Romania, Transylvania
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Romania in 8 days
Itinerary:
Day 1: Arrival in Bucharest- Bucharest city tour (30 km)The guide awaits you at the Otopeni airport holding a name plate with your name on it. Transfer to the hotel in Bucharest. After a refreshment break we make a city tour having as highlights: The Press House, the Kisselef Boulevard, The Arch of Triumph, the Victoriei Square, the Victoriei Street, the Revolution Square, the Cotroceni Palace, the Palace of the Parliament and other old streets like the Lipscani Street. Dinner in a traditional Romanian Restaurant with Valachian specialties, located near the Hotel. Day 2: Bucharest - Ploiesti - Sinaia - Brasov (190 km)After visiting the Palace of the Parliament, the second largest building in the world after the Pentagon, we drive north towards Brasov. On our way you can admire the famous oil fields near Ploiesti. We will have lunch in Sinaia. After lunch you have the opportunity to see the summer residence o the Romanian royal family. The kings had German Prussian origins from the Hohenzoller von Singmaringen family. In the afternoon we arrive in Brasov (Kronstadt). Dinner and accommodation for two nights in the City of the Crown. Day 3: Brasov, the city from the Middle Ages and Citadels of the Barsa Land (60 km) City tour in Brasov (3 hours walking time), where you will discover the sights of the medieval city : the town hall square (we visit it on the inside too), the Black Church (we visit it on the inside too), the Weaver Bastion (we visit it on the inside too), the White and Black Tower, etc. Lunch break in the city. In the afternoon we drive to Bran (Törzburg) where the so called Dracula Castle is. Afterwards we visit the Peasant's Citadel in Rasnov (Rossenau). Dinner in Poiana Brasov at a traditional touristic shepherd house. After dinner we drive back to Brasov. Day 4: Brasov - Prejmer - Viscri - Sighisoara (150 km)First we visit, in Prejmer, the best preserved peasant's citadel from the Barsa Land. We drive two hours until we reach small village - Viscri (German Weisskirch). Here you will find out more about the „Mihai Eminesu Trust" and it's restauration project. Viscri is an abandoned village which now comes back to life. In the afternoon we drive to Sighisoara (Schässburg). We visit the city and see the main touristic objectives of the so called "Rothenburg ob der Taube from Transylvania": the Clock Tower, the Covered Staircase, Dracula's birth house etc. Dinner in Dracula's birth house. Overnightin Sighisoara. Day 5: Sighisoara - Biertan - Medias - Valea Viilor - Sibiu (160 km)First we go to the fortified church in Biertan, which used to be the Bishops' residence for more than 300 years. We will also visit the old Pharmacy. We head towards Medias, to the Church Castle, on our way passing through Richis and Mosna. Lunch break in Medias- the birth place of Hermann Oberth (the father of space-flight). In the afternoon we drive to the 3rd UNESCO fortified Church in Valea Viilor/ Wurmloch. We visit the church and then we drive to Sibiu. Dinner and accommodation for 2 nights in Sibiu. Day 6: Sibiu - European Cultural Capital 2007 & Surroundings (60 km)After breakfast we make a city tour in the European Cultural Capital 2007. We will visit, among others the Evangelical Church, the Council Tower, The large and the Small Square, the Liars' Bridge, the Peasants' Market etc. Lunch break and free time in Sibiu. In the afternoon we drive to Cristian/ Großau, in order to visit the Fortified Church, and also to Sibiel to see the unique Religious Icons Museum (naive reverse glass painting). We drive back to Sibiu for dinner. Day 7: Sibiu - Curtea de Arges - Pitesti - Bucuresti (290 km)Today we drive through the Olt River breakthrough, to the Monastery in Curtea de Arges, a mix between Islamic and Orthodox architecture. Next we drive through Pitesti until Bucharest.Free time late in the afternoon in Bucharest/ "the little Paris" of the East.Dinner and overnight in Bucharest. Day 8: Returning Home (20 km) Transfer to the airport. Here you say goodbye to the guide.
Included services
- 7 x accommodation with breakfast in hotels / pensions (DBL with own bathroom/WC)
- rent a car for 8 days from / to Bucharest
- city-tour with an English speaking guide in Bucharest, Brasov, Sighisoara and Sibiu
- Info material: Maps and route description
- 1 x coffee and cakes at a peasant family in Prejmer
- 1 x dinner with Romanian specialities at a peasant family in Sibiel
Not included in Price (Optional)
- Single room supplement
- Dinner (except on day 6)
- Flight tickets
- Lunch
- Photo fees
- Travel cancellation insurance
- Other private costs (souvenirs, etc.)
- on request (the prices depends on the standard of the hotels and class of the rented cars)
