Bran Castle - Guided Tour
Description
Your guide will take you on one hour tour INSIDE Dracula's Castle. Visiting Bran Castle located on the southern part of Transylvania you'll travel back in time of the ruthless kings and their reign of terror . The visitor will be overwhelmed by its greatness and the stories that come with it.
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Itinerary
Bran Castle skip-the-line tour starts everyday at 9 am from our office in Bran, Brasov county in Romania. The tour is available every hour on the hour until 3 pm in English , Italian , Spanish and Romanian. You will start with a brief about the route inside the royal complex , what is allowed and what not throughout your visit. With the logistic of your tour settled will follow one hour a trip in time to get to know better Vlad III Dracula. Your guide will provide information about the castle and surroundings and answer to your question with professionalism. The tour price includes entree fees and photo & filming taxes. A full guided tour inside the royal complex with an official licensed guide will follow also included in the same price. It doesn't includes souvenirs purchase , drinks or food. It doesn't includes pick-up or drop-off from your hotel/accommodation . Transport it can be arranged with an additional cost. After the tour your guide will be more then happy to provide any information even outside the tour itself , and you can enjoy by yourselves the beautiful royal garden and a good cup of coffee or tea at queen's Tea House
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Important Information
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
- Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately
- English and Italian tours run every hour on the starting with 09.00 am until 16.00 pm .
- Access is granted only to fully vaccinated people that can present a valid green pass.
Reviews(44)
Fabulous guide , great experience and got all the history of the castle. Our guide was very friendly and easy to speak with
Good small group. Very knowledgeable tour guide. Good value. Would have been nice to have landmarks and information on where to park after booking. Also perhaps communication on meet up time, as we were 20 minutes early, and door was locked, and no signage about perhaps on another tour- I almost panicked, thinking I was scammed
A tour with audio guide in parallel or headphones in parallel would have been better, as you could hardly hear the guide. There was sometimes too fast and incomprehensible a speech and there were too many people in a room in parallel - a small entrance stop between the tours would be more appropriate, as this might allow you to understand better.
As for the tour, for clarification, the “skip the line” advertisement is for skipping the line to buy the ticket, not for getting into the castle itself. If you’re not going on a holiday, perhaps that’s a benefit. Secondly, the guide was in a rush and we lost her a few times. She was a little sick (not her fault) so we couldn’t hear her very well. Again, part of that was also because of the noise of the crowd. More than once she was just reading from the signs which we could have done ourselves. Because of the crowds and getting lost and the chaos, we left the tour early. I’m sure it was a different experience for others. Just be sure to watch which day you go. Problems with the castle experience as a whole is not the fault of the tour company. So I am not deducting stars for that. For the castle, do not go on a local holiday, it took 1.5 hours to get inside because the line was so long. Once inside there was absolutely not crowded control, timed entry, or staff assisting. People were being rushed up and down dangerous stairs, you couldn’t get a single photograph with at least a dozen people obstructing the view, and you couldn’t enjoy it being rushed through. Tourists were jumping into roped off places and obstructing the crowds trying to take pictures and there were no staff around to manage it. If you’re tall or big, some of the spots are very risky and a few even dangerous to get through. So do more research if you’re bigger.
Great experience, lovely guide, highly recommend! Easy to coordinate with and very knowledgeable. Made our quick trip very enjoyable.
Our tour guide was very nice and knowledgeable. However, the tour was described on the Viator app as "guaranteed skip the line" which was a little misleading. Yes you can skip the (very short) line to buy the entrance tickets, however, you cannot skip the line to enter the castle. We visited on quite a busy day and ended up spending almost an hour waiting in line, which was unexpected due to the "skip the line" advertisement. Nevertheless, we still enjoyed the tour and the castle
We thank you for the review . However , you received exactly what you paid for. Now , that inside the Castle they stopped the access and it created a bottle neck is out of our hands
Unfortunately it was so busy trying to keep a group together and give explanations was pretty much impossible. Not the guide’s fault but shouldn’t be a guided tour.
We understand you were not happy with the whole set up. You have to understand we work with hundreds of people everyday and it is virtually impossible to please everyone
Interesting historical insights, impressive architecture. Sometimes, the place might be a little too crowded.
Manuela was a helpful and good guide, as well as sweet and patient with our son who filled her with questions. Excellent organisation, flexible and efficient.
Greg was fantastic—well versed in the history and friendly. He knew a lot of the history and connected the myths to reality.
