9 Days Treasures Of Romania Tour
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Day 1: Bucharest airport transfer
Pass By: Bucharest, Bucharest
Arrival in Bucharest. Youโll be transferred to your hotel where youโll receive more details about your tour. The rest of the day is at your leisure.
Total driving hours of the day: 40 min
No meals included on this day.
Accommodation included: Overnight in Bucharest: 4-star hotel
Day 2: Half Day Tour of Bucharest
Pass By: Bucharest, Bucharest
Today you will enjoy a panoramic tour of Bucharest that will include: the Constitution Square, the University Square, Charles de Gaulle Square, the Victory Avenue and the Victory Square, the Arch of Triumph, the House of the Free Press, the Union Boulevard. The tour guide will offer you explanation about the history of Bucharest and you will discover the cultural contrasts of the once Little Paris of the East.
Stop At: Palace of Parliament, Strada Izvor 2-4, Bucharest 050711 Romania
Visit world's second largest administrative building, the Romanian Palace of the Parliament. Find out the story of this construction and how the communist regime created the new civic center of Bucharest.
You will enjoy the standard English tour and you will need your passport to enter the building.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Stop At: Muzeul National al Satului "Dimitrie Gusti", Kiseleff Road 28-30 In King Michael I Park, Bucharest 011347 Romania
Visit the charming open air Village Museum. It boasts old and original houses brought from different parts of the country.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Revolution Square (Piata Revolutiei), Calea Victoriei Boulevard, Bucharest Romania
In The Revolution Square, youโll get the story of the anti-communist revolution from 1989 and youโll find out more about the hardships an entire nation had to suffer for 45 years.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Old Town, Bucharest Romania
The day ends with what became the most bustling area of Bucharest, The Old Center. Once, the place of princely families and nobles, later an area of the craftsmen, the old center became today the Mecca of bars, restaurants, and quaint cobblestone streets.
Duration: 30 minutes
Meals included:
โข Breakfast
Accommodation included: Overnight in Bucharest: 4-star hotel
Day 3: Bucharest - Curtea de Arges - Sibiu
Stop At: Curtea de Arges Monastery, Bulevardul Basarabilor 1, Curtea de Arges 115300 Romania
Visit Curtea de Arges Monastery, one of the most beautiful Orthodox churches in the country. The tour guide will tell you the legend that tells the story of the construction of this church.
You will also see the tombs of the royal family of Romania and the founders of this church.
Duration: 30 minutes
Pass By: Le Lac Balea, Fagaras Mountains Romania
Take a drive along the famous Transfagarasan Road. Built in just 4 years, the highway crosses the Carpathian Mountains. The landscape is majestic and youโll stop several times for pictures. Once on the top of the mountain, youโll admire the Balea Lake and then continue to the legendary land of Transylvania.
(Between November 1st and June 30, Transfagarasan Highway will be replaced with the road along the Olt river valey).
Meals included:
โข Breakfast
Accommodation included: Overnight in Sibiu at a 4-star hotel.
Day 4: Sibiu - Biertan - Sighisoara - Cluj Napoca
Stop At: Sibiu, Sibiu, Sibiu County, Central Romania, Transylvania
You will start the day with a short walking tour in Sibiu old town.
Hermanstadt, to use its German name, was founded by the Saxon colonists about 800 years ago. In a short time, Sibiu became one of the most important cities of Transylvania. Sibiu boasts several medieval squares (the Large Square, the Small Square, the Huet Square), several towers of Defense, the Roman-Catholic Cathedral, the Evangelic Cathedral, the Bridge of Liars, the Orthodox Cathedral, the Council Tower and the beautiful Brukenthal Museum.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Stop At: Biertan Fortified Church, Central Square, Biertan 557045 Romania
Discover Biertan village and the Fortified Church, part of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites, one of the strongest of these unique fortifications from Transylvania.
Duration: 45 minutes
Stop At: Sighisoara Historic Center, Piata Cetatii Nr.1 Center of Sighisoara, Sighisoara 545400 Romania
Sighisoara, another UNESCO site in Transylvania, is the next stop on your trip. Built by the Germans about 800 years ago, the medieval citadel of Sighisoara looks like a perfect postcard. It is the best-preserved citadel in Romania, a stunning combination of cobblestone streets, medieval walls, massive watchtowers and old architecture.
Visit the Clock Tower and the Church on the Hill.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Meals included:
โข Breakfast
Accommodation included: Overnight in Cluj Napoca at a 4-star hotel.
