A mountain pass in Transylvania (at the time a part of Hungary and now located in Romania) made famous in the opening chapter of Bram Stoker's Dracula, Borgo pass (or Birgau Pass) is an oft-trod passageway through the Carpathian Mountains in Eastern Europe. Dracula opened with the journey of Jonathan Harker to Castle Dracula. Arriving at the city of Bistritz, he received a letter from Count Dracula directing him to the Borgo Pass (which begins near the town of Tihucza). The next day he took the coach from Bistritz to Bukovina and was let out at the Pass. Here he was met by a coach with a mysterious driver (later revealed to be Count Dracula himself) and taken to Castle Dracula. The scene at Borgo Pass has been most effectively used over the years in various Dracula movies to build an initial atmosphere of foreboding.