Bistrita, Romania Hotels, Vacations, Tourism

BISTRITA (Bistritz), 40km southeast of Beclean, and the forested Bârgau valley beyond, are the setting for much of Bram Stoker's Dracula ; his Dracula's castle lies in the Bârgau valley and it was in Bistrita that Jonathan Harker received the first hints that something was amiss. Stoker never visited Romania, though he read widely about the terrain and accurately described the hills covered with orchards that surround the town. Remains of Neolithic settlements have been found near Bistrita, although the earliest records of the town coincide with the arrival of Saxon settlers, who built … more »