Day 5: Cluj Napoca - Surdesti - Sighet - Sapanta - Maramures village
Stop At: Surdesti Wooden Church, Surdesti Romania
Visit the UNESCO site of Surdesti. The local wooden church, built in the 18th century, is an amazing example of the local architecture, a wooden church surrounded by a well-preserved rural landscape.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Memorial of the Victims of Communism and of the Resistance, Str. Corneliu Coposu No. 4, Sighetu Marmatiei 435500 Romania
Visit a former prison where during the communist years many important Romanian leaders, but also common people who were against the regime, lost their lives. It is here where you will hear more about the horrors of the communist regime.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Sapanta, Sapanta, Maramures County, Northwest Romania, Transylvania
In Sapanta village you will admire the famous Merry Cemetery. It has gained originality and value by means of the chopped, carved and painted crosses on which the artisan has chiseled out versified epitaphs, most of them full of a remarkable sense of humor, particular to the area and to all Romanians.
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: Sapanta-Peri Monastery, Sapanta Romania
Stop to admire the highest wooden structure in the world: Peri Convent, recently rebuilt.
Duration: 15 minutes
Meals included:
โข Breakfast
โข Dinner: You will enjoy a delicious and traditional homemade dinner.
Accommodation included: Overnight in Maramures village: guest house, rooms with private bathroom
Day 6: Maramures village - Barsana - Moldovita - Sucevita - Bucovina
Stop At: Barsana, Barsana, Maramures County, Northwest Romania, Transylvania
First, you will visit the house of a local woodcarver who will be happy to have as his guests. Then, youโll visit one of the highest wooden churches in the world, Barsana Convent.
Duration: 45 minutes
Stop At: Moldovita Monastery, Vatra Moldovitei 727595 Romania
Visit the painted convent from Moldovita (UNESCO site). Youโll receive explanations about the frescoes and why they were painted on the exterior walls more than 400 years ago.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Sucevita Monastery, Dn17a 169, Sucevita 727510 Romania
Reach Sucevita, known for its stunning painted church, the most impressive and the best preserved of all the painted churches. This religious complex, which looks more like a fortress, is set up in a beautiful valley surrounded by green mountains.
Duration: 30 minutes
Meals included:
โข Breakfast
Accommodation included: Overnight in Bucovina: 4-star hotel
Day 7: Bucovina - Bicaz Gorge - Szekelyland
Stop At: Manastirea Voronet, Strada Voronet 166, Voronet 725301 Romania
Erected in 1488, Voronet Monastery, also an UNESCO site, is a combination of Byzantine, Gothic and local elements. The exterior painting on the western wall depicts, on five registers, the Last Judgement scene, unique in the whole world.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Bicaz Gorge - Hasmas Mountain National Park, Romania
Cross the Carpathian mountains and enjoy a scenic drive along the Bicaz Gorge. You will have a short stop to take some photos.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Red Lake, Lacu Rosu 535502 Romania
Enjoy a short stop at the Red Lake and find out how this peculiar and unique lake was formed.
Duration: 15 minutes
Meals included:
โข Breakfast
Accommodation included: Overnight in Szeklerland: superior estate, where youโll enjoy a lovely dinner (not included, about 18โฌ/person)
Day 8: Szekelyland - Brasov - Bran - Sinaia - Bucharest
Stop At: Brasov, Brasov, Brasov County, Central Romania, Transylvania
In the morning, you will enjoy a short walking tour in the old town of Brasov. Youโll admire the beautiful buildings like the Black Church* which is built in Gothic style. Also, you will see the narrowest street in Romania, Rope Street, Schei and Catherineโs Gates, St. Nicholas Church and the old Schei neighborhood.
*the Black Church will be seen only from outside during the cold months (from November until April)
Duration: 45 minutes
Stop At: Bran Castle (Dracula's Castle), Str. General Traian Mosoiu nr. 24, Bran 507025 Romania
Visit the famous Bran castle also known as Draculaโs castle. It was a safeguard castle for the trade route that connected Transylvania and Wallachia, built by the people of Brasov in the 14th century.
For tourists this place is the residence of the fictional character, Count Dracula. In reality, Bran Castle is connected to Queen Marie of Romania. Her story is equally interesting with the one of Dracula, if not more interesting.
During the warm season, official holidays and the weekends, the castle is crowded.
Duration: 1 hour 20 minutes
Stop At: Peles Castle, Str. Pelesului 2, Sinaia 106100 Romania
The Peles Castle, built in two stages between 1875 and 1914, was the summer residence of King Carol Ist and his wife, queen Elisabeth. Youโll visit the ground floor where youโll be astonished by the overwhelming interiors, amazing stain-glass windows, paintings, some of them made by famous artists such as Gustav Klimt.
