Transylvania and the castles of the East

Dracula, Saxon strongholds and the Carpathians behind them.

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Where it goes

Castillo de Bran
“Dracula's castle”. Vlad the Impaler probably never lived here, and the visit says so itself: the legend was built by Bram Stoker from London, without ever setting foot in Romania.
Iglesia Negra
The largest Gothic church between Vienna and Istanbul, black since the fire of 1689. It holds a collection of Ottoman carpets.
Fortaleza de Râșnov
A peasants' fortress up on the hill, 15 km out. It was raised for villagers to shelter from raids, not for a lord.
Transfăgărășan
The mountain road Ceaușescu had built for fear of a Soviet invasion. It only opens from July to October.
Strada Sforii
One of the narrowest streets in Europe: 1.2 metres across. It is right in the old town.

Piața Mare y las casas con ojos
The attic skylights look like half-closed eyelids watching the whole square. It is the image Sibiu is known by.
Puente de los Mentirosos
Romania's first wrought-iron bridge, from 1859. Legend says it creaks if whoever crosses is lying.
Museo Brukenthal
One of the oldest museums in Europe, open to the public since 1817, with Flemish and German painting.
Iglesia fortificada de Biertan
A World Heritage site, with the sacristy door of 19 bolts that all turn with a single key. 80 km out.

Ciudadela medieval
The only medieval citadel in Europe still lived in. You enter by the Clock Tower and people still live inside.
Torre del Reloj
64 metres, with figures that turn every day at midnight. There is a museum at the top and the view over the red roofs.
Casa natal de Vlad Dracul
Vlad the Impaler's father was born here in 1431. It is one of the few parts of the Dracula legend that is actually historical.
Escalera Cubierta y la Iglesia de la Colina
175 wooden-roofed steps, in place since 1642, built so children could climb to school in winter out of the snow.

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