\u201cIf you have passed through the gate of Transylvania and have reached the Land of Count Dracula, you should have your passport on you\u201d show the warnings in the passport published by the Association for Tourism Promotion entitled \u201cTourist in Bistri\u0163a N\u0103s\u0103ud\u201d. Everybody will know that you are the guest of the Count and that you are under his protection. You must wear a little cross and carry garlic cloves in your pockets. The passport also reads that plum brandy gives you courage and makes you invincible. If you decide to visit Dracula\u2019s Land in late July get ready for a party, because the Garlic Festival will be in full swing. If you come to Transylvania in October you\u2019ll have the opportunity to attend the Witches Ball, which the Count holds at the castle each year.<\/p>\n
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Claudia Andron is the president of the \u201cTourist in Bistri\u0163a N\u0103s\u0103ud\u201d Association for Tourism Promotion and also the creator of the passport for Transylvania: \u201cIf people choose to go to Maramure\u015f to find authentic Romanian traditions and to Bukovina to see the wonderful monasteries there, here in Transylvania they have it all. We have all types of tourism, ecological, rural, ecumenical, cultural and historical. And we also have the true story of Count Dracula. In Bram Stoker\u2019s novel, the events are set in Bistri\u0163a N\u0103s\u0103ud, in the Tihu\u0163a Pass. We have created these passports to offer them to those who want to pass through the gate of Transylvania. Bistri\u0163a N\u0103s\u0103ud is located on the border between the regions of Moldavia and Transylvania and between Maramure\u015f and Transylvania. Those who pass the gate and enter Bistri\u0163a N\u0103s\u0103ud will receive a passport with travel warnings and recommendations for a holiday in Count Dracula\u2019s Land. Bistri\u0163a N\u0103s\u0103ud is the land of all tourist opportunities. You will even find a beach resort here, in Colibi\u0163a. The beach was set up near a storage lake that has drawn many tourists over the past two years.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Next Claudia Andron will talk about the cultural events organized in the area: \u201cWe have several satire and humour festivals such as the \u2018Golden Apple\u2019 that has been held for 20 years. We also organize \u2018Zamfira\u2019s Wedding\u2019, an event that gathers ensembles from around the world in Bistri\u0163a every year. We also have symphony music concerts held in the Bistri\u0163a Synagogue. We should not forget about the \u2018Garlic Festival in Count Dracula\u2019s Land\u2019, which is held each year in the last week of July. The festival has its own Facebook page. This year we\u2019ll hold the 5th edition. Last year the festival was attended by 35 thousand people. It is a unique event in Romania, created by special people for special people. We have games for children, old, traditional games in which they throw garlic at witches. In the evening, we organize bonfires around which rituals are held to ward off evil spirits. The rituals are said to protect the area from evil spirits and from the maleficent influence of Count Dracula for one whole year.\u201d<\/p>\n
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If you happen to be in N\u0103s\u0103ud, by all means you stop at the famous traditional costume creator Virginia Linul. And she is not the only woman highly-skilled in the making of traditional costumes.<\/p>\n
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With details on that, here is Claudia Andron once again: \u201cThe region of N\u0103s\u0103ud is the land of traditional costumes. There you can find dozens of women who still sew traditional costumes in the old fashion. They don\u2019t use embroidery machines, everything is hand-made, and they use beads to create traditional motifs. Around May 15 you can see thousands of people dressed in traditional costumes. It is an event held in our region alone, because we have preserved traditional costumes. Here you will also see eddies, natural washing machines that our ancestors used. You should know that eddies are still used in Bistri\u0163a N\u0103s\u0103ud.\u201c<\/p>\n
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Claudia Andron has collected feedback from tourists who visited Bistri\u0163a N\u0103s\u0103ud: \u201dThey told us that people were very welcoming, and prices were affordable as compared to what they found elsewhere across the country. Thanks to the hosts\u2019 very special care, people really feel they are on holiday. Then the food is very good. With us, people can still have fine and very healthy food. We are developing and backing a project themed \u2018Made in Bistri\u0163a N\u0103s\u0103ud\u2019 by means of which we encourage the consumption of natural food such as traditional pressed cheese, homemade bread and homemade horn-shaped cookies. German is spoken in our region but most of us are fluent in English, and very many people in our region work abroad. There are no language barriers in Bistri\u0163a N\u0103s\u0103ud.\u201d<\/p>\n
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And here are some of the recommendations you can find in the passport edited by the \u201cTourist in Bistri\u0163a N\u0103s\u0103ud\u201d Tourism Promotion Association. You need to make sure that a local will accompany you on your way to the castle in the mountains. The scenery is of a rare beauty and wild animals can get in the way any time. The Barg\u0103u Mountains boast the highest number of brown bears and wolves in Europe. The lake in Colibi\u0163a impresses everybody, but you\u2019re not supposed to admire yourself in the mirror of the lake. Local people tell stories about real monsters hiding in the depths. As for the full moon nights, they should never catch you unaccompanied.\u201c<\/p>\n
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The administrator of the castle in the Barg\u0103u Mountains Ana-Maria Muscar will now make a brief presentation of that: “We are at an altitude of 1,116 meters in the famous Barg\u0103u Pass. We are one of Bistri\u0163a\u2019s most important tourist objectives. The construction was designed as a real-life replica of the castle in the famous novel written by Bram Stoker. So it is an imposing construction with battlements, made of stone and wood, with a very attractive interior design: plenty of red and black colours and dragons. Inside the castle you will discover Count Dracula\u2019s tomb and tunnel. The tunnel is a longer route, a several tens of meters long which ends up in the Count\u2019s tomb.\u201d<\/p>\n
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This is an offer for those who are more into adrenaline-rush activities, but also for those who want a peaceful holiday in areas where nature has been preserved unaltered.<\/p>\n
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