No One Told Us Romania Was Like THIS | Brasov, Romania City Tour & Bran Castle! (Dracula’s Castle)

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Travel Vlog #112 | Brasov, Romania
Country 29/193
Today we're exploring in of Europe's most underrated cities - Brasov! When researching where we wanted to go in Romania, visiting Brasov was an obvious choice.
After checking into our Dracula themed hotel (check out our last video), we continued the Dracula theme by heading a bit south to Bran to visit Bran Castle. This is known as Dracula’s castle despite not having any relation to the ‘real’ story of Dracula. Bram Stoker created the description of Dracula’s castle on a photo he found of Bran Castle, & the legend was created!
We drove into Bran from Brasov, where we admired the Carpathians the whole way. Our first stop was for lunch at a nice Romanian restaurant. After finding parking at the castle, we bought our tickets and headed inside!
There is so much history in Bran castle that goes far beyond the myth of Dracula, and it's well worth a visit to better understand Romania's (sometimes dark) history.
Once we were back in Brasov, we saw some of the cities best sites including String street, council square, the black church, and Catherine's gate!
We are SO excited to explore this new (to us) country, so make sure to subscribe to see our 6?? videos from Romania!
Thanks for watching :)
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Chapters (click to skip)
00:00 - Intro
00:29 - Driving to Bran, Romania
01:11 - Eating Traditional Foods in Bran, Romania
02:21 - Heading to Bran Castle
03:03 - Why it's known as Dracula's Castle
03:52 - Exploring Bran Castle
06:33 - We didn't like this room as much :(
07:41 - Back to the Castle
08:25 - Back to Brasov
10:01 - The Black Church
10:32 - String Street
11:30 - Catherine's Gate
12:26 - Money Saving tip!
13:06 - See ya in the next one :)
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@carteunu467 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for promoting Romania 🇷🇴. Great you enjoy your time there. God bless you 🙏

@AshleyandChristian Жыл бұрын

Of course! We still have a couple videos left :)

@lutoiudaniel3114 Жыл бұрын

Hello, i hope you will have wonderful days in Romania. Brașov is my favorite town, i came here every summer and especially in the winter. The traditional romanian food is really good and the views also

@AshleyandChristian Жыл бұрын

We LOVE the food!

@clarakam3858 Жыл бұрын

Send you love from Bucharest / România! Thank you for your visit, come again please! 🥰🥰🥰

@AshleyandChristian Жыл бұрын

Aw thank you! We LOVE Romania, we'll definitely come back! We still have quite a few videos to post from the country :)

@bogdanapopii7825 Жыл бұрын

Love you guys!

@AshleyandChristian Жыл бұрын

🥰🥰

@CostiTaby Жыл бұрын

Hello from Suceava, Romania! I loved this video a lot and I subcribed! I hope you had fun in our country! 🙏👏

@AshleyandChristian Жыл бұрын

Aw thank you so much!! We'll have to check out Suceava whenever we come back :) We LOVE Romania! We have about 4 more videos to share from when we visited!

@danvision5086 Жыл бұрын

*WONDERFUL BRASOV ( KRONSTADT ) !*

@CowboyBikerAdventures Жыл бұрын

Hi Ashley and Christian, you go to the best places. Thanks for sharing. Don

@AshleyandChristian Жыл бұрын

Especially Romania! Still very underrated in my opinion

@bgilmore Жыл бұрын

My husband loves all the gothic horror literary characters. Dracula being his favorite. I’m trying to plan a trip to Bravia and Bran Castle, so this video is really helpful. Thank you! I really enjoy all of your content. Keep ‘em coming! 😁😃

@AshleyandChristian Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much! I’d definitely recommend adding in Corvin castle and Sighisoara as well! They have better links to Vlad Tepes, the Dracula inspiration ☺️

@MC-pk5hq Жыл бұрын

We are waiting for you 🤗 Greetings from Romania!

@ionelghiorghita688 Жыл бұрын

@@AshleyandChristian in terms of understanding the European history and the romanian language and culture in its context look to the video on KZfaq called "Originile limbii române". The origins of the romanian language.

@EmmaJonYoureWelcome Жыл бұрын

Brasov looks like such a beautiful town. Its crazy to think how recently countries like this were using torture techniques. Jon is a fireman so thought that street was really cool xx

@AshleyandChristian Жыл бұрын

It's so beautiful! Those tiny streets are very important haha

@danascully6698 Жыл бұрын

What you said about torture techniques is not correct at all! If you think 500 years is recently, then yes you are right!

@kaylaandmarkalan Жыл бұрын

I can’t get over how beautiful and old some of the architecture is! Can we just hold on a sec and realize that a public execution took place less than 50 years ago…?! 😳 That torture room in the castle looked…terrifying… to say the least.

