🇷🇴 BRAN CASTLE & LIBEARTY BEAR SANCTUARY (Transylvania, Romania)
We decided to spend the middle three days of our Road trip through Romania in the Brasov region or Transylvania. There was just so much to do in such a small area and we wanted to do as much as possible! Unfortunately, the weather didn't agree with us when we tried to explore Brasov city but we Did get to see a 13th century citadel in Rasnov, the super famous Bran castle (Draculas castle) AND the incredible bear sanctuary (liBEARty sanctury)
All in all - we had a great time over these three days and we hope you enjoy!
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Chapters:
00:00 - Rasnov Citadel
05:06 - Bran Castles (Draculas castle.... or was it?)
11:02 - liBEARty Sanctuary
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That bear sanctuary looked amazing 😍
It was the best!! 😍
Awesome how all bears have their own story to them!
So amazing (and sad) to hear all of their stories! Was such a special day ❤️
Hi guys you should go to see Peleș that is the most beautiful castle in East Europe
Amazing - thanks for the recommendation ☺️
Vlad the Impaler (or Impaler Lord) was his nickname given by the Turks and Transylvanian Saxons. His real name was Vlad III Dracula. He himself signed two letters as Vlad III Drakulya. He never signed his documents as Vlad the Impaler or Vlad Tepes. Also, Bram Stoker based the character of count Dracula on the real guy because in the book, Dracula says to Jonathan Harker something like, "the blood of the Impaler Lord, the Wallachian warrior who fought the Turks, runs through my veins"
Didnt realise Bram Stoker actually said that in the books! Thanks for the insight!
His name was Vlad Tepes Dracula is a nickname it means son of the devil I am Romanian I understand the Romanian language
@@randombro89 in fact, it was son of the dragon, as his father was a knight of the order of the Dragon. The word dragon is a neologism in Romanian.
mai "ecsact" Vlad Voievod Drãculea, ca poate ma prinzi nervos si iti gasesc vreun tarus, teapa :)
Sunteti draguti...felicitari !👍
Thank you 😊
Fortified churches in Prejmer, Viscri , Haman and more, fortresses in Brasov (closed atm so you won't even find it unless you are looking), Rasnov (a cave in that town too), Fagaras, Rupea. Rebuilt fortification in Feldioara. interesting lake in Racos plus some basalt columns and a small castle. Ski resort 12km from Brasov or much closer on foot. Sinca Veche monastery and maybe Sambata monastery. Oldest church in Brasov is St Bartolomeu. Dambovicioara cave could be an objective too. If you go to Peles, castle go inside, it's the best part. Landscapes, hikes, a couple of waterfalls, all that is another long list.
Super long list! We didn't have long enough in the region to see much of the list 😞 we are already making plans to come back next year to do the bits we missed of transylvania and also head more east and see what's around there! Already excited!
@@JordanandEmily Yeah Brasov county has a lot of objectives. If you are making plans for another trip, look for a list of world heritage sites, wiki has one and it's one way to start planning. And if you are into real hikes, Romania is one third mountains, one third hills so you can easily spend weeks or months just on that. Close to Brasov the Bucegi mountains with plenty of objectives (Malaesti, Omu, Babele and plenty more), Piatra Craiului Mountains, Ciucas Mountains. Other popular mountains in Romania would Fagaras Mountains, Retezat, Apuseni, Rodnei, Ceahlaul. and so on. Anyway, when planning do check out Maramures, Bucovina, Danuve Delta. The seaside is mostly kinda too normal and boring nowadays, except Vama Veche but that's niche. Village life is also worth experiencing as the traditional lifestyle is better preserved than in most places - usually people would do that in Transylvania or Maramures or even Bucovina. You can also plan the timing around a big festival if you are into that, like Untold or Neversea. Anyway, have fun!
thanks for this video . you are so cute and thanks because promovation Romanian a beautifull contry . thanks again . you are gorgeous
Thanks so much for watching! we're glad you enjoyed it! more to come ☺️
@@JordanandEmily welcome jordan and emily
You were lucky Vlad didn’t jump out and get ya, an interesting castle. Loved loved the bear sanctuary, it’s so sad how some were treated. Thank goodness for wonderful people who care so much to give these beautiful animals a safe place to live the rest of their lives. Stay say, miss you both, love you, mum.xx 💕💕
love you miss you!!!
