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DRACULA TOURS IN ROMANIA
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The legend of Count Dracula is one of the most known stories around the world. The perfect way to discover the true facts and the myth about Count Dracula alias Vlad The Impaler is to join one of our Dracula Tours in Romania.
The legend got its fame after Dracula`s nouvel written by Bram Stoker in 1897 and later on turned into a film by Francis Ford Coppola. The legend is based on the life of Romanian ruler, Vlad Tepes – Vlad the Impaler. He was son of Vlad Dracul who was dubbed a knight of the Dragon Order by the Hungarian king. All the members of the order had a dragon on their coat of arms. At that time regular people didn’t know exactly the difference between a dragon and a devil. That’s why they nicknamed him Vlad Dracul (Vlad the Devil).Dracul means Devil in romanian language.
Vlad the Impaler used to sign himself Draculea or Draculya - the Devil's son - a name which was distorted into Dracula.
Dracula's renown reached the West through the Saxons from the Transylvanian towns of Brasov (Kronstadt) and Sibiu (Hermannstadt), who often gave shelter to those who claimed the Wallachian (Romanian Country) throne. In order to escape the peril of losing his throne, Vlad would punish the Saxons. Sibiu and the neighboring area were pillaged and burnt down by Vlad, and many Saxons were impaled. The same happened to the merchants who came on business to Târgoviste.
He ruled in Wallachia (southern part of Romania) three times: 1448, 1456-1462 and in 1476. In 1462, having been defeated by the Turks, Vlad took refuge in Hungary. In 1476, with the help of the Hungarian king Matei Corvin and the Moldavian prince Stefan cel Mare (Stephen the Great), Vlad took over the Wallachian throne again for a month. A battle followed, during which Vlad was killed. His body was buried in the church of the Snagov Monastery, on an island near Bucharest. His body lies in front of the altar.
Known as the Turks` deadly enemy, Vlad Tepes ruled the country tyrannically establishing dreadful punishments for all those he considered enemies. The most frequent punishment was the impaling. They say that impalling was one of Dracula's favourite punishments, but he was not the only one who made use of it at the time. Other German and Spanish princes would do the same. He used the method for boyars, thieves and criminals, Turks, Saxons and those who conspired against him; more than once it happened that a whole forest of sharp stakes with enemies' heads would rise around Târgoviste, the capital of Wallachia at the time. Horrified by these deeds, the Saxons and Turks printed books and pamphlets in which they told about Vlad's cruelty. These booklets also reached Germany and Western Europe, where Dracula became known as a bloody tyrant.
In 1897, the Irish writer Bram Stoker published Dracula, which made Vlad the Impaler famous world-wide. Stoker read the stories about Dracula printed in the 15th and 16th centuries and was struck by his acts of cruelty. He also knew the the facts and legend of Elisabeth Bathory a Hungarian countess who killed about 700 young girls and using their blood for anti-aging treatments. Combining those two legends, true facts and the stories about vampires he succeded create a best seller about Dracula.
In fact, Stoker used Vlad only as a source of inspiration, since in his novel, Dracula is not prince Vlad the Impaler, but a Transylvanian count living in a mysterious castle where he lured his victims. His story takes place in the Bistrita area, and the castle lies near the Bârgau Pass (in the Carpathian Mountains). As Stoker had never visited Transylvania, most places and happenings were pure fiction.
Legend and true history about Dracula intermingle and are being kept alive by tourist destinations like the Monastery of Snagov near Bucharest, or Bran Castle near Brasov, sights which are included in most of the guided tours of Romania.
Transylvania is the very known and legendary region of Romania and also home to some of the best preserved medieval towns in Europe, some relating to the legend of Dracula. Discover this enchanting region and the reality and myth of Dracula legend. Your personal guide will take you in a tour to the most important sights which had a role in Vlad The Impaler’s life and following of the Bram Stoker’s novel. Don’t miss the tours to Bran Castle, the birth place of Vlad the Impaler – Sighisoara, Vlad Dracula’s Grave on the Snagov Monastery and many other sights. You’ll have the chanve to spend the night at Dracula Castle Hotel in Borgo Pass. Enjoy our Romania Dracula Tours with private guide.
We invite you to spend your Halloween in Romania. Can you see a better way to celebrate Halloween than the home land of Vlad The Impaler or better known as Dracula. We have prepared a special tour for this event to trace the foots steps of the "Real Dracula". Travel with your specialist tour guide to ancient residents of this phenomenon where Vlad use to dwell. Discover the truth and the myth of this unique legend. We have also included important elements of Romanian history on this tour like medieval castles, Peles Palace, city tours of important medieval cities- Brasov, Sibiu and Bistrita. Maybe the best moment of the tour is the Halloween Party in Sighisoara with a special guest – Count Dracula.
This tour is one of the best Romania Tours organized by our company.
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