@AshleyandChristian Жыл бұрын

Right?! It's so beautiful! And honestly the whole country is just amazing. The 1989 execution was in Bucharest and not like a real public thing, our bad for not clarifying well at all 😅 and yes.. not very into that torture room haha

@Veldtian1 Жыл бұрын

Yeah but Nicolae Ceausescu badly deserved to be thrown up against a wall in his palace and gunned down.

@bloomingwinds4174 Жыл бұрын

Very informative

@JustinBrehm Жыл бұрын

Great video glad I got recommended your channel and subscribed to it earlier

@AshleyandChristian Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Happy you enjoyed 😊

@husnaintariq3057 Жыл бұрын

Nice vlog 🥰

@AshleyandChristian Жыл бұрын

Thank you 😊

@husnaintariq3057 Жыл бұрын

Your country visa apply processing reply me

@ioanamadalinamersoiu5970 Жыл бұрын

❤️❤️❤️

@cristianmoroianu6716 11 ай бұрын

Brașov, the most beautiful city of Romania !!! ♥️💛💙

@AshleyandChristian 11 ай бұрын

We loved it!

@lazariulian4581 5 ай бұрын

bine ai venit romania 😘

@AshleyandChristian 5 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@gigininho1974 Жыл бұрын

you should visit Sibiu,Sighișoara, Oradea,Timișoara, Cluj Napoca,Turda salt mine, Cheile Turzii,Castle Huniad or Corvin...and many places

@AshleyandChristian Жыл бұрын

Our next video will be in Sighisoara!! Great recommendations, there's so much to see in Romania :)

@gigininho1974 Жыл бұрын

Great

@claudiageorgianacrisan3254 Жыл бұрын

BAIA MARE ,beautiful town.Maramureș

@claudiageorgianacrisan3254 Жыл бұрын

Barajul Firiza, Lacul Albastru din Baia Sprie...Mogoșa lac !

@ericpmoss Жыл бұрын

@@AshleyandChristian BTW, The Bean Specialty Coffee in Sighisoara (on the street with umbrellas) has a great latte, and if you like flavors added, they sometimes have a raw hazelnut syrup that is fab.

@puremustang732 Жыл бұрын

Lovley Place🥂

@AshleyandChristian Жыл бұрын

We agree! 😄

@mxtchagachaanime Жыл бұрын

Omg,I can't believe you didn't go into the elevator in Bran castle, it's truly amazing, as it drops you down pictures of dragons,sanziene,iele,ghosts and bats are shown

@AshleyandChristian Жыл бұрын

What!! We didn't see that anywhere, that would've been cool!

@mxtchagachaanime Жыл бұрын

@@AshleyandChristian How doesn't anyone notice that omg,it was my favourite part of the castle

@AshleyandChristian Жыл бұрын

@@mxtchagachaanime it may have been closed, they had a lot of exhibits roped off

@mxtchagachaanime Жыл бұрын

@@AshleyandChristian I visited recently,this summer intact,but there might be a chance it go broken tho

@AditaBraneanu Жыл бұрын

October the 15th I will be there for a month. I am going to Sohodol. The village where I grew up❤❤❤

@AshleyandChristian Жыл бұрын

That’s a great amount of time to get to spend there! I feel like there’s so much to see and do

@claudiageorgianacrisan3254 Жыл бұрын

Visit Baia -Mare ,Maramureș!

@quaidmuhammad Жыл бұрын

I am coming to Brasov very soon

@AshleyandChristian Жыл бұрын

Ahh I'm sure you'll love it!

@SergheyCSA Жыл бұрын

Small doors in size and height same as in Medieval Japan are a Defensive System! It were built for the purpose in case of a Home Invasion the Enemy Soldiers to get inside 1 by 1 and must get into a Vulnerable Position by lowering his head to enter! It was easier to defend in case of an Invasion - Coup - War! Castles are meant to be easy to defend against large numbers with small numbers: for example 100 soldiers could easily defend a Castle against 1000 enemy soldiers! Also the secret rooms, tunnels, corridors are there for easy escape just in case... also good if you wanted to cheat your wife with a mistress/maiden/baby-sitter, for example: Dracula aka Vlad Tepes had a 14 years old peasant girl as a mistress that fell in love in Brasov just outside the wall, when Vlad Tepes helped some people with a Wagon who got stuck in the mud! The girl ( 14 years old ) instantly fell in love with his altruistic personality despite the fact that he was Married and a royalty! She eventually had a baby with Vlad Tepes, but it was just a Bastard with no Throne rights..

@AshleyandChristian Жыл бұрын

Whaaaaat! That’s such cool information, thank you so much for sharing!! Definitely didn’t learn that about Vlad 😳 very interesting!

