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Private Food & Dracula Tour in Bucharest

The city hides secrets that you will find out during the tour: the connection with Dracula and his real castle, the position of the Romanian Church on vampires, the story of the mass murderer surnamed “the vampire of Bucharest". We wil also taste traditional food and drinks from starters to dessert
Duration 5 hours
Private tour available in English
Group tour pricing from 95 EUR per person

Highlights

Visit he replica of the real castle of Dracula, a hidden gem of the city, built more than 100 years ago.

Go through Carol the 1st Park, one of the oldest in town.

Get to see the Patriarchal Cathedral and hear exorcism stories.

Find the story of Dracula at the Old Princely Court

Eat traditional food from starters to dessert in three separate places/

Try tuica, a traditional drink

Description

The tour will start at Tineretului with a short walk to an unique objective, the replica of the real Dracula’s castle in Bucharest. The guide will tell you the story of Vlad the Impaler, and how he built Poienari, his only castle. We will then enter in one of the oldest parks in Bucharest in order to reach our first restaurant, where we will taste traditional starters and tuica. We will continue our walk through an old neighbourhood where you will find out about the vampire of Bucharest that terrorized the city in the 70s. Later, at the Patriarchal Cathedral, discover how people died in exorcising process and what is the official position of the Romanian Church on vampires and ghosts. Being close to the Old Town, we will have our lunch at a traditional Romanian restaurant with famous ciorba and sarmale, beer included. Our next stop will be the Old Princely Court of Dracula, where people say that you can still see his ghost haunting the place and where the guide will tell you about Vlad’s unfortunate childhood, his methods of torture and the legend of Dracula. After some ghost stories of haunted places in the area, we will have our last stop for dessert - papanasi and lemonade.

What’s included & not included

One shot of tuica

one beer

one glass of lemonade

Traditional starters

soup

English speaking guide

sarmale or another main course

traditional sweet specific only for this region

Hotel pick up or drop off

Other foods and drinks

Meeting point

Entrance of Tineretului Park
Bucharest
Entrance of Tineretului Park
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