11-Hour Corvin Castle Tour from Oradea with Gothic Architecture
About This Tour
Embark on a full-day tour from Oradea to the magnificent Corvin Castle, travelling in comfort by air-conditioned car. Discover the history and architecture of o...
Duration: 11 Hours · Tour type: Shared · Activity level: Easy · Accommodation: Not included · Transport: Included · Wheelchair access: No · Cities: Oradea, Hunedoara · Languages: English, German, Romanian
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What's Included
- Transport by air-conditioned car
- Guide service
- Pick-up and drop-off from your hotel in Oradea
- Translation of the castle presentation if the local guide is not available
- A bottle of mineral water
Not Included
- Entrance tickets
- Photo and video fees
- Souvenirs
- Meals
Itinerary
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1Day 01
Corvin Castle Day Tour from Oradea
We begin our trip early in the morning, heading to Hunedoara, the town where the castle is located. Once there, we shall buy the tickets and visit the castle. The castle guide will give the explanations in Romanian, and the tour guide will translate. The castle is a large and imposing structure with tall towers, bastions, an inner courtyard, diversely coloured roofs, and myriad windows and balconies adorned with stone carvings. The castle also features a double wall for enhanced fortification and is flanked by both rectangular and circular towers, an architectural innovation for the period's Transylvanian architecture. Some of the towers - the Capistrano Tower, the Deserted Tower, and the Drummers' Tower - were used as prisons. The Buzdugan Tower, named after a type of mace, was built solely for defensive purposes, and its exterior was decorated with geometric motifs. The rectangular towers have large openings to accommodate larger weapons. The tower called Neboisa, which means "Don't be afraid" in Serbo-Croatian, remained unchanged from John Hunyadi's time, and the Capistrano Tower, named after the saint and Franciscan friar from the Battle of Belgrade in 1456, is one of the most significant parts of the construction. Other significant parts of the building are the Knights' Hall, a great reception hall, the Diet Hall, the torture chambers where various torture tools are displayed, and a fountain dug by three Turkish prisoners who were promised freedom when the job was done. It took them 15 years and 28 days to reach water, but in the end, they were killed in the prison where the convicted were thrown to wild beasts. Late in the evening, we shall return to Oradea.
Meeting Point
Meeting point: Oradea, Romania · Tour start: Oradea, Romania — Tour ends at the same location as the start point.
