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Duration	3 days	13 days
Price From	$ 449	$ 3,070
Price Per Day	$ 150	$ 236
Highlights	Discover Poienari Castle-the real Dracula's Fortress Visit Peles Castle Explore Bran Castle aka Dracula's Castle Brasov Walking Tour Medieval Sighisoara Walking Tour Lecture on Vlad the Impaler - Dracula Visit Bruckenthal Palace Avrig Enjoy a ride on Transfagarasan Vidraru Dam	Experience Bridgetown on foot with a guided walking tour. Join the locals on a Friday evening for Oistins Fish Fry. Visit Bequia's small, quaint Capital town, Port Elizabeth. Navigate your way along the Belmont coastal walkway.
Trip Style	Private guided tour	Private guided tour
Lodging Level	Premium	Standard
Physical Level	3- Moderate	2- Easy
Travel Themes	Cultural Nature & Wildlife Education / Learning Photography National Parks Climbing & Mountaineering	Nature & Wildlife Hiking & Walking
Countries Visited	Romania Eastern Europe	Caribbean Sea The Caribbean Barbados
Cities and Attractions	Brasov	N/A
Flights & Transport	Ground transport included	Ground transport included
Activities	Culture Educational/ learning Game drive Land expedition Mountaineering Nature Photography Ruins & Archaeology	Nature Relaxing Retreat
Meals Included	2 breakfasts , 1 dinner	N/A
Description	Join us for an amazing trip taking you deep in the heart of Transylvania, visiting the 3 major cities, Brasov, Sibiu & medieval Sighisoara, while traveling on what is probably the most beautiful road in the world, the famous Transfagarasan. Be accompanied by an expert guide that will make you fall in love with this fairytale land.	Visit to the Mount Gay Rum Distillery, followed by a guided walking tour of Bridgetown. Enjoy your first full day at Bequia settling in to your super hotel.

Itinerary: On the high peaks of Transfagarasan

1st day-Bucharest, Poienari, Peles Castle, Bran Castle and Brasov

Departure from Bucharest and drive towards the Poienari Castle, a legend and to many, a confusing mixture of truth, history and fiction due to the convolution between the novel “Dracula” and the factual history of Vlad III Dracula “The Impaler”, whose name inspired the book. Drive towards Sinaia, where you will visit Peles Castle, used as a summer residence by the kings of Romania. It was built at the wish of the first Romanian king, Carol I, after the plans of architects Johannes Schultz and Karel Liman and decorated by JD Heymann from Hamburg, August Bembe from Mainz and Berhard Ludwig from Vienna, hence the similarity to German castles. Peles Castle is a unique construction, one of the most important monuments of its kind in 19th century Europe. Discover one of the most famous legend in Romania, Bran Castle, commonly known as Dracula`s Castle and source of inspiration for Bram Stocker. First built in 1377 for safeguarding the trading route between Transylvania and the Ottoman Empire. It was restored later to finally become a gorgeous summer royal residence in 1920. For many years now, it has been an interesting medieval art museum. Fringed by the peaks of the Southern Carpathian Mountains, Brasov is one of the most visited places in Romania. Founded by the Teutonic Knights in 1211 on an ancient Dacian site and settled by the Saxons as one of the seven citadels, it has been used as a backdrop in many recent period films. The city is surrounded by legends of vampires and medieval stories. We will have a walking tour so you can discover the old town center, the Black Church, the Council Square and the Hirsche House.

Afternoon at leisure in Brasov and overnight in one of the hotels from the Old Town Square.

2nd day-Sighisoara, Biertan and Sibiu

Departure from Brasov and move drive towards Sighisoara. One of the best preserved medieval citadel in Europe remains one of the most beautiful medieval city in Europe. It is a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. It is as well the birthplace of Vlad Dracula, also known as Vlad Tepes, ruler of the province of Walachia from 1456 to 1462. He is the one who inspired the Bram Stoker`s fictional creation, Count Dracula. After this, we will be heading to Sibiu with a short detour to visit Biertan, a fortified church built in the 15th century by the Saxons. It is part of the Unesco Heritage since 1993 and it boasts beside religious objects also a matrimonial prison. Next on our „to see list” is Sibiu, one of the oldest town in Transylvania. In 2007 was awarded with the title of European Capital of Culture. The main attractions are the Evangelical Church, the Orthodox Cathedral, the Roman Catholic Church, the Stairs tower and the Council Tower.

Overnight in Sibiu.

3rd day- Avrig, Transfagarasan, Vidraru, and Bucharest

After you have enjoyed your breakfast, we will depart towards Avrig and we will visit the summer residence of Baron Samuel von Bruckenthal. Built on Vienese model (the Schonbrun Palace), keeps the collection of 212 paintings and 129 engravings of the baron. Moving forward on our way to Transfagarasan, we will be having Fagaras Mountains on the West to East border of Romania with peaks from Moldoveanu(2544m) and Negoiu(2535m). A little bit more on the west, Olt river has managed to make a passage across the mountains, from Sibiu to Rimnicu Valcea. As this was the only road crossing the country from north to south ,it born the idea of having a road that went over the Balea lake on the north side that came all the way to south in Arges County. Before 2011, this road was the highest in Romania with its length to over 92 km. That being said, Transfagarasan is one of the most beautiful and spectacular. Next on our way is the Vidraru arch dam on the bank of the Argeş River in Romania, an engineering jewel. Built in 1966 to create hydroelectricity, it was the fifth largest dam in Europe at the time. It required 42 kilometers of tunnels, over a million hard rocks extracted from underground and nearly a million cubic meters of concrete to build, plus the loss of about 80 builders’ lives. Catch a glimpse of a statue of Prometheus watching over the dam from the top of Plesa Mountain, holding a flash of lightning in his hand to symbolize electricity. The ancient Titan—who in Greek mythology stole fire from Mount Olympus and gave it to humans—looks like a modern-day superhero back dropped by the Frunţii Mountains and Ghiţu mountains that surround Lake Vidraru.

Drive back to Bucharest and drop off at your hotel.

Itinerary: Barbados and Bequia

Day 1: Barbados

Accommodation: Little Arches Boutique Hotel

On arrival you'll be met before you go through passport control so you can be whisked through this process. You'll then be transferred to Little Arches just a 10 minute drive from the airport. This cute boutique property will be the perfect place to explore the south of Barbados.

Day 2: Barbados

Accommodation: Little Arches Boutique Hotel

If you are here on a Friday night, take a taxi to Oistins to join the locals on their Friday evening ritual. Local fishermen bring their catch of the day to the dockside to be cooked by their families and sold at food stalls.

Day 3: Barbados

Accommodation: Little Arches Boutique Hotel

Today you could take part in a visit to the Mount Gay Rum Distillery, followed by a guided walking tour of Bridgetown.

Day 4: Bequia