48 Hours in Bucharest, Romania (Is the day trip to Dracula's Castle in Transylvania worth it?)

Olivia and Nathan here! Bucharest & Transylvania Romania blew us away. Learning about the history of Vlad the Impaler and Nicolae Ceaușescu was shocking. We traveled to the mountains in Transylvania to see Peleș Castle and Bran Castle.
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[@ONWorldTravel]

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[@shapeoftimes]

Ah, beautiful Romania! So many hidden gems there!

[@allinworldwillfadeawaysome4245]

what camera did you use? its so clear and colorful

[@christopherkammer2445]

I did a weekend trip to Bucharest from Chicago, IL. It was a great way to spend a long weekend. I saw almost everything and highly recommend the city for anyone interested in a lower-cost European capital. The Parliament Building is well worth a tour. The hallways, chandeliers, staircases, rooms, balcony, and height of the ceilings are all so impressive. You can drive a huge semi through the hallway and not touch the walls or ceiling! One interesting fact: Everything used to build the Parliament is sourced from inside Romania.

[@dand7763]

and under the Parliament building is a bunker , anti nuke one ...The parliament building is a fortress

[@FloPower81]

Thank you for considering our country!❤

[@christopherkammer2445]

I want to return again and bring my husband next time, so he can explore with me!@@FloPower81

[@marinaalinescu1660]

I am glad you liked it, and I like your confidence, but most definitely you have not seen everything in a weekend :) For a local, that is cute to hear.

[@christopherkammer2445]

I was there five nights and still want to see Nicolae Ceaușescu's house.

[@steven_dekok]

Currently in Brasov for a few weeks. This is our second time here. My wife's family has a flat about a 10 minute walk from the city center. I absolutely love it here. We plan to retire here part time in a few years.

[@ONWorldTravel]

Such an awesome relaxed city, would love to go back and spend more time there! All the best!

[@sorinpopa1442]

1:39 that Historical building thats was being abandoned for ages its going to get fully restored this year ! they finally approved the funds and made the plans how to restore it back to the original look.

[@KR-ou2qo]

and that's not a communist building but this 1:43 is

[@ExtraEdsta]

Romania is quite beautiful!

[@ONWorldTravel]

Yes it is! 🤘🏽

[@attilakovacs1415]

Törcsvár / hungarian name /...dracula castle....His story Törcsvár Hungarian kingdim 1000-1920!... The castle protected the Törcsvári Gorge, one of the most important gorges in the Southern Carpathians. It was built by the Teutonic Knights between 1211 and 1215, and after their expulsion, the king II. András hungarian king destroyed me. In 1377, the castle was rebuilt. Zsigmond --sigsimund hungarian king gave it to Prince Mircea I of Havasalföld in 1395, but took it back after his death in 1419. It then belonged to the Székely ispany. In 1530, it was besieged by Voivode Mózes's troops, but the Szeklers defended it under the leadership of Grandmaster Dénes. From 1568 it became the property of the city of Brasó. In 1660 II. The soldiers of Prince György Rákóczi occupied it under the cover of night. In 1690, Thököly besieged it, but the emperors relieved it......Part of the Hungarian kingdom until 1920!....

[@cllaudiusd521]

Peles Castle is in Muntenia ( Wallachia) and Bran Castle is in Transilvania !

[@carlamirela9242]

It's in the same country!

[@ppn194]

@@carlamirela9242But different regions....

[@cllaudiusd521]

@@carlamirela9242Sigur , dar am vrut sa corectez descrierea vlogerului care mentiona ambele castele in Transilvania ... ,,We traveled to the mountains in Transylvania to see Peleș Castle and Bran Castle. "

[@blackdoberman4799]

@@cllaudiusd521 Wallachia era reprezentata de Muntenia + Oltenia.

[@cllaudiusd521]

@@blackdoberman4799 Da, dar eu nu am zis ca Wallachia nu este si Oltenia. Doar ca Peles este in Muntenia care face parte din Wallachia , in paranteza.

[@diegouzeda2491]

Cheers from Brazil! Excited to visit Romania for the 1st time in 2 weeks! Also excited to get in contact with a very beautiful language.