@RichardAndAlexandryna Жыл бұрын

Hello, welcome to our beloved country🇹🇩👋🏻, we are also travel vloggers!😊

@AshleyandChristian Жыл бұрын

Thank you!! 😊

@KG72 Жыл бұрын

👍👍

@zontarr8812 Жыл бұрын

08:40 Next to you is county history museum( was council house before 1950) not town hall ( that is down the street )and we did not execute anyone there in 1989, maybe u mean Ceausescu dictator in '89 but that was in Bucharest in a military unit. Nice video .

@AshleyandChristian Жыл бұрын

yes definitely what we meant!! Just didn't clarify super well I'm so sorry! Thank you for watching ☺

@ionelghiorghita688 Жыл бұрын

@@AshleyandChristian he's interesting but instead of Bucharest read Târgoviște...

@mirceapintelie361 Жыл бұрын

They were executed in Targoviste not in Bucharest🧐how are you Romanian and dont know that?🤨

@zontarr8812 Жыл бұрын

@@mirceapintelie361 >nu am fost acolo sa știu, nici nu am auzit< serios acum, a fost un greșeala, ma gândeam la păsărica si comentam in același timp.

@margelatutrandafirulgalben3156 Жыл бұрын

Have you seen the painted monasteries of northern Moldova?

@AshleyandChristian Жыл бұрын

No we'll have to look into that for sure!

@petreandreescu9453 Жыл бұрын

9:00 No, no, no. Not in 1989... come on. Do you think we're that medieval? The last execution was in the 18th century, so around 300 years ago, not 30-something years ago. I don't know where you read that, but it's wrong...

@AshleyandChristian Жыл бұрын

We actually read it while in Brasov, we didn't get it from the internet or anything! We didn't have great phone service while in Brasov haha en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trial_and_execution_of_Nicolae_and_Elena_Ceau%C8%99escu this article also mentions it!

@AshleyandChristian Жыл бұрын

Also I think we should have definitely better clarified that it wasn't a public execution in the square. I'll take the fall for that one 😬

@zerefcifer Жыл бұрын

@@AshleyandChristian That was not in Brasov. That's our revolution when we got rid of comunism, and the dictator and his wife were trialed and convicted to death by a tribunal. And that execution happened in Targoviste. There's no mention of the word Brasov in that whole article. lol

@AshleyandChristian Жыл бұрын

Yes i was just showing the year! We read it while in Brasov on a sign nearby. Like I said above, definitely my fault for not including the location of where it was

@zerefcifer Жыл бұрын

@@AshleyandChristian That's okay. I was just clarifying it so you won't get the wrong impression or anything like that. :)

@dragonbooze6480 Жыл бұрын

Next time you go where it says BRASOV and to all the towers and walls of the old citadel

@AshleyandChristian Жыл бұрын

Absolutely! We have so much more to see in Brasov!

@janewatkins9801 2 ай бұрын

I didn't like the weird Disney/Dracula stuff in Bran castle, it seemed to suck the authenticity out of the place. Such a shame really. Interesting to see Queen Maria's influence on the interior decor though. She was an amazing woman. Braşov is gorgeous. One of the loveliest cities in Romania ❤.

@AshleyandChristian 2 ай бұрын

I agree, it was a little too kitschy! Brasov was one of our favorite stops :)

@andrewtab08 Жыл бұрын

In 1989 it was not an execution, it was a revolution against the communist regime. (equivalent to Stalin's regime in Russia) People had a poor life, they couldn't even visit another country, it was like a cage. So people revolted against the dictator, sadly many civilians were killed, but the dictators were condemned to death due to crimes against a nation. For example, the Palace of Parliament was built by that dictator due to his proud and vanity, starving many people and making prisoners work in buildings in inhumane conditions until their deaths. (don't think that the prisoners were real murdereres, back then if you would say something bad about the leadership or have an opinion you would be locked up in the jail.) He took a lot of his ways of leading the country from North Corea, after he visited it. But the vlogs are amazing!

@AshleyandChristian Жыл бұрын

Thank you for all the info! We appreciate it :)

@countdemoney9598 Жыл бұрын

no one was executed in that square since the 1700's! I'd wish nothing more that on a brisk Sunday morning as I open my window to see some criminal being disemboweled in front of my eyes, but we don't do that anymore

@AshleyandChristian Жыл бұрын

hahah oh my gosh 😂 i was referring to the Bucharest one, but did not explain that super well

@vasilefeher2729 Жыл бұрын

Just transivania?

@nelutu6506 Жыл бұрын

4:56 Ring the bell and take our money...

@brigada2.067 Жыл бұрын

What public execution took place in 1989???

@AshleyandChristian Жыл бұрын

it wasn’t public, it was in Bucharest and we just didn’t clarify correctly, so sorry!

