Visit Transylvania On A Halloween Dracula Tour
09/19/2007 06:09 a.m.
The ultimate treat for Halloween aficionados has to be a spooky tour spent in Transylvania, the home land of the original Dracula also known as Vlad the Impaler. This is an unique and memorable tour of this famed region of Romania that your travel agent can book for you. The tour begins with a dinner that welcomes you to “Club Dracula” and encourages you to enjoy the very “frightening” experiences at this fine Romanian restaurant where fortunately the food is the treat but the accoutrements are the trick! The restaurant’s guests enjoy the theme of Halloween Dracula in living color in its various forms: the servers, plates and even the wallpaper hold true to the theme of Halloween Dracula. And at any time the famous vampire himself will descend upon the diners!
The second day of the Halloween Dracula trip starts with the trip to what historians say may be the real Dracula Castle, the amazing Poenari Castle. It is a 1,400 stair climb to the top of the cliff on which the castle now sits in ruins, but fortunately visitors are not asked to climb it. At this cliff Dracula’s wife, rather than succumb to being captured by the Ottoman Turks, threw herself through the window into the dark waters below preferring instead to die. It is alleged that Vlad made his escape from this vicious attack on a horse through the mountains
The Halloween Dracula trip continues to Sighisoara, one of the only few remaining medieval citadels still inhabited in Europe and the location where Dracula was born, serving as an appropriate stay for a Halloween Dracula night. Guests can enjoy the Halloween Dracula party that has been arranged for their special night (fangs, fake blood, masks and costumes, and more). The next morning a thorough walkthrough of the citadel awaits, all included in the comprehensive tour arranged for you by your travel agent.
The fictional path used in the Bram Stoker novel to reach Count Dracula's home is where the trip continues. The stand-in is the dramatic scenery of Borgo pass, with huge hills draped in forests of fir trees and villages appearing as living monuments to a way of life that remained exactly the same for centuries. Visitors will spend the night at the original Hotel Dracula. This Hotel was built in the style of a medieval mansion in 1983, and it was created to bring to life an authentic Dracula atmosphere which suits a Halloween Dracula trip perfectly. A touch of Hollywood in the Romanian mountains.
Bran Castle is what is popularly known "Dracula Castle" although history relates that the real Vlad might have only entered the residence once when a siege was imposed on the castle by the invading Ottomans. The castle was built in the 1300’s by the Saxons and is one of the most picturesque in all of Romania, surrounded by thick forest and rolling hills. It is definitely a highlight of the Halloween Dracula trip.
This Halloween Dracula tour arranged by your travel agent culminates with a visit to Snagov Monastery. It is alleged that the tomb of Dracula lies here. A boat must be taken to cross the lake which is over half a mile across. It is believed that the murder of Vlad took place in the nearby forests and the monks took his body back to their home because both he and his father had made considerable monetary contributions to the monastery. So it seems that even Dracula had a nice side!