[@inspectorulcluzo974]

Daca ști spaniola ști și Romina suntem o limbă Latină Salutări din RO 😊

[@CTI649]

@@inspectorulcluzo974 El e din Brazilia si se vorbeste portugheza tot limba latina

[@inspectorulcluzo974]

@@CTI649 🥰❤️👌

[@attilakovacs1415]

Törcsvár / hungarian name /...dracula castle....His story Törcsvár Hungarian kingdim 1000-1920!... The castle protected the Törcsvári Gorge, one of the most important gorges in the Southern Carpathians. It was built by the Teutonic Knights between 1211 and 1215, and after their expulsion, the king II. András hungarian king destroyed me. In 1377, the castle was rebuilt. Zsigmond --sigsimund hungarian king gave it to Prince Mircea I of Havasalföld in 1395, but took it back after his death in 1419. It then belonged to the Székely ispany. In 1530, it was besieged by Voivode Mózes's troops, but the Szeklers defended it under the leadership of Grandmaster Dénes. From 1568 it became the property of the city of Brasó. In 1660 II. The soldiers of Prince György Rákóczi occupied it under the cover of night. In 1690, Thököly besieged it, but the emperors relieved it......Part of the Hungarian kingdom until 1920!....

[@HaikarulUk]

as a Romanian I approve this message 😀 joking aside, love that you guys had fun in my beautiful country

[@ONWorldTravel]

Cheers, all the best!

[@costinhalaicu2746]

I'm glad you guys enjoyed your time in our beautiful country. Fun fact: yes, Bucharest still has some French feel to it in the central parts, and Transylvania has a lot of German feel. If you'd have crossed the Carpathians east and get to the region of Moldova, especially Bukovina, you'd find a Ukrainian and Russian feel to the cities there (e.g. Piatra Neamt, Suceava, even Iasi somewhat), if you go to Craiova you'll get a feel more like Bulgaria, and in Timisoara and Oradea there's a certain something to remind you of Austria and Hungary. ☺

[@attilakovacs1415]

Törcsvár / hungarian name /...dracula castle....His story Törcsvár Hungarian kingdim 1000-1920!... The castle protected the Törcsvári Gorge, one of the most important gorges in the Southern Carpathians. It was built by the Teutonic Knights between 1211 and 1215, and after their expulsion, the king II. András hungarian king destroyed me. In 1377, the castle was rebuilt. Zsigmond --sigsimund hungarian king gave it to Prince Mircea I of Havasalföld in 1395, but took it back after his death in 1419. It then belonged to the Székely ispany. In 1530, it was besieged by Voivode Mózes's troops, but the Szeklers defended it under the leadership of Grandmaster Dénes. From 1568 it became the property of the city of Brasó. In 1660 II. The soldiers of Prince György Rákóczi occupied it under the cover of night. In 1690, Thököly besieged it, but the emperors relieved it......Part of the Hungarian kingdom until 1920!....

[@RoadTripTravel]

Transylvania is wonderful! Peles Castle is fantastic, it's too bad you did not get to go inside. Bran Castle is the most popular attraction in all of Romania and is probably the least interesting (in my opinion). My favorite places in Romania include: Sighisoara, Sibiu, Brasov, Dealu Mare and Maramures. The fountain show on the weekends is epic! I've been maybe 5 times I loved it so much. Great video guys, hope you are enjoying yourselves.

[@ONWorldTravel]

Thanks Mike! I know we missed a lot of amazing things but that just gives us a reason to go back! We will definitely rent a car next time to see everything! Cheers!

[@balak1]

Peleș castle is not in in Transylvania. Just check their Wikipedia page. I agree with the rest of your opinion ✌️

[@haberini]

Greetings from Bucharest Romania❤

[@RoadTripTravel]

I just love Romania, spent many months there. It really is unfortunate what happened to Bucharest during Communism, and that earthquake in the 70s gave them the excuse to tear down so many beautiful buildings, even though they were not damaged. If you're still in Romania and need any suggestions, including restaurants in Bucharest, let me know.

[@ONWorldTravel]

We aren’t there now, but will definitely reach out for suggestions next time! It was wild learning about the history, a lot of this we were never taught in school…Romania definitely surprised us! All the best and safe travels!

[@attilakovacs1415]

Törcsvár / hungarian name /...dracula castle....His story Törcsvár Hungarian kingdim 1000-1920!... The castle protected the Törcsvári Gorge, one of the most important gorges in the Southern Carpathians. It was built by the Teutonic Knights between 1211 and 1215, and after their expulsion, the king II. András hungarian king destroyed me. In 1377, the castle was rebuilt. Zsigmond --sigsimund hungarian king gave it to Prince Mircea I of Havasalföld in 1395, but took it back after his death in 1419. It then belonged to the Székely ispany. In 1530, it was besieged by Voivode Mózes's troops, but the Szeklers defended it under the leadership of Grandmaster Dénes. From 1568 it became the property of the city of Brasó. In 1660 II. The soldiers of Prince György Rákóczi occupied it under the cover of night. In 1690, Thököly besieged it, but the emperors relieved it......Part of the Hungarian kingdom until 1920!....

