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) / pick-up point**
• Starting time: between 7:00 AM and 8:00 AM; Duration: 11/13/7 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.
** In the event of a shared tour, the pick-up point will be communicated: your accommodation place (Bucharest city center) or one of the main squares: Unirii/Universitate/Romana or similar.
Short description
2 castles in one day. It is the perfect trip to learn more about Romania, reaching the mountain area. In Sinaia, after visiting Peles Castle, enjoy coffee and a cake on the terrace overlooking the fantastic royal residence. Cross the Carpathians to reach its best known region: Transylvania, and solve the mystery of Dracula in the famous Bran Castle.
What you will do:
• guided tour in English of the impressive Peles Castle
• discover Bran Castle and its mysteries related to Count-Vampire Dracula
• See Transylvania with its village houses, haystacks, and the impressive Carpathians
Option: with Brasov. Get to know a city in Transylvania, strolling through its elegant pedestrian center around the Black Church.
Estimated time in Brasov: approx. 1 hour in total, with approx. 30 minutes of free time.
Option: with extra night in Brasov. A more relaxed trip, without the way back to Bucharest, which offers time to explore this lovely city at the foot of Mount Tampa and make other possible visits.
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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€69
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€59
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€54
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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:
- Bran Castle, €9.5/person
- Peles Castle, €8.5/person - the standard tour (the most important part - the ground floor - approx. 1h)
What is Not included:
• entrance fees
• photo / video fee during the visit of Peles Castle (approx. €8 / €13)
• in general, all services not specified in "what is included"
• tips for the driver-guide / guide and driver.
Options
1. Intense day with Brasov: + €5/person.
2. Entrance fees included:
- Adult (age: 17-64): + €18/person
- Student with card (age: less than 19): + €4.5/person
- Student with card (age: 19-26): + €7.5/person
- Seniors (age: over 65): + €11.5/person
3. Relaxed day, only with Sinaia: from - €10/person.
4. Extra night in Brasov: from + €80/person in double room.
Includes:
- 1 overnight, 3* Economy type : Brasovu Vechi 3* pension (center 1) or similar.
- meal allowance, accommodation, and fee for the driver-guide / guide and driver.
There is the option of choosing another type of accommodation, paying the difference in price.
* Read the General Conditions for a Day trip or tour by clicking here
* Read about the attractions' opening hours and other details by clicking here
How it is organized
• Itinerary: Bucharest – Sinaia (Peles Castle) – Bran (Dracula's Castle) – Brasov (optional!) – Bucharest
or, on the days when Peles Castle opens at 11:00 AM,
Bucharest – Bran (Dracula's Castle) – Brasov (optional!) – Sinaia (Peles Castle) – Bucharest
Short description
• Taking into account our recent experience, we have decided that the most balanced itinerary is the first one below, offering Brasov only as an option.
• If you have more time to spend and you want a more relaxed trip, exploring Brasov and possibly adding more visits, you can choose the extra night option in Brasov. Ask us about it.
• If you have less time to spend or you simply want a more relaxed day, you can choose the program option including only Sinaia.
Important
• The program does not provide free time except where it is mentioned textually below.
• Peles Castle is closed: on Mondays and other announced dates. In this case we recommend seeing it on the outside and gain more time in other places on the route.
• In winter, in Romania, it begins to get dark around 4:30 p.m. and this may affect Brasov's visit for example (seeing it by night and not by day).
Program
Day 1 of 1. A Royal castle and Dracula's Castle
Bucharest - Sinaia - Bran - Bucharest. 370 km
Program: visit Peles Castle and Bran Castle
Day trip to the castles and Transylvania.
Duration: approx. 11 hours.
Starting time: 8:00 AM (the latest).
We leave Bucharest heading toward the Southern Carpathians and arrive in about 2h / 2h30 at Sinaia mountain resort. We visit Peles Castle (standard tour), the last royal residence in Europe built in neo-Renaissance style. Then we continue the route to Bran and discover "Dracula's Castle", where the myth of the Count-Vampire enfolds in mystery a great historical fortress. Time to have lunch (approx. 1 hour) and short time to buy souvenirs. Return in the afternoon to Bucharest. End of Santiago Tour's services. Thank you!
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Optional: Intense Day with Brasov. A town in the heart of the country
Bucharest - Sinaia - Bran - Brasov - Bucharest. 400 km
Program: visit Peles Castle, Bran Castle and a short tour of Brasov
Day trip to the castles and Transylvania, with Brasov.
Duration: approx. 12-13 hours.
Starting time: between 7:00 and 8:00 AM (the latest).
We leave Bucharest heading toward the Southern Carpathians and arrive in about 2h / 2h30 at Sinaia mountain resort. We visit Peles Castle (standard tour), the last royal residence in Europe built in neo-Renaissance style. Then we continue the route to Bran and discover "Dracula's Castle", where the myth of the Count-Vampire enfolds in mystery a great historical fortress. Time to have lunch (approx. 1 hour) and short time to buy souvenirs, leaving for Brasov afterwards, a charming town at the foot of high mountains. Short walking tour (approx. 30 minutes) of the beautiful pedestrian center where the Black Church stands out, an imposing Lutheran church housing the second collection of oriental carpets in Europe. Short free time (approx. 30 minutes) and head back to Bucharest. End of Santiago Tour’s services. Thank you!
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Optional: Relaxed day, only with Sinaia. Mountain resort and Royal town
Bucharest - Sinaia - Bucharest. 250 km
Program: visit Peles Castle and spend time in Sinaia
Day trip to Sinaia.
Duration: approx. 7-9 hours.
Starting time: 8:00 - 8:30 AM.
We leave Bucharest heading toward the Southern Carpathians and arrive in about 2h / 2h30 at Sinaia mountain resort. We visit Peles Castle (standard tour), the last royal residence in Europe built in neo-Renaissance style and the beautiful Sinaia Monastery afterwards (optional). Then return to Bucharest directly or first spend time walking around Sinaia’s city center, have lunch, and maybe a coffee on a terrace in its beautiful park (approx. 2 hrs in total). End of Santiago Tour’s services. Thank you!
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About the attractions
Peles Castle: fascinating royal residence in neo-Renaissance style, built at the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century. Therefore, it benefits from all the comforts of modernity: central heating, electricity, elevator and many others, while showing an impressive eclectic decoration. It is owned by the Royal House of Romania but continues to function as a national museum.
Bran Castle: one of the most famous medieval buildings in the world, considered to be Dracula’s Castle. Whether myth or reality, it is a unique fortress, loaded with history and legends, located in the beautiful setting of a Carpathian valley.
Brasov: thriving "city of the Crown", founded by the Transylvanian Saxons in the Middle Ages. Its elegant pedestrian center, in a Central-European style, is located right at the foot of Mount Tampa, protecting the Black Church - among the most iconic Gothic monuments in the region.
