Royal Court Arges is the oldest church in Wallachia where the former Royal family of Romania is buried. All the Wallachian kings took a special interest in this monastery as there’s a legend behind the construction of this Church. Everything that used to be built back in the the days was crumbling overnight until the chief of the builders “Manole” had a dream. God appeared in the dream and told him that they need to build a woman within the walls of the church so it wouldn’t crumble anymore. Find out what they did and how they finished the construction of the church on this tour.

After the Royal Court Arges, this tour will take you to the Real Dracula’s Castle. It is placed on the highest cliff around Arges at 850 meters high, surrounded by a spectacular landscape and in order to get here you’ll have to climb the 1480 steps. The first documents mentioning the Poienari Fortress are from the 14th Century, when here was only a surveillance tower.
In 1457 Dracula used the unfaithful landowners to rebuild it. On Easter Day he trapped them at the religious service in the church and forced them to walk to Poienari. Once there, he raised his sword toward the old fortress ruins and ordered them to repair and consolidate it in 1 week. It’s hard to believe that this can be the truth, but the legend says that the people preferred hard work instead of being impaled. Lots of them lost their lives there as they had to climb the steep hill, but they finished the construction in 1 week, as ordered. All those alive were forgiven by Vlad Tepes because he decided they’d learned their lesson. There are more legends about this place and Dracula but you’ll hear them all on this tour.

Departure and return fares from Bucharest are also available.  Please e-mail us for further details.

Similar trips: Bran & Poienari • Real Dracula’s Castle • Day Tour to Salt Mine Slanic Prahova & Peles Palace • Day Tour to Peles Palace, Dracula’s Tomb & Airport Otopeni