[@dzr23]

so nice, looks like a castle paradise.

[@ONWorldTravel]

It is! We only scratched the surface. I would rent a car next time and road trip it!

[@selmahare]

Yes the castles are so pretty.

[@fitnesswithnick6652]

Awesome video!

[@ONWorldTravel]

Thanks!

[@asmr-pov]

I really liked this tour, you have a unique style and provide a lot of information. Do a good job!

[@Now6674]

Another spectacular video. You guys are so funny and entertaining special. Thank you for sharing. Love, Morganne.

[@flaviucalin]

A beautiful video, a well-researched and in-depth docu. Greetings from Cluj-Napoca (the biggest city from Transylvania). Good luck in your next countries.

[@pufarine111]

haha subscribed to you a while ago, mostly cuz of your humour. love the funny, well timed edits. knew it was a matter of time till you ll come to romania too. keep it up!

[@ONWorldTravel]

Haha thanks, glad we finally got to experience it! We loved it!

[@kevinscott660]

Love you guys. So much info. Awesome

[@ONWorldTravel]

Thanks Kevin! We appreciate you!

[@jreed5795]

Great video and always love that you guys get/share the history too. I had no idea about the vibe there either but makes it definitely worth a visit. Safe & fun travels 😊

[@belleg.g]

I’ve always wanted to visit after I saw Charlie Countryman! Love watching you guys ❤

[@ONWorldTravel]

Thanks! I remember that movie, will have to rewatch it. It’s definitely worth visiting and roadtripping!

[@bogdanunicul654]

Superb..❤❤❤❤

[@user-oy1ms5tm4m]

Looks great brother 🙏🙏❤️❤️

[@jaglazzarinim2558]

wow that brooklyn bedding soo cool man

[@ardeiuti]

Sinaia. My hometown. Nice

[@Sean85Laney]

Exciting, Dracula!!

[@Unexploredtravels]

Very nice video! You should also check out the city of Sibiu. :)

[@ONWorldTravel]

Will do next time, thanks!

[@happyzilla]

Hi - enjoyed your videos throughout the Balkan countries. Did you guys travel by buses in these countries or other means ? I’m planning to do the same route from Montenegro-Albania-Bulgaria-Romania. Any tips on transportation would be appreciated.

[@BodoKun-kl2vp]

The real Vlad Tepes castle is Poenari castle, located in Arges county on the way to Transfagarasan pass. Would have been cool to see Danube Delta as well.

[@darshnishah5048]

Looks okay!

[@allinworldwillfadeawaysome4245]

what camera did you use? its so clear and colorful

[@PseudoIsNice]

Too bad you guys missed visiting the interior of Peles. That's stunning for real! Also, on your way from Sinaia to Brasov, there's Cantacuzino Castle in Busteni. I don't get why they leave it away on these tours.

[@raymondreddington9788]

Going there in june , how do you book tour guide? im alone btw

[@rachelnan4130]

When were you guys here??? It can’t be March! It looks so much like late spring early summer!

[@RaduRadonys]

They said this in the video, it's filmed in August (last year probably).

[@dylandunne2675]

Making jokes through the commercial, Bill Burr style? You kids are killing it.

[@YonasHarris]

How did you guys get those tours?

[@joelcrow]

It's a neat country and they LOVE America... I got to tour the Palace of Parliament (the big ass government building) and see Transylvania and Brasov where Castle Bran is (Vlad the Impaler's old crib). Absolutely insane drivers doing whatever they want to at full throttle, but otherwise very sweet.

[@qwertyqwerty-zi6dr]

@joelcrow haha this is true. First, we love the american films, brands and all this stuff. Second, Russia will always keep us together lol Edit: I just saw some news about some training with romanians and americans soldiers and we will actually build the biggest military base here for Nato soldiers

[@attilakovacs1415]

Törcsvár / hungarian name /...dracula castle....His story Törcsvár Hungarian kingdim 1000-1920!... The castle protected the Törcsvári Gorge, one of the most important gorges in the Southern Carpathians. It was built by the Teutonic Knights between 1211 and 1215, and after their expulsion, the king II. András hungarian king destroyed me. In 1377, the castle was rebuilt. Zsigmond --sigsimund hungarian king gave it to Prince Mircea I of Havasalföld in 1395, but took it back after his death in 1419. It then belonged to the Székely ispany. In 1530, it was besieged by Voivode Mózes's troops, but the Szeklers defended it under the leadership of Grandmaster Dénes. From 1568 it became the property of the city of Brasó. In 1660 II. The soldiers of Prince György Rákóczi occupied it under the cover of night. In 1690, Thököly besieged it, but the emperors relieved it......Part of the Hungarian kingdom until 1920!....

