Why you should book your trip to Romania right now

I think you deserved, and I mean it from all my heart. You have been working hard for a few months, maybe years, and now is necessary to have a break. Afterwards you are going to come back with an enhanced joy of life and mood for work, I can bet.

An original culture is to find in Romania at any step (here a Dracula castle!)

Besides, I am deeply convinced, as a travel guide here, that Romania is one of the best travel destinations worldwide, as you can tailor your vacation according to your budget and interest. Most of our tourists are German, and you can imagine that they have strong reasons for coming here. Some excellent offers you can find on the site of Karpaten, which is nowadays the best incoming company for Romania.

If you are kean about wildlife, we have some ideal places for you, Danube Delta is only one of them

The major reasons for visiting Romania would be on one hand the prices. There still some bargains to be found in this magnificent country if you have a clever skilled travel guide. If you travel on a budget, you can find good offers with half pension for 500 Euros, one week. Probably much better than coming individual on your own.

On the other hand, another major reason would be the people. Normal, friendly, always ready to help are 90 % of the Romanians. The country is safe and very friendly to the tourists from abroad. If you go deeper to the countryside and discover the genuine Romania would be an event. Everything tastes better comparing with what you eat and drink usually at your home, bought from supermarket. You are going to notice from the appetizer, when tomatoes will be surely there. This remark doesn't apply only to tomatoes, almost all the food are bio products.

We have also some modern urban life: behind this group of happy tourists you can see the second biggest building worlwide, behind the Pentagon

You can ski in Romania, you can lie in the sun and swim, you can do also culture and archaeological trips. You can even discover in style, not necessary on a budget. More and more love pairs choice Romania as a destination for honeymoon, we have some romantic destinations indeed. You can even have your marriage in an Orthodoxe church, after the prior necessary baptism ( if applies).

The genuine rural Romania can still be found in some places, despite globalization! Here the wonderful Village Museum

If you are a wine drinker, you are going to love Romania, it is a wine country. We can organize for you wine tasting (with or without folcloric show) and you can also enjoy at every meal another sort of wine, e.g. Merlot, Muscat, Pinot gris and of course some sorts like Tamaioasa, or grasa, which are specific to Romania and let them not so easy translated or described. Please discover them in the right places, if you are brave enough and don't fear the consequences.

Keep in touch for any other details, I am sure that booking now means a good save for you. Afterwards, I am in charge to make from your booking an unforgettable event! Cheers, you are waited and welcomed here.

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The Legends of Dracula and The Dracula Castles in Romania

There are so many things to say about Dracula, about the common things tighting Dracula and Romania, or about Romania as an ideal Dracula destination. Many myths and legends refer here in Romania to Dracula, and many of them might be overexagerated.

Typical Romanian port costume, as you can still see on Borgo Pass

You must be aware, as long as these myths and legends are a good asset for the Romanian tourism, I won't try to prove them as inappropriate. Nevertheless there are some limits of common sense, correct behavior and historic truth, and I am going to respect them all. Maybe would be much more interesting for me depicting Romania as an ideal culture destination, which I have been doing since a few years, with good results I should say.

Dracula is still living in few places in Romania

But first of all, a few facts, which are actually undeniable by no one, representing the starting points. By the end of XIXth century Bram Stoker published in London the novel "Dracula", based on the myths and legends of Dracula, whether as he could find them in the archives , or he could find in some circles of the society. He placed the action of the novel on the Borgo Pass, in the Carpathian Mountains.

Vlad Tepes Dracula was the inspiring source for the renowned Bram Stoker's Novel

Borgo pass, also known in Romania as Pasul Bargaului, is today a picturesque travel destination. Unfortunately, nowadays there are many villages on the Pass, you are supposed to go deeper in the forest and the wild in search of Dracula. And this is really a tricky difficult task.

Another historic fact: Dracula's model is the ruler of the Romanian state of Valachia, better known under  the name of Vlad Tepes. He might have been cruel, but among the simply people he was beloved, as he was right, very brave and clever during his fights with the Othoman Turks, the enemies of that time. What Bram Stroker and Hollywood made from these myths and legends escaped from any control, but is an excellent publicity for the Romanian tourism, an extra sensation during your Romanian trip.

The Bran castle, one of the many Dracula castles in Romania

Imaging by the way a Halloween party in Romania, e.g in the restaurant from Sighisoara hosted by the house where Dracula was born! Very cool indeed, I can tell you so many things about it, but rather I won't reveal more without an O.K from your physicist. You can enjoy further a Dracula menu!

On the Borgo Pass you can find a hotel called Dracula, build in 1987, hosting in front of it a statue of Bram Stroker, no more and no less. Easy to explain, he made such an excellent publicity for the Romanian tourism!

The Fortress of Poenari is more difficult to reach, but this was build by Vlad Tepes Dracula in person, and many people are still searching in the area the lost treasure of this legendary ruler.

Another must see during your Dracula Trip to Romania is the old Bran Castle where Vlad Tepes slept two nights and where a Hollywood team found a few artefacts useful for the well known movie Dracula. When Dracula died, he was buried in the Snagov monastery, but no one was able to find the body. Please try yourself, may be you are luckier.

Refering to Dracula or not, a travel to Romania is for sure interesting. Hereby I only tried to give other reasons for visiting this fantastic country.

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