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Summer “Dracula Tour” to Transylvania begins today

"DraculaTour” is billed as the only true fully-escorted “vampire vacation” professionally organized by fans especially for fans. Travelers experience the definitive vampire-themed adventure with fellow fans, friends & fiends of the macabre on a vacation that is scary, sexy, spooky, campy - but most of all - fun for all ages! The group departs JFK airport in New York today and returns July 16. The next planned vampire vacation travels from the U.S. on October 27th and returns on November 3rd, so that participants spend their Halloween celebration in Dracula’s Castle. These trips to Transylvania, in Romania, are presented by Tours of Terror, who also host "Weekend of the Witch" (to Salem), and also the annual “GHOSTour Week of Horrors” (to England and Scotland).

 

There is both educational and entertainment value as the tour includes historical Bran Castle, Clock Tower, the Black Church, Vlad’s birthplace, Vlad’s castle (also known as Dracula's fortress) and also the monastery where Vlad is buried. It’s the perfect combination of fun and fear, for anyone looking for an unusual weeklong ghoulish getaway. Vampires, vampire fans and even vampire slayers are welcome, and all get along harmoniously.

 

The highlight of the “Dracula Tour” is undoubtedly spending a night inside Dracula’s Castle. All travelers dress in their best costumes, eat a lavish meal, experience a “vampire” show, descend to the dungeon of the castle where “the coffin” lies waiting, dance to appropriate macabre music (everything from “The Monster Mash” to music from “Rocky Horror”), partake in a moonlit bonfire and simply have the times of their lives ... even if they’re part of the undead. Every year, one couple takes the experience one step further -- they get married during the trip with their ceremony and reception at Dracula's Castle, and all the fellow travelers are guests at this unique wedding! Whereas most couples kiss after their cake-cutting ceremony, the bride and groom bite each other’s necks (lovingly, of course).

Days are spent sightseeing and nights are filled with howling parties, film screenings, bonfires and surprises.

 

This professionally-guided, fully-escorted tour is ideal for the single traveler, but also is well-suited for couples and even families. If you're the type who would enjoy dressing up (or down) for a masquerade ball in Dracula's Castle, or if you can imagine have a blood-suckingly great time partying under a full moon in a land that time forgot, this is the tour experience of a lifetime.

 

 

To read about the past vampire vacations, or for additional information, visit: www.toursandevents.com. For a free color brochure, write to "Tours of Terror" at 315 Derby Avenue, Orange CT 06477 or call toll-free (866) T-E-R-R-OR-T-O-U-R (direct line is 203-795-4737).