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Romania - Vlad The Impaler

Snagov Monastery

Where: 25 miles north of Bucharest

Nearest train station: Bucuresti Nord

One hundred years after the church at Snagov was built (1364), Vlad Tepes added fortress walls and a dungeon. A plaque on the floor of the church marks the grave with the presumed remains of the ruler. The monastery, located on an island on the far side of the lake, can only be accessed by boat.

Old Princely Court

(Palatul Curtea Veche)

At the center of the historic area in Bucharest are the remains of the Old Princely Court, built in the 15th century by Vlad Tepes. According to local lore, Vlad kept his prisoners in dungeons which commenced beneath the Old Princely Court and extended under the city. 

Targoviste – Princely Court

 (Curtea Domneasca)

Where: 64 miles northwest of Bucharest

Nearest train station: Targoviste

In Targoviste, tour the 14th century Princely Court and Chindiei Watchtower (Turnul Chindiei). The Princely Court served as the capital of Walachia, where Vlad ruled. It was here that the Prince impaled a great many disloyal court members (the boyars) after inviting them to a celebratory feast.

Bran Castle

Location: Transylvania – Central Romania
Nearby large town:
Brasov (16 miles northeast)
Nearest train station: Brasov
Bran Castle owes its fame to its imposing towers and turrets as well as to the myth created around Bram Stocker’s Dracula.

Although Stoker never visited Transylvania, the Irish author relied on research and his vivid imagination to create the dark and intimidating stomping ground of Count Dracula, leading to persistent myths that it was once the home of Vlad Tepes, ruler of Walachia. While the association with Dracula is sketchy at best, the castle continues to hold a strong attraction for all fans of the Count.

Vlad Dracul’s House

(Casa Dracula)

Where: 170 northwest of Bucharest

Nearest train station: Sighisoara

The Vlad Dracul House is located in Sighisoara’s Citadel Square, close to the Clock Tower. This ocher-colored house is the place where Vlad Tepes, the inspiration for Bram Stoker’s famous Dracula, was born in 1431 and lived with his father, Vlad Dracul, until 1435 when they moved to Targoviste. A wrought-iron dragon hangs above the entrance.

Jack The Ripper tour

Tours commence from exit 3 of Aldgate East Station, 7 days a week.The gruesome tale of Jack the ripper remains the greatest mystery in the history of crime. Our Jack the ripper tour is the only tour to use RIPPER VISION the latest hand held projectors with the latest graphic pictures some of which have never been seen before.

RIPPER-VISION© is a new approach to Jack the ripper tours. Top of the range hand held projectors which emblazen 5ft images apon the dark streets and alleyways of whitechapel.

The tour will end in a convenient area for transport and also a few drinks in the victorian pub which once served the victims and perhaps even Jack himself.

£8

Itinary

• Osborne Street (Scene of murder Emma Smith).
• Gunthorpe Street (Scene of murder Martha Tabram).
• Frying pan pub (the death of Mary Ann Nichols).
• Hanbury street (Scene of murder. Annie Chapman).
• The Ripper Letters.
• Wilkes Street.
• The Death of Elizabeth Stride.
• Ten bells and Christ church.
• Mitre Square (Scene of murder. Catherine Eddowes).
• Goulston Street (scene of perhaps the most vital clue in the ripper case).
• Dorset street (Scene of murder Mary kelly).

(Source: thejacktherippertour.com)

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