Key details
• Organized upon request: (min. 1 day in advance) and based on availability
• Private tour or shared*
• Date: you decide the date
• In English: with a tour guide (other languages upon request)
• Services: you choose the type of program
• Location: it starts and ends at your accommodation place (Bucharest city center)
• Starting time: 9:00 AM (flexible); Duration: 3-6 hours, depending on the type of program
* When there are more requests confirmed for the same date, a shared tour is organized at the price corresponding to the total number of participants.
Short description
A palace and a monastery in a half day trip. It is the perfect excursion to solve the mystery of Vlad Dracula's death, visiting Snagov Monastery where his official grave is located. Also, breathe the clean air of the park surrounding Mogosoaia Palace and discover the splendor of this residence and its importance in the history of the country and Bucharest, as an European capital.
What you will do:
• visit Snagov Monastery and the official tomb of Vlad the Impaler "Dracula"
• discover Mogosoaia Palace, an elegant residence near the city
• enjoy the beautiful nature: a forest and a park
Options: replace Mogosoaia palace with Therme (Bucharest hot springs), or visit only Snagov Monastery.
Advantages
With Santiago Tour:
1. Local experts and excellent guides
2. Local prices and selected services.
Price
This can be a private tour, organized just for you and your partner / family / group, or a shared tour.
| No. of participants |
4
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5
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6 or more |
Price / person
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€49
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€44
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€39
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Important
- Your tour will be private if no more people sign up or if we specifically agree so
If more people sign up for the tour you have booked / if it's you who signs up for an already scheduled tour, the tour will be shared. On a shared tour, the price is the one that corresponds to the total number of participants (from 6 it no longer decreases) and there is a maximum of 16 participants. If you don't want to share the tour, ask us about it.
- Prices are valid based on availability (extra charge or discount may apply)
- If your request is for more than 10 people, you will receive a personalized offer.
Services
What is Included:
• Transportation by modern vehicle according to the program and the number of participants, with related expenses included
• Assistance: English speaking driver-guide (up to 8 participants) or English speaking guide plus driver (for more than 8 participants)
• Guided visit as per program and 2 attractions with guided tour but without the entrance fee included:
- Snagov Monastery (approx. €3.5/person)
- Mogosoaia Palace (museum, approx. €1/person)
What is Not included:
• entrance fees
• photo / video fees during the visits (if applicable)
• in general, all services not specified in "what is included"
• tips for the driver-guide / guide and driver.
Options
1. Entrance fees included: + €4.5/person
2. Only Snagov Monastery (program option): from - €5/person
3. Snagov Monastery and Therme (program option): + €5/person. Entrance fee or personal expenses not included. The price of the ticket depends on which area you choose. A bracelet is received, allowing access to an individual closet and recording all your spendings and extra time (if applicable).
* Read the General Conditions for a Day trip or tour by clicking here
Information
Snagov Monastery
Visiting hours: daily
Entrance fee: 15 lei.
Free: children under 7, students under 18, students between 18 and 26 with a student card.
Photos: €20/group.
Mogosoaia Palace: the museum (website)
Summer schedule:
May - October (exact dates to be checked)
Closed Monday
Tuesday - Sunday: 10:00 - 18:00
Winter time:
November - April (exact dates to be checked)
Closed Monday
Tuesday - Sunday: 09:00 - 17:00.
Entrance fee: 6 lei (adults). Children and students: 3 lei.
Guided tour: 6 lei / person (in English, French, Spanish and Italian; upon availability).
Photos: 15 lei/person.
Therme (website)
The Palm (the "holiday" zone): indoor and outdoor pools, terraces and sandy beaches in summer, jacuzzi, mineral pools, pool bar, tropical vegetation, hydromassage beds, sun loungers, hammocks and restaurants.
Entrance fee:
Monday - Thursday (3 hours): 59 lei / person.
Friday - Sunday / Holidays (3 hours): 64 lei / person.
Elysium (the welness zone): themed saunas, panoramic indoor pool with pool bar, à la carte restaurant, large terrace, relaxing outdoor spaces. Includes access to "The Palm".
Entrance fee:
Monday - Thursday (3 hours): 79 lei / person.
Friday - Sunday / Holidays (3 hours): 88 lei / person.
Short description
• This tour has 3 types of program.
