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View of Bran Castle – View of the Bucegi Mountains loop from Bran Castle

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View of Bran Castle – View of the Bucegi Mountains loop from Bran Castle

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View of Bran Castle – View of the Bucegi Mountains loop from Bran Castle

02:00

5.59km

310m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 5, 2026

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292 m

Bran Castle Park

Highlight • Historical Site

Well, a year too late. Without an entrance fee, nothing can be done here anymore. Everything is cordoned off, surrounded by meter-high fences and guarded by security. Anyone wanting to enter the castle park has to pay the entrance fee for Bran Castle. But every now and then, a beautiful (and free) view of the castle opens up through the fence.

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663 m

Souvenir market at Bran Castle

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The vampire hype surrounding Count Dracula and his alleged residence at Bran Castle is a big money-maker for tourists. Souvenir vendors offer everything imaginable related to the bloodsucking Prince of Darkness: mugs and T-shirts, refrigerator magnets, and garlic necklaces. There's even a small vampire-themed ghost train.

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924 m

General Traian Moșoiu Monument

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Among the wooden works of art created during the two international sculpture symposiums in Bran is this statue of a soldier. It was placed directly next to the monument to the famous Transylvanian general Traian Moșoiu.

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933 m

Regina Maria Park

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Bran's central Queen Maria Park (Parcul Regina Maria) offers a bit of refuge from the crowds at the souvenir market and the castle. Statues of some of Bran's famous figures stand along the alleys. It also exhibits wooden works of art created during Bran's two international sculpture symposiums.

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1.37 km

View of Bran Castle

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Bran Castle's current appearance, with its dramatic location and ominous atmosphere, has been created through numerous additions and modifications to the medieval fortifications. It provides the perfect backdrop for tourists who want to imagine Dracula's castle here.

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1.46 km

Crypt of Queen Marie's Heart

Highlight • Historical Site

In September 1940, Princess Ileana of Romania had the coffin containing the heart of her mother, Queen Maria, who died in 1938, brought to Bran. The queen had used the castle here as a beloved summer residence. The previous burial site, the Stella Maris Chapel in Balchik on the Black Sea, had recently been ceded from Romania to Bulgaria as part of the Southern Dobruja region. In this small crypt at the edge of the forest overlooking Bran Castle, the queen's heart (her body was interred in the cathedral church of Curtea de Argeș) was "temporarily stored" until the copy of the Stella Maris Chapel in the valley was completed.

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1.96 km

View of the Valley and Cross

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2.51 km

View of the Bucegi Mountains

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Decent climb and very nice views over the green hills.

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3.30 km

Viewpoint

5.59 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

2.58 km

1.36 km

937 m

652 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

2.93 km

961 m

945 m

561 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (1,020 m)

Lowest point (740 m)

Weather

Today

Sunday 30 August

25°C

13°C

27 %

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Comments

September 9, 2022,FantastischFrei.de: Durch Graf Draculas Wälder 🏰 🧛‍♂️

The video of the tour is available here (from minute 02:30):

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October 15, 2024,Morning Bran Amble

Part of the route (bottom of zig zag) made inaccessible by property with a few 50+kg dogs

October 29, 2022,Bran Circle Family Hiking

We went on this hike by family with 5 years boy. The way from point "A" to Viewpoint "1" is smooth, easy and really fits for easy hiking. The boy did it by his own.
Until the Viewpoint (that is marked on the map with 1). Viewpoint 1 (see map) is the highest point and the most amazing view is …

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View of Bran Castle – View of the Bucegi Mountains loop from Bran Castle

Bran Castle Park

Souvenir market at Bran Castle

General Traian Moșoiu Monument

Regina Maria Park

View of Bran Castle

Crypt of Queen Marie's Heart

View of the Valley and Cross

View of the Bucegi Mountains

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