Castles Tours from Brasov
Description
Visit Bran Castle, Peles Castle and Sinaia Monastery in this small group tour departing from Brasov city center. Drive through the wonderful Transylvanian Alps, the southern Carpathian Mountains. Discover the world famous Dracula's Castle in Bran, the historical Sinaia Monastery, and the magnificent Peles Castle, the former summer residence of the Romanian royal family. The tour takes approximately 7 hours, depending on traffic.
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Itinerary
This will be our meeting point: Modarom Buiding, close to town hall. Departure at 08:30 am from Brasov city center, bd.Eroilor 17, Modarom building as our meeting place, in front of Banca Transilvania.
We will visit Peles Castle and the gardens of the royal residence.Enjoy an architectural masterpiece, discover it's wonderful saloons and learn about it's history.
Discover Sinaia Monastery, completed between 1690 and 1695. The big church of the Monastery, symbolically represents the architectural styles of the three Romanian provinces of Wallachia, Transylvania and Moldavia, is a masterpiece of church architecture, orthodox frescoes and national symbols.
We will visit Bran Castle and the royal garden, discover it's legends and history.
Return to Brasov on a different route, about one hour drive, so you will enjoy the view of the Transylvanian Alps, the Bucegi Mountains.
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Important Information
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Specialized infant seats are available
- Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
- Stairs and narrow passages in Bran Castle
- May be operated by a multi-lingual guide
- Not recommended for participants with serious medical conditions
- A minimum of 2 adults per booking is required
Reviews(138)
The guide was informative and knowledgeable, making the experience both enjoyable and educational. We felt safe and well looked after throughout the trip, and the itinerary was well organised and kept on schedule.
Well on time well informed! His timings were excellent and quite knowledgeable. We reached well on time before the crowd gotten worst.
Both Castles are very interesting Florin is a great guide, he speaks very well spanish He is polite, warm and very professional He drives very well. It was a pleasure to have him as our tour guide
Lines can be extremely long. I’m glad we got to Bran Castle early. Limited time to get something to eat. Heavy traffic on narrow mountain roads.
Thank you, Daniel! Some weekend’s or holiday season can be busy, indeed. This tour happened in one of the busiest times, May 1st long week-end (Labour Day in Romania). Bran was very busy but we got there first to avoid heavy crowds. In Peles and at Sinaia Monastery we managed to visit in excellent conditions, no crowds, our group was alone in Peles Castle. We offered a 30 minutes snack break at Peles, as advertised, and free time for photos after the visit. The traffic can be busy as well, we try to avoid also this when possible. This 2nd of May, Saturday, we traveled fairly well, there were no delays in traffic, as we remember. Best regards!
Definitely a great tour. Peles castle tour was by far my favorite. Our guide was great, he would explain the history of not only the 2 castles you visit, but also it's surrounding area's history.
Extremely competent guide fluent in multiple language who was even able to accommodate a Spanish tourist while talking to the main group in English.
We had a great time on this tour. The guide Florin was very knowledgeable and friendly and was very helpful as we went to Bran castle, peles castle, and sinaia monastery. We learned a lot about the region and the castles on the tour and had a great day overall.
Amazing tour! Very knowledgeable and kind. Florin was a great guide and was able to schedule smartly to avoid large crowds.
First of all, Florin was a fantastic guide with fluency in english and spanish with interesting facts about the area and the castles! the tour itself was quite great, the only thing I wished for was a little more time in both castles, to try to see it in not such a hush and to see the little souvenir shops around them. aside from that, 100% recommended
Toured with Florin, who was exceptionally knowledgeable. Castle Bran has a decent inclined path to reach the castle. Pelles Palace was the most beautiful castle I have toured ever. It is a must see and well worth the time. Interesting to see both in the same day. Florin did a flawless job of translating between two languages, but actually speaks four. He made our day entertaining and informative. We enjoyed this day trip very much. Also, the tour takes you on a winding mountain road with some start and stop traffic for parts of it. I took some dramamine-it would have not been pretty without it! Just a heads up to people who may have motion sickness!