[@chingtheexplorer1578]

I am visiting there this month, but I checked so many videos and there are a lot of grafittis. I hope I dont regret booking my trip to Bucharest. I

[@ONWorldTravel]

There’s some graffiti but not too much, some of it is actually good

[@Sweet-Aloha]

I love you guys! Where you be now? Clue us in... If this was from August, what have ya'll been up to? Give us an update---Ya'll are one of my top favs!

[@tanasaflorin3699]

❤❤

[@Deceba1]

Vlad Dracul aka Dracula was named Dracula because of the order of the dragon that he had joined Societas Draconistarum in latin. The purpose of the order was to fight the invading ottoman forces (the turks).

[@julioc4978]

Great video as all of them, Is Romania more cost friendly than Poland or Hungary? Cheers

[@ONWorldTravel]

Thanks! I remember it being a bit cheaper than Poland but about the same compared to Hungary. The moment you leave the major city of Bucharest things do get significantly cheaper 👍🏽

[@user-bf2ov3ws7o]

Wow, 48 hours in Bucharest sounds like an amazing adventure! We sent you an email, please take a look.

[@user-sj9nr1vd6z]

The Best Capital in Romania Bucharest is the Beautiful City in Romania and Europe💙💛❤

[@gamedj9800]

It's not Dracula's castle it's Castelu Vlad

[@Adrian-PetruMunteanu-rf7er]

God bless Romania ❤ Jesus Christ .

[@ralucaag3262]

I an Romanian

[@Deceba1]

It is called the People's Palace. Why people are not allowed to live there?

[@toddmoen5829]

How is it getting around in English there?

[@ONWorldTravel]

It was pretty easy, many people spoke English well!

[@UlpianHeritor]

"Feels like almost a western european city"... what on earth did they expect? for it to feel like China?

[@ONWorldTravel]

We expected it to feel more like Eastern Europe or the Balkans since that’s where it’s located…but Bucharest reminded me more of France.

[@qwertyqwerty-zi6dr]

​​@@ONWorldTravelIf you will come back, you will be even more surprised by the other big cities and especially the countryside

[@axcn4733]

yes, typical uneducated Americans

[@misscg367]

@@ONWorldTravel Romania is not in the Balkans :) That`s south of the Danube/south of Romania according to Wikipedia :) Balkan Peninsula idk

[@danac2899]

Curious to know...how many times did you stop for the driver to smoke a cigaret?

[@gigihentz5510]

exactly the same number of stops needed by the girl to get to the toilet...:):)

[@groslait7814]

last year video

[@RaduRadonys]

10:14 2 adults (age 18-99) ??? I guess they just wanna make sure no vampires sneak in.... can't blame them...

[@ionicafardefrica]

a bit sad that you guys upload your videos after so much time after the recording. It's a bit hard to get immersed into the vibe when it's march, but you talk about last summer...

[@preciousmousse]

The buildings you were looking at while talking about beautiful buildings as opposed to ugly communist ones, are communist, and fairly recent. They were built after the 1977 earthquake.

[@user-vx8zk9oc3c]

go'zal shaxar ikan

[@qwertyqwerty-zi6dr]

"Balkan country" 😂😂

[@dixtr3m3r]

According to Google and Wikipedia, Romania is considered a Balkan country recently. Hell, I've seen this in the new geography manuals.

[@qwertyqwerty-zi6dr]

@@dixtr3m3r it s totally wrong, the only part of Romania which is Balkan is Dobrogea

[@dixtr3m3r]

@@qwertyqwerty-zi6dr That's what I keep saying but if you ask a foreigner or an 8th grader / high school kid you will get a different answer.

[@qwertyqwerty-zi6dr]

@@dixtr3m3r and it s not only about this, I ve been in few of our neighbours and I can t see what we have in common regarding the regrarchitecture, culture, language etc.

[@bogdanvasiliu6609]

Balkan country???????

