Tourism to famous Dracula

Dracula, that figure not only famous at origin country Romania but famous all over the world First Secretary – DCM Political Affairs Embassy of Romania to Indonesia Mr Eugen Sihleanu today told to us, Transylvania the castle of Dracula is the ones famous tourism destination in this country, even much people from another country visit this castle.

At the beginning of this new millennium, the Dracula myth continues to fascinate. It is obvious that the appeal of this solitary, lovelorn, romantic but bloodthirsty vampire,who has haunted the world since his first appearance in Bram Stoker's novel of 1897, has not even remotely begun to fade.

This strange creature had made his way from the pages of the novel into film, the popular imagination, and now the tourist circuit. Much of the story of Dracula is set in Transylvania, in the Birgau Pass of Carpathian Mountains. Here, in majestic scenery, where the pass lead from Bistrita (remember the celebrated Golden Crown inn?) into Moldavia, there is hotel which even today evokes of shadow of the castle where the vampire was slain and the spell broken at least at the end of the novel.

In winter, the snow here glints with violaceous hue. Hinting at eldritch mysteries. Over three centuries, from 1394 to 1690, Transylvania was devastated fourteen times by Tartar and Ottoman invasion. By 1600, there were three hundren Saxon fortresses, of which half re still standing today. (yoedi karyono/source: Embassy of Romania Jakarta)