Amazing country!
It's such a beautiful country isn't it!
Tengo 40 años de los cuales he vivido en Rumanía los primeros 14,y lamento mucho no nonocer el país donde nací, gracias a vosotros voy a viajar para quedar al menos 1mes en el país, me habéis enseñado un país maravilloso.
Thats so fantastic! I hope you love it as much as we did! We already want to go back so badly! 🇷🇴
VA MULTUMIM CA VA PLACUT ROMANIIA
Thanks to Romania for helping us have such a great time!
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If you want to visit the Castle (unfortunately it's more like the ruin of the Castle nowadays) that Actually can be traced back to Vlad III Ţepeş (Vlad the Impaler) you should go to Castelul Poienari. 👍👍
Ooh thanks for letting us know!!
Dambovicioara cave, Moieciu de Jos (it’s a beautiful village with a stunning view), “Prapastiile Zarnesti”, Busteni (Cantacuzino castle, the city center), Sinaia (Peles and Pelisor Castle, the city center), Ialomitei Cave should be next, these locations are nearby. Also, you should not miss Sibiu but it’a a little bit not in the area. :)
Thanks so much! We unfortunately didn't film when we were in sibiu, it was beautiful but we had just done the transfagarasan (next video out) and we were so tired 😄 Sibiu was beautiful though and we will definitely try to get there when we come to Romania the second time around!
@@JordanandEmily Ohh I see, I’m glad you guys enjoy the beauty of Romania. Good luck!
most lovly couple even i see in KZhead. 😘❤️
😊 thank you so much!
Nice bear
They were so amazing 😍😍
Poenari Citadel ( Arges Country) is the real Dracula's castle.:) He lived there, was his residence.
Oooh! Will have to add that to the list for next time
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Thank you! we really the support! 😃
really good video.💜🤎💙🧡💛
Glad you liked it!! ❤️❤️
You need to visit and Bucovina and Danube delta and many other place 🥰
We will definitely get there one day! Already planning to come back to the beautiful Romania! 🇷🇴
wow what beeeaaautiful bears! So sad hearing the stories of the bears but so glad that they are getting taken care of😍 We found your channel on our feed and love your videos! New subscribers here 😊 We're Australians currently RV'ing around the Canadian Rockies 😊
They we're so beautiful! Definitely have to do it if you go to Romania! RV'ing around the Rockies sounds like an absolute dream! We've just subscribed! 😀
That story about the bear getting off the train in Ploiesti...that's crazy, you live in a place like that, in the plains, thinking that at least you won't see bears in the streets like in other places and then you find out it just took the train.
I KNOW 😅😱 the awesome host even said she has seen one in town before! Crazy
Great stuff, my friends from wonderful Australia where I virtually ride on my indoor bike using Kinomap app.❤️🥰 You missed a lot of marvelous things in the Prahova Valley area, but it's understandable, time is limited. Peles Castle, Prejmer, Feldioara, Poiana Brașov. 😊
We will definitely be back to Romania don't worry about that! We can check off all those sights and more when we're back! 😀
@@JordanandEmily Hey, nice of you for answering. :) I feel so happy now. :) Safe travels. :)
I sponsor Nicole the bear at the sanctuary ❤ Luckily we visited Bran Castle in the February 2020 just before the first lockdown so, it was really quite.
that's so cute, definitely a good exucse to head back to romania now and again!
love you guys keep going amazing work 😍😍😍😍 i from romania but never descovery this place
Thank you so much! 😍
I don’t know what day of the week you visited those castles, but it is full on summer / vacation / tourist season and if it was Saturday or Sunday … yeah, there would be a lot of people.
Yep 😄 full on tourist time, it was a weekday but we have a feeling that doesn't matter because of the holidays. It was crazy!
Great Video
Have you been to Maramures? You won't regret it!
