The area is extremely beautiful, and it lies from the beginning of Iezer Papua Mountains through the Rucar-Bran Passage ( between Bucegi an Piatra Craiului Mountains), an very old route which tied up Muntenia to Ardeal region
Climate is a temperate-continental one, with very long summers and cold winters
Acces:
· Predeal - Rasnov - Bran - Moeciu (ramificatie din DN1), aprox. 25 km
· DN73 Brasov - Bran - Moeciu, aprox.25 km
· Campulung - Rucar - Moeciu - Bran - Brasov (transmontan)
· DN Sibiu - Fagaras - Zarnesti – Bran
Considered the cradle of Romanian agro-tourism, Bran offers a special and magnificent landscape, where nature harmoniously unites with the peaceful and hospitable civilization of these places.
The village has developed around the Bran Castle, which was built in the 14th century and has remained a guarding oasis of traditions and customs until the present.The legendary and historical value of the place is inestimable, while we can only mention Count Dracula, whose mysterious traces fascinate us even today.
Built on a hill that dominates upon Bran, the castle, also named Bran, formed part of a group of frontier fortresses in the 14th century.In 1957, the castle became a museum and, several years later, a small ethnographic museum was made in the external yard, which ilustrates the life and occupations of the people of Bran, and also the area’s peculiarities.
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Attractions
Mountains:
Iezer Papusa Mountains;
Piatra Craiului Mountains;
Bucegi Mountains;
Defile and Gorges:
Valea si Cheile Dambovitei;
Prapastiile Zarnestilor;
Cheile de la Cetateni;
Cheile Rasnoavei – climbing & bungee jumping paradise in Romania;
Caves
Dambovicioarei’s Caves
Natural Reservations and Parks
Piatra Craiului National Park;
Bucegi National Park;
Iezer – Papusa National Park;
Cultural Attractions
Historical
Ancient Roman Fortress-Jidava (at 4 km from Campulung);
Poienari Fortress (at 2 km from Capatanenii Pamanteni, on DN 7C), it was builded an the mountain Cetatuia by Vlad Tepes (Vlad Dracul) (sec. XIV);
Geto-dacic Fortress Cetateni (at 26 km from Campulung);
Negru Voda’fortress-Cetateni (sec. XIV);
Brasov’ Citadel - was build in 1395 at King Sigismund from Luxemburg counsel. At that time the most powerfull citadel in Transilvania;
Bran Castle;
Oratii Fortress;
Rasnov Fortress – the biggest peasants fortress (sec XII-lea);
Biserica veche Sfantul Nicolae Ciudovoret din Rasnov - cea mai veche biserica romanica de rit ortodox din sud-estul Transilvaniei (ridicata in sec. al XIV-lea, ctitorita de Radu Voda, tatal lui Mircea cel Batran.)
Religious
Negru Voda’ monastery in Campulung Muscel (1215);
Baratia Church-Campulung (sec. XIV);
Domneasca Church-Campulung(1567);
Subesti Church-Campulung (1551);
Old Church Sfantul Nicolae Ciudovoret from Rasnov – the oldest romaniac orthodox church in Transilvania
Cultural Attractions
George Toparceanu – national poet - Memorial House in Namaiesti (la 6 km de Campulung pe DN 73);
Ships & Shepards festival and Cheese festival – at the end of september. It is a national festival in Romania which celebrate the harvest, when the shepards are coming down with the animals from the mountains.
Monuments :
Mateias Mausoleum – at 11 km from Campulung on DN 73 ( mausoleum and historical museeum complex, dedicated to the heroes of WW1)
Sports
Trekking,Hiking and Mountaineering;
Mountain Byke;
Paragliding;
Speology;
Ski;
Enduro;
Bungee Jumping;
Horse riding;
