Sighisoara of 15th Century 2010

Sighisoara, ancient cradle of Romanians, is located in Transylvania, in a landscape of peculiar beauty in the Tirnave Plateau.

Itinerary

Day 1 - Bucharest – Sinaia (Peles Castle) – Bran Castle – Brasov - Sighisoara

Meet your tour guide at the reception desk of your hotel at 8 am. Leave Bucharest for Sinaia on Prahova Valley. At the end of the 19Th century, the future king of Romania, Carol I, enchanted by the beauty of the Sinaia surroundings, built here Peles Castle, his summer residence and one of the nicest in Europe. Through a winding way we arrive in Bran. Vlad the Impaler - Dracula spent some frightful times here, on his way to Transylvania. Visit the castle often and mistakenly related to Dracula. Later discover mediaeval Brasov. Driving through the main roads you'll discover its beauty and picturesque, the combination between new and old, blacken stone buildings and red bricks chimneys above the colored tile roofs, over the crenels and buttresses. End the day in romantic Sighisoara, a mediaeval citadel still inhabited.

Leave Bucharest for Sinaia on Prahova Valley
Visit Peles Castle
Drive to Bran, visit Bran Castle Short sightseeing tour of Brasov including the old City Hall, the Black Church
Evening arrival in mediaeval Sighisoara
Overnight in a 3-star hotel within the citadel walls

Day 2 – Sighisoara – Bucharest

Sighisoara is one of the best-preserved 15th century citadel and the only mediaeval inhabited citadel in Europe. The heart of the town is the citadel around that developed along centuries the other districts. Thick walls surround the citadel, 8-10 m. high, having inside round 150 houses, all of them inhabited. The citadel has 14 towers; each of them had been built and watched by a guild. The highest tower is the Clock Tower watching over the main gate. Here lived, between 1431-1435, Vlad Dracul (Vlad the Devil), future Prince of Wallachia, thus called because the German Emperor knighted him as Knight of the Dragon. He was Vlad the Impaler's father known as Dracula (the son of the Devil), who was most probably born here in Sighisoara, on 1431. Lunch at Vlad Dracul house restaurant. Return in the afternoon to Bucharest.