers also a lot of facilities for hikers, nature, outdoor adventure and winter sports funs. The Piatra Craiului Mountains National Park and Bucegi Mountains National Park offers great possibilities of nature and wildlife trips (see our Nature and Wildlife Romania Tours).
The surrounding rural areas of Brasov are ideal for rural and traditional holidays, being very popular for those who wants to spend their vacations far from the big cities noise.
At about 2 hours driving from Brasov one can reach the medieval citadel of Sighisoara, the beautiful medieval city of Sibiu. Fortified churches and citadels can be found in almost every village from the area. Sambata Monastery – located at the foot of Fagars Mountains is considered a jewel of the ecclesiastic architecture.
According with your wishes you can choose from a large variety of Brasov Tours. Starting with our Brasov Walking Tours – a guided tour of the Old District of Brasov. The city of Brasov is one of the oldest in Europe, dating from 1235. During the Middle Ages, Brasov was known as a powerful fortress surrounded by high stone walls and defended by bulwarks, towers and other small fortresses. The buildings and the streets in the historical centre still preserve a medieval note. Our Brasov Walking Tour include in its intinerary places like: Council Square, which has been considered the centre of Brasov for hundreds of years; Council Hall, the building built in XV century; The very known Black Church – XIV century - it is also a major tourist sight of Brasov and a stop in our tour. Due to its dimensions (over 89 metres long), the Black Church is the largest religious building between Vienna and Istanbul; St. Nicholas Cathedral which is considered the Romanian’s Cathedral in Barsa region and it is situated in the oldest part of the city - the "Schei".
The medieval fortress of Brasov was one of the most secure fortresses in Europe, the architectural defence pile being made of stone walls, 32 defence towers, 8 bulwarks and 4 fortified gates. The towers had both defence and observation roles. During our Brasov tour we’ll see the old wall which it is still preserved, Black and White Towers and also we’ll visit the Weaver’s Bastion – the biggest and best preserved bastion. Ecaterina`s Gate situated near the Schei Gate in the western part of the Fortress was built in 1559 in the Renaissance style. It has a sharp tower and four little towers, symbolizing the medieval right of life and death over the vassals lives (the right of the broadsword). The gate also had firing vents, a drawbridge with chains, being one of the most fortified gates of the city.
Castles Tour from Brasov, is a tour who goes to the most important castles from Transylvania and Romania.
Peles Castle, former summer residence of the kings of Romania, the Peles Castle is 44 kilometres far from Brasov, in Sinaia, a well-known mountain resort as well. Nowadays the Castle is one of the most important museums in Transylvania where one can admire furniture and ornamental objects, carpets, tapestry, sculptures, paintings, collections of weapons from the 15th up to the19th centuries.
The famous Bran castle. Also called Dracula`s Castle, it is situated not far from Brasov (25 kilometres) at the entrance in the Bran - Rucar passage. The castle got its fame from Dracula`s legend written in 1897 by Bram Stoker and later on made into a film by Francis Ford Coppola.. The first documents about the Bran Castle appeared in 1377. Along the history, the Castle had a strategic mission being the border between Transylvania and Wallachia.
Rasnov Fortress. Built in 1331, the Fortress had a defence role and it was a shelter for the inhabitants of Rasnov in case of enemy attacks. In the middle of the courtyard there is a well 146 metres deep and the ruins of an 11th - 12th century - Orthodox church were discovered here. This tour is one of the most popular tours from our Romania Tours category.
Discover the german heritages through our Saxon Fortified Churches Tour from Brasov. The tour will guide you through the history and culture of german community from South-East Transylvania. We’ll visit the biggest fortified church from East Europe – the fortified church from Prejmer and the Fortified Church of Harman.
Another category of our Brasov Tours are the day tours to:
Sibiu - a very old and beautiful medieval city. The city was also the European Capital of Culture in 2007. With a history started in XII century, Sibiu was one of the most important cities from Transylvania and for a while it was the capital. The Old Medieval Center of the city is a jewel and there are the most important tourist attractions.
And to Sighisoara - one of the most preserved medieval city from Europe. Situated in Mures County, on the valley of the Tarnava Mare river, Sighisoara, former Dacian settlement and also called “the pearl of Transylvania” was founded by the German immigrants in the second half of the 12th century and it was turned into a city in 1407. Its medieval aspect may be found both in the centre of the city and inside the Fortress of Sighisoara.
We invite you to join one of our Brasov and Surroundings Day Tours.
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Most popular tourist attractions of Romania : Sighisoara City, Brasov City, Peles Castle, Bucovina Painted Monastries, Bucuresti / Bucharest - The capital of Romania, Bran Castle - Dracula's Castle, Danube Delta, Carphatians Mountains, Bear's Cave, Retezat National Park, Praid Salt Mine. |
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