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25 th of April

Trip to Dracula’s Castle

This is a half day tour from Bucharest to Transylvania on a very picturesqueroute through the Carpathian Mountains allowing you to discover one of the most

beautiful Romanian castles - Bran (Dracula s! Castle" - as well as the city of Brasovin south Transylvania#

Bran Castle ($%th century! has been serving for ages as a military fortresscontrolling the entry route to Transylvania and it is nowadays frequently associatedwith Dracula&s myth# 'ome say that Transylvania sits on one of arth s strongestmagnetic )elds and its people have e*tra-sensory perception# +ampires are believedto hang around crossroads on 't# ,eorge s Day" pril ./" and the eve of 't# ndrew"0ovember .1#

Bram 'to2er s classic vampire character Dracula was named after the $3thcentury Romanian prince +lad Dracul 444" who earned his place in history by impaling

his enemies alive# During the early $%55s" +lad s father" +lad 44" was the militarygovernor of Transylvania and was made a member of The 6rder of the Dragon (6rdoDracul! by the 7oly Roman mperor 'igmund for his part in protecting Christian

urope against the invading 6ttoman mpire# fter his indoctrination into this secretsociety of Christian 2nights in $%/$" +lad s father became 2nown as +lad Dracul"meaning +lad 8the Dragon#8 9hen his son +lad 444 was born" he became 2nown asDracula" meaning 8'on of the Dragon"8 or 8'on of the Devil"8 as some would have it#

+lad Dracul 444" also 2nown as +lad the 4mpaler" defended his beloved homelandwith savage acts of barbarism# During his bloody reign" he delighted in torturing andmurdering anyone who dared to trespass upon his domain# +lad impaled his victims"s2ewering them on tall wooden sta2es and leaving them on display along theborders of his territory as a warning to discourage invading armies# This favoritemethod of e*ecution earned him the name +lad Tepes" meaning +lad 8the 4mpaler#84t is believed that +lad e*ecuted somewhere between %5"555 and $55"555 people inthis cruel and horri)c fashion#

6ne of the most notable instances of +lad s sadistic acts concerned theimpalement of hundreds of 'a*on merchants at a place called Timpa 7ill# +ladallegedly feasted among the )eld of dying bodies as they writhed in agony" and waseven said to drin2 the blood of his victims from a bowl# 'ome may consider +lad asadistic bloodthirsty ghoul" but others insist that his ruthless measures were anecessary strategy to restore order to his beloved homeland and 2eep invading

armies at bay#

+lad was 2illed in battle in $%:;# 7is corpse was decapitated" and his severedhead was put on display in the Tur2ish capital of 4stanbul" while his headless bodywas allegedly buried at the monastery of 'nagov"

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*communication from the Church have doomed him to wander the world as one ofthe undead#

6n your way bac2" you will stop for a short wal2 and dinner in Brasovdowntown#

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