The country's mountain scenery and great diversity of wildlife, its cultures and people, and a way of life that at times seems out of the last century, leave few who visit unaffected.
"On this island is a 16th century monastery . . . and in the monastery—you guessed it—is the tomb of Vlad the Impaler. What setting could be more perfect for the grave of one of history’s spookiest personalities?"
Snagov village was built around the Snagov monastery. The first written record of it is found in a document from the court of Mircea cel Bătrân and dated 1408.