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Bran
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Chindia
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Are you interested
in taking a tour of those parts of Transylvania related to
Bram Stoker's novel, Dracula? This page provides
helpful information. If you decide to take the trip, you may
use the resources listed at the bottom of the page.
The following sites specifically
provide Dracula Tours:
- www.mysteriousjourneys.com
- This site purports to be the official travel agency of the
Transylvanian Society of Dracula. Their 8-day Dracula tour
required of new initiates has now become a popular tour with the
public at large. Tour guides can expected to be experts on
Bram Stoker's Dracula.
Click here
for information about their pricing
- www.toursromania.com
- This site offers the "Classic Dracula Tour, and includes
a seven-day itinerary, including a "Jonathan Harker
Dinner" at the Count Dracula's Club, lunch at the
"Golden Crown Hotel" in Bistrita, a drive through the
Borgo Pass and accommodations at Castle Dracula, in addition to
other sights related to Vlad Tepes (the Historical Dracula).
Sites located in Romania
specifically related to Dracula:
- BISTRITZ
Bistritz is a town of about 50,000 in northern-central Transylvania, established in the 12th century. It was on the main rail line from Vienna and Budapest, the route that Jonathan Harker takes in Chapter 1 of
Dracula.
In Stoker's novel Jonathan Harker stays at the Golden Crown Hotel before traveling eastward to meet Count Dracula.
While there was no hotel by that name in Bistritz when Stoker wrote the novel, one has been built to accommodate the interests of visitors who come to the area having read the novel.
As a matter of fact, it is possible to drop in at the restaurant and have the very meal that Harker has in the novel - the "robber steak".
- BORGO PASS
A far more important site for Dracula fans is the Borgo Pass
(located in the "Birgau" valley). In the novel, Harker leaves Bistritz and heads eastward on the road that linked Transylvania with Bukovina (Moldavia), still the main route today through the eastern range of the Carpathian Mountains.
While the area is not nearly as rugged as in the novel, some of the description is accurate: green sloping land, farmhouses, wooded mountains, fruit orchards.
At a high point in the Borgo Pass is Romania's one major concession to the Dracula of the West - the Castle Dracula Hotel, built in the early 1980s in the general area where Stoker located the fictional castle in his novel. While this hotel caters to tourists looking for the vampire Count (it even has a crypt complete with coffin), it has the advantage of being in the "right" fictional location, and the view of the Pass is magnificent.
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 Travel Insurance
Don't forget travel insurance! Travel insurance can cover many things, including medical expenses, personal possessions/baggage and personal liability.
US - insuremytrip.com
UK - gotravelinsurance.co.uk |
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| Group
/ Sightseeing Tours |
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Viator.com 
Day
and sightseeig tours to Baia Mare, Brasov,
Bucharest, Sibiu or Tulcea. Visit Bran
Castle (Dracula's Castle), the History Museum and
Miercurea Sibiului (fortress of Vlad's
Grandfather, Mircea the Old, built in 1356).
www.viator.com
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"Transylvania
and Beyond"
A
comprehensive two-week tour of Romania and
Budapest (Hungary) that includes many of the the
typical "Transylvania" stops (Bran
Castle, Sighisoara). It also includes the
painted monasteries of Bukovina, considered some
of the greatest artistic monuments of Europe.
www.4real.co.uk/trips/Transylvania-and-Beyond.html |
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| Airfare and other accommodations |
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Economy Travel
Discount
airfare to Bucharest and other destinations in
Romania, using primarily European-based
airlines. They boast the cheapest international airfare on the Web. International airfare only. Additional discounts are offered to groups, church
groups and missionary travel.
www.economytravel.com |
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| Hotels
and Lodging |
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HotelsRomania.com
Search
easily for hotels in Bucharest and other cities of
Romania. View photos of each hotel, check
for availability and obtain a full up-front price
quote.
www.hotelsromania.com |
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Octopus
Travel
Search
for cheap and off-beat hotels throughout
Romania. View photos of each hotel, check
for availability and obtain a full up-front price
quote. Group rates available.
www.octopustravel.com |
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| Car
Rental |
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Auto
Europe
This very nice Web site provides car rentals
throughout Europe, including Romania. It offers a
wide selection of vehicle types to chose from.
Also, of the various car rental companies inquired in
to, this site offered the best selection of pick-up and
drop-off locations for Bucharest, Romania.
www.autoeurope.com |
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| Train
- Rail Europe and the Europass |
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Purchase
the popular Europass or other rail options.
Travel within Romania or between Romania and
another country. Use the interactive rail
map to plan your trip.
www.raileurope.com
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| Maps
and Guidebooks to Romania (and other Gear) |
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TravelEssentials.com
Purchase
road and rail maps of Europe, including the detailed Michelin map of Europe (which
includes Romania). Also purchase European
travel guides and other travel essentials.
www.travelessentials.com |
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Maps to Download
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A map of Romania with sites
related to Vlad Dracula. |
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A map of castles located
within Romania. |
A map of Transylvania. |
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Additional Transylvania Links |
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Learn more about
the "Dracula Land" theme park |
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Learn more about Vlad Dracula (Vlad the Impaler)
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Experience Travelogues from others who
have visited Transylvania |
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comments or suggestions here. |
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