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Transylvania Tour: Castles and Medieval City
4.7
29 Ratings
Sinaia
For a long time, Transylvania was a realm of enigma, the origin of fascinating lore and captivating personalities. With this journey, you will explore a snippet of this land. In just one day, you will tour two remarkable and diverse castles, in addition to a captivating medieval town, arguably one of the prettiest in our nation.
For a long time, Transylvania was a realm of enigma, the origin of fascinating lore and captivating personalities. With this journey, you will explore a snippet of this land. In just one day, you will tour two remarkable and diverse castles, in addition to a captivating medieval town, arguably one of the prettiest in our nation.
Duration:
12 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Peles Castle - The former summer royal residence of the first king of Romania, Carol Ist. Built-in the second half of the XIXth century, Peles Castle remained an important legacy of the Romanian royal family, a symbol of honor and discipline. Prepare to discover the incredible story of the Romanian kings and the beauty of their castle.
- **Bran…
- Peles Castle - The former summer royal residence of the first king of Romania, Carol Ist. Built-in the second half of the XIXth century, Peles Castle remained an important legacy of the Romanian royal family, a symbol of honor and discipline. Prepare to discover the incredible story of the Romanian kings and the beauty of their castle.
- Bran Castle (Dracula’s Castle) - We will continue the journey, entering Transylvania “the country beyond the forest”. Here is where you will see the second castle in the program, Bran Castle, a medieval construction that became so famous thanks to the legend of Count Dracula. You do not need special equipment to visit the castle, but our advice is not to forget the garlic!
- Brasov Historical Center - Reaching Brasov, you will stop in the Old City center and visit the Council Square and the Black Church, the largest Gothic building in the Eastern part of Europe. Here, you will find out the story of the Saxons who colonized Transylvania in Medieval Age and their beautiful legacy which remained in very good shape despite time passing by.
What's Included
- English-speaking guide available
- Transportation via car or minibus included
- Hotel pick-up and drop-off service provided
- English-speaking guide available
- Transportation via car or minibus included
- Hotel pick-up and drop-off service provided
What's Not Included
- Lunch
- Entrance fees (Peles Castle: 50 lei per adult, Bran Castle: 70 lei per adult)
- Lunch
- Entrance fees (Peles Castle: 50 lei per adult, Bran Castle: 70 lei per adult)
Additional Information
- A minimum of 2 people is required for this trip to run.
- From the 1st of August 2024, Peles Castle is closed on Mondays and Tuesdays. On these days, we will see the Peles Castle from outside & the gardens and we will spend more time in Brasov.
- During the official holidays and weekends, the traffic to the mountain area might be busier than usual, so…
- A minimum of 2 people is required for this trip to run.
- From the 1st of August 2024, Peles Castle is closed on Mondays and Tuesdays. On these days, we will see the Peles Castle from outside & the gardens and we will spend more time in Brasov.
- During the official holidays and weekends, the traffic to the mountain area might be busier than usual, so the return could be later than scheduled (around 9 – 10 pm).
- The order of the visits depends on the season, weather & the opening hours.
Location
Peles Castle
Str. Pelesului 2
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.7
(29 Ratings)
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Y4863keadrianl
Jul 18, 2023
Excellent - It is a super good trip, they treated me excellent, from the moment I went to ask the office about the trip to the guide, without a doubt I recommend it 100% and I would do it again, excellent service
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Nicolinaw908
Apr 24, 2023
Go with the Pros!! - Everything went so smooth and our guide Narcis was fantastic!! So knowledgable about not only the castles we visited, but the surrounding areas as well. I learned so many things about these castles I never knew and I loved how he explained everything in such a calm, chill and often times humorous manner! I can only recommend this tour.
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Trek21318977758
Apr 11, 2023
Beautiful castles and landscapes - Great Trip very informative and the landscapes were amazing
The guide was in time and kept the tour flowing . His name was Narcis Brandusescu
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Shellyp238
Jan 16, 2023
Fun day exploring castles - Serban was a fantastic tour guide to the beautiful castle Peles, castle Bran and Brasov. He had very interesting stories to tell, that made the trip much more exciting. And, they were able to add me to the tour at the very last minute, when my tour booked with a different company fell through. I highly recommend them!
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_k3113fw
Dec 8, 2022
Awesomeee - This trip was amazing!!! It s a great opportunity to see the beautiful countryside and landscape beside the capital of bucuresti. Totally worth the money!!!Tour guide serban you are awesome guy, really helpful during the journey and with great, really interesting and fun fact knowledge about the monuments and the whole ride!!!!! Hilarious and helpful with various information besides the trip about our safety and convenience here!!!Thank youuuuu😁😁😁😁😁😁
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Bellusci7
Oct 1, 2022
Great tour - Although a very good excursion, the difference was made by Horia, an excellent professional, he constantly provided information about everything, with humor. I recommend it with closed eyes. Excellent Horia
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571spencerm
Jul 22, 2022
Great Tour, Incredible guide! - Hard to pick my favourite part of the tour because everything was so amazing! The tour guide Horia made this tour so exciting and fun. He has a real passion of Romanian history and made our time with him super enjoyable! Would recommed this tour %100!!!
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O1745wbpatriciac
Jul 16, 2022
Tour guide! - Our tour guide Serban Riga made the 11 hour tour a delight. He was very knowledgeable. I highly recommend him and his company.
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Herrf2017
Jul 8, 2022
Excelent! - Really hope u get Horya as guide since he had lots of knowledge about both Peles and Vlad Tepes (Dracula).
Couldnt ask for more!
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Kj706
May 26, 2022
Tour operator no showed, behaved dishonestly, and now refusing refund - We booked this tour for a visit to castles in Romania with Travelmakers. We waited outside for 45 minutes at the pick up point (JW Marriott) and when we telephoned them about the delay they wanted us to take an Uber to another location at our expense with no guarantees we would make the tour (on the basis that we were not at the pick up point and the driver had waited for us). This was baffling for us as we had waited at the exact spot and no van or bus came by. Meanwhile it turns out later that they never arrived at all as per this email from them which contradicted our earlier telephone conversation and demonstrates they were dishonest. On the phone the person even gaslighted me saying "Oh we were looking for you and waited 10 minutes" but then in turns out no one ever came.
I asked the company with which I booked to refund me but they said Travelmakers is denying the refund on the basis that we no showed. This is really unethical behaviour all round it seems, and leaves a bad impression of our time in Romania, and unfortunately we will have left only having seen Bucharest and nothing else of the country.
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