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Transylvania is best known as the mysterious land of blood thirsty vampires and howling wolves. Some may think it\u2019s fictional, but this central Romanian region\u00a0is<\/em>\u00a0a real place. And it\u2019s pretty special, too.<\/p>\n Transylvania is home to some of Europe’s best-preserved medieval towns, most notably\u00a0Brasov,<\/strong>\u00a0featuring Old Saxon architecture and citadel ruins;\u00a0Sibiu<\/strong>\u00a0with its cobblestone streets and pastel-colored houses, and\u00a0Sighisoara, <\/strong>adorned with a hilltop citadel, secret passageways and a 14th century clock tower. Tiny shops offer antiques and fine hand-made products by local artisans and artists.<\/p>\n Visitors to Transylvania will also encounter stunning castles such\u00a0Bran<\/strong>, near Brasov, – a Gothic fairy-tale structure, often associated with 15th<\/sup> century Walachia Prince\u00a0Vlad Tepes, the inspiration for Bram Stoker’s Dracula. While the connection with Vlad is tenuous, the deep bond of local villagers with the legend is not.<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][mk_padding_divider][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][mk_gallery images=”1117,1118,1121,1120,1119,1125,1126,1127,1124,1130,1129,1116,1128,1122,1123″ style=”style3″ hover_scenarios=”none” orderby=”post__in”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [mk_page_section bg_image=”https:\/\/www.palomatours.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/header-transilvania.jpg” bg_position=”center center” bg_repeat=”no-repeat” bg_stretch=”true” video_color_mask=”#000000″ min_height=”400″ js_vertical_centered=”true” sidebar=”sidebar-1″][vc_column][mk_fancy_title tag_name=”h1″ color=”#ffffff” size=”50″ force_font_size=”true” size_tablet=”42″ font_weight=”500″ txt_transform=”capitalize” font_family=”none” align=”center”]Transylvania[\/mk_fancy_title][\/vc_column][\/mk_page_section][vc_row][vc_column][mk_padding_divider size=”38″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column css=”.vc_custom_1589527043565{border-radius: 2px !important;}”][vc_single_image image=”1074″ img_size=”250×60″ alignment=”center”][vc_column_text align=”center” css=”.vc_custom_1589532866082{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”] Transylvania is best known as the mysterious land of blood thirsty vampires and howling wolves. Some may think it\u2019s fictional, but this central Romanian region\u00a0is\u00a0a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1021","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"yoast_head":"\n