Just googled it! 😳 woah! That's looks amazing, can't believe we missed it 😞
Poenari castle was built by Vlad the Impaler,with the help of the imprisoned boyars familyes.
Wow! Thanks for letting us know
I have been to Poland before. There are Castles there.
Castle are the best
Christopher Lee as Count Dracula.
Iconic
❤💛💙🙏🙏🙏
😊
You look so beautiful😍
Thank you ❤️
Loved the video! Is it worth actually going in or just visiting outside?
It's a pretty cool place outside. It's definitely one of those things that you kind of have to go inside if you're there haha but I wouldnt say its a great attraction. The bears though, DEFINITELY worth a visit!
Big bear🐻
😄 super big bear!!
600kg (1333 lbs). 🤩 the King
Hi. Thanks for sharing. What time of year were you there?
Thank you for watching! We were there around mid August this year☺️
That s not only thing you can do, explore some more than castels
We would love to come back and do more! Any recommendations?!
15 ley is like 3 dollars , a pint is more expensive than that ticket😅
The Camera gear was 50 Ley! That'd be a good sized pint 😄
DK Eyewitness Book of Medival Life.
Love books!
Corvin Castle.
Exists!
It does.
1958 Dracula Horror Film. The Diary of Jonathan Harker. 3rd of May 1885.
Yessir!
there should be a funicular to the citadelle going up from RAsnov town
We saw it when we got to the top! but i think it wasn't running while we were there. maybe because the main citadel was still closed? not sure ☹
Vald the Impaler.
Not a nice fellow
I bet he wasn't.
Why you not go on Transfăgărășan,there where you van see bears free without money 😊
We did do the Transfăgărășan! Didn't see any bears though 🐻
6:30 its false.. actually bram stokers novel actually takes place in transilvaya, the black wolf, the bat, the garlic, the blood sucking monsters which need to have their heart impailed before burrying.. all of this is local animals and romanian folklore legends.. and bram stoker knew about that and created the novel Also Dracula is a romanian word of Dracul which means devil Also bram stoker inspired from a postcard about the castle.. and it resembles the one in the book with its placement on the hill coming out of the rocks.. with the flat face full of little windows and very sharp and high towers.. so its not a made up gimmick!! everything is real about it!!!
Thanks for this! Looks like there's a lot of conflicting information all over the internet! 😄
super covid 2022-2099? with sesbania grandfloria/ just 1000 usd for 1 people?
2022 - 2091 1000/USD for 1 peoples is good good
En Roumain
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Actually Peleș castle in Sinaia is much nicer than Bran castle…
Damn! I wish we got to see it ☹
🙋🏼♀i saw 1 dutch vid.. now i see , no need to sub.. what you should do is buy 2x a hamak, hop a train, that is jump on it when it go's away but this is clearly Her channel so it will be infact hotel.. so 1mil will never be reached and he only follows the pssy..
or mans ash as he surely go's both ways.. what ever he suits
1 day he's gay ... sure he pretents to have a gf..
@@mikevandervegt 👋
* * Dump those flip-flops and get some good sneakers...your feet will THANK YOU ! * * ...and NO - Vlad Dracul was not into "crazy and creepy stuff" at all! He was BRAVE and RIGHTEOUS!
the Aussie in us will never allow us to get rid of flipflops (p.s we call them thongs 😂)
If you don't like people thing that you make part from therm😏😏😏😏
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glassiss can see bacteria ? photo flast light? so good for travel? but microscope big see exactly covid spain 1914?
The bridge goes TO terebithia. Not the other way around.
Vlad Țepeș was there and lived there for a while😏 Please read the real history but not that one from the network 😏😏😏😏
Thanks for letting us know
Dracula (Vlad Tepes) was in Wallachia not in Transylvania , Hungary !!! kzhead.info/sun/gL1xYqmoqqiYhHA/bejne.html The hungarian king created the vassal teritory of Moldova and Ungro-Wallahia from Cumania to protect the Hungarian Kingdom. Vlad Tepes family was from Ungro-Wallahia. Vlad Tepes born in the City of Segesvar (Sighisoara) , Transylvania because his parents was many time refugees and he was also 12 year prisonier in the Hungarian Kingdom.