@mirceapintelie361 Жыл бұрын

@@AshleyandChristian It was not in Bucharest, they were executed in Targoviste,inside a military unit..although it is true that after that capital punishment was abolished

@carolasandrakaty Жыл бұрын

1989

@sergerea 9 ай бұрын

Its amazing how when Americans visit a historical place they expect Disney excitement...take a moment, analyze where youre coming from, think why you dont get history or maybe it is boring for you...I get it, Im from Brassov, I lived in the States for like 5 years, and over there, if you snap you fingers and have nothing new to say you lost the crowd...I hope you enjoyed nevertheless...

@AshleyandChristian 9 ай бұрын

I think you missed what we were trying to convey. We loved our time in Romania as a whole and are always try and learn the history of the place we’re in. I thought our excitement came across but I guess not! we’ve also never been to disney and would much rather travel to new countries

@balak1 Жыл бұрын

Guys I loved your historical detail, and your attitude towards the real history. But I am saddened you did not mention the Transylvanian Saxons (Germans), without which we would not have had neither the castle, nor the Brașov city centre. Transylvania is Romania's pearl also because its culture diverse roots: Romanian, Hungarian, German, Jewish (btw after the wrope street you filmed a Synagogue, without mentioning it). Congrats, again, on your clip, but please reflect more of the cultural diversity of the country next time! ❤️

@AshleyandChristian Жыл бұрын

There’s just so much history and info to share there’s no way we can cover it all 😫 in our Peles castle video though we talk about how many different cultures influenced the design! Romania has SO much history I feel like we can’t do it justice haha

@ionelghiorghita688 Жыл бұрын

Actually it's a big shame for the welcoming romanians that they was a bit busy with the agriculture and shepherding so producing value when in the meantime others using them work build up on the top of the old Dacians cities and today they suppose that without them that land would become an empty space without civilization. We also should be shamed by covering all the ancestral original culture still existing in the villages from 7-8000 years ago with the "civilization" who destroyed not just the romanians/Thracians culture but probably many others, the romanian culture being just the roots of the European culture. Look to the video" Originile limbii române " and you will understand much more and not just suppose that what I'm saying is because everyone would like to be important or relevant in this world.

@bogdanalexandru9159 Жыл бұрын

Cine vreți să vă spună ceva despre fiecare țară in care intenționați sa călătoriți? Titlul e aiurea, conținutul e mediu!!Succes!

@cyberkat6615 Жыл бұрын

I wanted to go to Romania this year, but I’ve heard that they don’t have animal abuse laws and that people kill dogs on the streets and that is something I don’t want to see. Can you please tell me about this.

@AshleyandChristian Жыл бұрын

Never saw anything like that!

@CostinCostin69 Жыл бұрын

Yes we haunt dogs on streets every day and kill them with ak-47 😂😂😂 wtf where people gets all this missinnformation? 😂😂😂

@chriscruciat2469 Жыл бұрын

Public Execution in Brasov in 1989???Never heard of this are you sure? Perhaps you are getting it confused to the execution of Ceausescu in Bucharest

@AshleyandChristian Жыл бұрын

Yes that’s what we meant 😫 we did NOT clarify that well I’m so sorry

@EUTalks Жыл бұрын

I feel like I am at a point where I am not as happy that Westerners discover and like our country, as I am pissed off the West sees us like the village in Van Helsing.

@AshleyandChristian Жыл бұрын

I haven’t seen that, but looked it up. I definitely don’t view your country that way at all, and I feel like we made it pretty clear we like the actual history of Romania much more than the fairytales surrounding it.

@chrismac3696 Жыл бұрын

I really hope you'll visit the capital of Transylvania...CLUJ-NAPOCA!! It's a must!!! Love your videos! Keep it up guys!!!

@AshleyandChristian Жыл бұрын

@@chrismac3696 Thank you so much!!

@bloomingwinds4174 Жыл бұрын

When you are coming to Pakistan

@AshleyandChristian Жыл бұрын

We hope to visit in the future 😍

@alexc8920 5 ай бұрын

Public execution in 1989? No... Okay Ceausescu was executed in 1989, but definitely not there, and not publicly.

@AshleyandChristian 5 ай бұрын

I know 😭 total misspeak on our part. I think we read the last execution was then, but then grouped it into that sentence which sounded like it was also public. Definitely our bad!

@blabla-rg7ky Жыл бұрын

10:35 damn, such a good pronounciation! I'm really impressed...

@AshleyandChristian Жыл бұрын

haha thank you!

@nicolaeionescu6538 6 ай бұрын

There was no execution in Brasov in 1989, come on! (our Revolution did happen in 1989 and the former dictator + his wife did get executed, but it didn't happen in Brasov). It may have happened during the medieval times, but not ever since.

@nicolaeionescu6538 6 ай бұрын

You still had to use masks in summer 2022?!