One of the best-preserved inhabited medieval citadels in Europe, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, with colourful houses, cobbled lanes, and nine surviving guild towers. Vlad the Impaler, the real Dracula, was born here. The 64 m Clock Tower has a history museum and views from the top.
Climb the covered wooden Scholars' Stairs to the Church on the Hill and its cemetery. A medieval festival is held in July. Nearby, the Saxon fortified church of Biertan is also UNESCO listed.
A Saxon town of colourful squares, where houses seem to watch you through 'eyes', small dormer windows in their roofs.
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A salt mine dug from the 17th century, now an underground theme park, deep below Transylvania.
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A medieval castle perched on a rock at the Bran Pass in Transylvania, marketed as 'Dracula's Castle' because it looks like the castle in Bram Stoker'…
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