We listened to a podcast and found this out too! crazy! He was still born in Transylvania though right? because the town of Sighisoara seems to think he was born there and that's in Transylvania! 😆
you people never get tired ? why don't you start something like in UKR, where are your balls?
This is a bit midleading. The king of Hungary never really created the states of Wallachia and Moldova. The king of Hungary did, indeed, offer to the Kinghts Hospitaller the Banate of Severin and Cumania but with the exception of the land of the kenezate of Voievode Litovoi. There were also the kenezate of Farcas and Seneslau (basically almost the entirety of future Wallachia) which were never truly given to the Knights. Wallachia proper was formed after the Battle of Posada by Basarab I after his rebellion against the King of Hungary. The rest is correct. All the love and respect to the maghiars and hungarians.
@@brav0wing you need learn history !!!
Dracula not = Vlad Tepes Dracula =Hollywood
100% - Romanian history is so interesting!
@@JordanandEmily like all history, at the same time, there is a lot of fiction in it
The problem is because of Americans we are known as the vampire country.. can you blame us for using that to make you come and change your mind about us when you discover how Romania is so much more then the Dracula story?
Cannot blame you at all! I hope everyone can see the real Romania!
Transylvania is wrongly writen. It is Transilvania!
Thanks for letting us know!
Funny how you don’t like people. We all get that way.
😄 very true!
80% of the built heritage in Transylvania is Hungarian....churches-castles--mansions...Gothic...Renaissance....Baroque....
So pretty!
@@JordanandEmily yes....hungarian heritage is pretty....
100% of your history and "heritage" came from Mongolia behind the China wall. Stop spreading 19th century Austro-Hungarian land grabbing propaganda. It's not 1919 anymore and your grandparents WILLINGLY signed over Transylvania. And you wonder why all of your neighbors can't stand Hungarians...
The bear is walking because of un justice.Is very smart.Stupid animals,they stay on the ground most of the time. I am an animal,and when i am sad,i walk like...1 maybe 2 miles inside my room.is not hard to belive.in circles.
You walk two miles inside your room!?
7:10 Vlad the Impaler is a national hero and he's not been "into torture" as you put it. Now, I will excuse your ignorance because you've not lived here, nor are you interested in Romania's history to be able to know the truth, but I'll fill you in on a few truths. Romania has battled the Ottoman empire for nearly 500 years and many times, while we've been under the Ottoman rule we have had kids abducted from our country to be turned into Janissaries (infantry soldiers) for the Ottoman empire, and one of those kids had been Vlad, the nephew of one of Romania's greatest rulers, Mircea cel Batran (Mircea the Elder) and while in Constantinople (the capital city of the Ottoman empire, currently Istanbul) Vlad had witnesses live impalings of the enemies of the Ottomans. When he grew up and returned to Romania the wrong-doing and corruption were running rampant in this country, the wrong-doers and criminals had not feared any law because there wasn't anyone in this country to teach them a lesson, they were pillaging and ransacking the properties of the common folk so something had to be done. And when Vlad had taken the reign of the country he had - rightfully so - chosen impaling as punishment method for the criminals because brutality was the only thing that could strike fear into criminals. Vlad, as an intelligent and cultured ruler, had not really been a fan of such methods but like I said, it was pretty much the only way to teach criminals a lesson in those times (600-ish years ago). And his method worked because in less than 2-3 short years the people behaved so well that - as word of mouth goes - "you could leave a golden chalice on your porch, or in the middle of the street and nobody would touch it while Vlad ruled". That kind of fear our great hero Vlad had instilled into those thieves and murderers, and I'd argue that even today, over 90% of the world's politicians need a similar punishment :)
We had read so much about him really liking impaling people 😄 must have some incorrect sources!
That 🍑 is lit , would definitely like to see more of it
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thanks for this video . you are so cute and thanks because promovation Romanian a beautifull contry . thanks again . you are gorgeous