Program
Snagov Monastery and Mogosoaia Palace. 4 hours
Bucharest - Snagov Monastery - Mogosoaia Palace - Bucharest 100 km
Program: visit Snagov Monastery and Mogosoaia Palace (the domain)
Starting time: 9:00 AM.
Duration: approx. 4 hours.
Meeting point: at your accommodation place (city center) / another place (upon request).
We leave Bucharest through the north side of the city arriving soon at Snagov. Here, in the middle of a forest there’s a lake that protects an island and its Orthodox church. It is here where the official tomb of Vlad the Impaler “Dracula” is located. After the visit, we continue to Mogosoaia Palace, an elegant and iconic residence of “Brancovenesc” style, named after Prince Constantin Brancoveanu. Visit the museum and/or stroll around the beautiful domain of the palace, located on a lake shore. You may also visit the palace’s church where you can find the tomb of prince George Valentin Bibescu, a prominent figure of the Romanian and international aviation who gave this palace as a present to his wife Martha Bibescu, Romanian-French writer and remarkable personality of the past century. Return in the afternoon to Bucharest. End of Santiago Tour’s services. Thank you!
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Optional: Only Snagov Monastery. 2.5 hours
Bucharest - Snagov Monastery - Bucharest 85 km
Program: visit Snagov Monastery
Starting time: 9:00.
Duration: approx. 2.5 - 3 hours.
Meeting point: at your accommodation place (city center) / another place (upon request).
We leave Bucharest through the north side of the city arriving soon at Snagov. Here, in the middle of a forest there’s a lake that protects an island and its Orthodox church. It is here where the official tomb of Vlad the Impaler “Dracula” is located. He is the famous prince of Wallachia (southern Romania) who inspired, 4 centuries after his time, the character of the Count-Vampire Dracula, so famous nowadays. The story goes that Vlad Tepes ("the Impaler") was killed near the Monastery and, while his head was sent to Istanbul, preserved in a jar of honey, the body was buried by the monks in the church's pronave. In the archaeological excavation of 1930 no human remains were found, but this event further fueled the Dracula-Vampire myth. After the visit, we return to the city.
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Optional: Snagov Monastery and Therme (Bucharest hot springs). 6 hours
Bucharest - Snagov Monastery - Therme - Bucharest 90 km
Program: visit Snagov Monastery and time to spend at Therme, a wellness center north of Bucharest
Starting time: 9:00 AM.
Duration: approx. 6 hours.
Meeting point: at your accommodation place (city center) / another place (upon request).
After Snagov, we continue the program to Therme. Time to enjoy this modern, extensive and much appreciated wellness center. Therme Bucharest has an indoor temperature of 29-30 degrees and a water temperature of 33 degrees Celsius, every month of the year. The underground thermal water supplies 10 swimming pools, 6 saunas, 4 wet saunas and 16 water slides. It is considered the largest botanical garden in Romania, with 800,000 plants, including 1500 palm trees and numerous orchids and unique species. A beautiful place surrounded by nature, to relax and enjoy the facilities. There is also the possibility of having lunch in one of its restaurants (not included). Available time: approx 3 hours, recommended area: The Palm / Elysium (entrance not included). Return later to Bucharest. End of Santiago Tour’s services. Thank you!
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More about Mogosoaia Palace
Mogosoaia Palace is an elegant residence, iconic for Brancovenesc style named after Prince Constantin Brancoveanu. It is a hybrid style: Byzantine in essence but with many elements of the Italian neo-Renaissance. This architectural style was born in a flourishing cultural period, a time of peace and prosperity, when Constantin Brancoveanu managed to keep his throne for 25 years. It was when the Academy of Bucharest was inaugurated, Horezu Monastery (UNESCO heritage) was founded and a western-inspired medieval court was organized in Mogosoaia. Although he was called „altın bey” meaning "the golden prince" in Turkish, for the impressive amounts of wealth sent to Istanbul to confirm his reign, in 1714, accused of not recognizing Ottoman sovereignty, he was arrested, taken to the Turkish capital and beheaded along with his 4 children after refusing to convert to Islam. Recently they were sanctified by the Romanian Orthodox Church. The residence regained its splendor after a restoration that ended in 1927, when the property belonged to Princess Martha Bibescu, received as a gift from her husband, George Valentin Bibescu, an important Romanian aviation personality and president of the World Air Sports Federation