[@qwertyqwerty-zi6dr]

@bogdan don t blame them, I believe they are americans 😂

[@dixtr3m3r]

According to Google and Wikipedia, Romania is considered a Balkan country recently. Hell, I've seen this in the new geography manuals.

[@misscg367]

@@dixtr3m3r But it`s not, Balkan countries are in Balkan peninsula, south of Danube :) Makes sense actually :)

[@dixtr3m3r]

@@misscg367 That's what I remember learning in school. Yet people Google and say I'm crazy.

[@misscg367]

@@dixtr3m3r nope, you`re not :)

[@MrCtsSteve]

How are they with Americans there ?? Can you get by with speaking English?

[@qwertyqwerty-zi6dr]

No worry, it s safe if you want to visit it

[@alyaanali9015]

One more you visit Pakistan and look your subscriber too much increase a few days❤❤

[@Sofia-0001]

Lot of bull about the parliament building and how the people suffered to be built, but all come to see mostly the marvels built by Ceausescu, not the sort of slums they cry for. Besides the parliament and central area Ceausescu also built 700,000 apartments in Bucharest, easily accessible for everyone, based on family size. He was not evil and saved the important buildings, like old churches, by shifting them to other locations, on rails. People could practice any sort of religion and traditions that time and the morals and work ethic were much stronger than today. He also made many heavy industrialized cities from the scratch, places to work and live for millions of Romanians. He dislocated entire mountains, to build the 150 km Transfagarasanu road, with the Vidraru dam/lake on top, entirely for defense purposes. Many other dams and large projects. Wonder how many pyramids could be built from 150 km of dislocated mountain, for projects meant not to serve as resting place of megalomaniac kings, but as defense line, to preserve the nation in the long run. Or the Danube - Black sea channel, bigger than Panama, started during the soviet occupation, with many political prisoners, finished by the army. The chief of secret police during soviet occupation was a Russian soviet with a changed Romanian names, installed to eradicate all sort of opposition to the regime, all pre war intellectuality and build on terror a brand new socialist man. To rip off Romanian economy and resources for 13 years and shift most production to USSR. When Ceausescu came to power in 1965 he released all political prisoners, replaced most soviet agent and sent them to USSR. During his first 15 years Romania opened to the world and strongly opposed the Warsaw pact aggression against Czechoslovakia. True that in the last few years he became a dictator, people couldn't speak freely, but was not the type of greedy wacko or blood thirsty criminal, like Gadafi, Sadam, Mao, etc. In dec 89 he was informed that large groups of soviet, hungarian and serbian agents entered Romania, with a clear intend to overthrow the regime and install in power soviet puppets. Exactly what happened after they hijacked the Romanian revolution, organized the diversion with the so called Ceausescu's loyalists, to send the millions from the streets home, by killing thousands of civilians, so they could grab power for their soviet agents. Those who destroyed Romania after 89 and sold it at scrap. Millions forced to leave their homes and families to look for work abroad. Well situation is improving but generations were sacrificed and lost.

[@ppn194]

The dark past with Dracule is only your lack of information and the strupid things you learned back in your country and took for true.

[@jaglazzarinim2558]

It's a tourist trap come on

[@gigihentz5510]

who cares....some legends are meant to be true :):)

[@selmahare]

Well not really, he may not have been a vampire, but he was indeed blood thirsty, and most importantly, he was a key figure in European History. As a History and archaeology major I plan to visit his castle, will just have to do my best to ignore all those ugly vampire mugs and t-shirts that they sell on the way.

[@psm767]

Dracula castle is not in Bran, it is in Bucharest, Bran is a big lie !!!

[@gigihentz5510]

nope, it's in Poenari, Arges, ...the one in Bucharest (the water tower) built in 1906 was simply inspired by Poenari castle

[@user-xt7zv3xk7q]

Well guys that castle you visited had nothing to do with Vlad Tepes(the impaler).its is just a commercial sold to ignorants like you..Vlad never actually set foot in Bran castle

[@gigihentz5510]

who cares....some legends are meant to be true :):)

[@florinzaharia7442]

Romania nu este țara balcanică

[@draculakickyourass]

Ok,mister ,,donde esta la biblioteca'' ,allow me to teach you some romanian: ,,unde este biblioteca'',very usefull for a tourist ,haha We learn languages in a different way compared to America,for example ,,tienes cerveza fria?'' wich in mandarin would be ,,ni yo chingliang da psitsio?'' ,is the most important thing for a romanian,because ,en labiblioteca no hay cerveza'' entonces pa que carajo buscaria yo la puñetera biblioteca,si no se leer en esa lengua?😄