Duration: 1 hour 20 minutes
Meals included:
โข Breakfast
Accommodation included: Overnight in Bucharest at a 4-star hotel.
Day 9: Bucharrest airport transfer
Pass By: Bucharest, Bucharest
Free time in the morning and then pick up from your hotel for the transfer to the airport according to your flight schedule.
End of the tour
Meals included:
โข Breakfast
No accommodation included on this day.
Day 1: Bucharest airport transfer
Pass By: Bucharest, Bucharest
Arrival in Bucharest. Youโll be transferred to your hotel where youโll receive more details about your tour. The rest of the day is at your leisure.
Total driving hours of the day: 40 min
No meals included on this day.
Accommodation included: Overnight in Bucharest: 4-star hotel
Day 2: Half Day Tour of Bucharest
Pass By: Bucharest, Bucharest
Today you will enjoy a panoramic tour of Bucharest that will include: the Constitution Square, the University Square, Charles de Gaulle Square, the Victory Avenue and the Victory Square, the Arch of Triumph, the House of the Free Press, the Union Boulevard. The tour guide will offer you explanation about the history of Bucharest and you will discover the cultural contrasts of the once Little Paris of the East.
Stop At: Palace of Parliament, Strada Izvor 2-4, Bucharest 050711 Romania
Visit world's second largest administrative building, the Romanian Palace of the Parliament. Find out the story of this construction and how the communist regime created the new civic center of Bucharest.
You will enjoy the standard English tour and you will need your passport to enter the building.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Stop At: Muzeul National al Satului "Dimitrie Gusti", Kiseleff Road 28-30 In King Michael I Park, Bucharest 011347 Romania
Visit the charming open air Village Museum. It boasts old and original houses brought from different parts of the country.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Revolution Square (Piata Revolutiei), Calea Victoriei Boulevard, Bucharest Romania
In The Revolution Square, youโll get the story of the anti-communist revolution from 1989 and youโll find out more about the hardships an entire nation had to suffer for 45 years.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Old Town, Bucharest Romania
The day ends with what became the most bustling area of Bucharest, The Old Center. Once, the place of princely families and nobles, later an area of the craftsmen, the old center became today the Mecca of bars, restaurants, and quaint cobblestone streets.
Duration: 30 minutes
Meals included:
โข Breakfast
Accommodation included: Overnight in Bucharest: 4-star hotel
Day 3: Bucharest - Curtea de Arges - Sibiu
Stop At: Curtea de Arges Monastery, Bulevardul Basarabilor 1, Curtea de Arges 115300 Romania
Visit Curtea de Arges Monastery, one of the most beautiful Orthodox churches in the country. The tour guide will tell you the legend that tells the story of the construction of this church.
You will also see the tombs of the royal family of Romania and the founders of this church.
Duration: 30 minutes
Pass By: Le Lac Balea, Fagaras Mountains Romania
Take a drive along the famous Transfagarasan Road. Built in just 4 years, the highway crosses the Carpathian Mountains. The landscape is majestic and youโll stop several times for pictures. Once on the top of the mountain, youโll admire the Balea Lake and then continue to the legendary land of Transylvania.
(Between November 1st and June 30, Transfagarasan Highway will be replaced with the road along the Olt river valey).
Meals included:
โข Breakfast
Accommodation included: Overnight in Sibiu at a 4-star hotel.
Day 4: Sibiu - Biertan - Sighisoara - Cluj Napoca
Stop At: Sibiu, Sibiu, Sibiu County, Central Romania, Transylvania
You will start the day with a short walking tour in Sibiu old town.
Hermanstadt, to use its German name, was founded by the Saxon colonists about 800 years ago. In a short time, Sibiu became one of the most important cities of Transylvania. Sibiu boasts several medieval squares (the Large Square, the Small Square, the Huet Square), several towers of Defense, the Roman-Catholic Cathedral, the Evangelic Cathedral, the Bridge of Liars, the Orthodox Cathedral, the Council Tower and the beautiful Brukenthal Museum.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Stop At: Biertan Fortified Church, Central Square, Biertan 557045 Romania
Discover Biertan village and the Fortified Church, part of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites, one of the strongest of these unique fortifications from Transylvania.
Duration: 45 minutes
Stop At: Sighisoara Historic Center, Piata Cetatii Nr.1 Center of Sighisoara, Sighisoara 545400 Romania
Sighisoara, another UNESCO site in Transylvania, is the next stop on your trip. Built by the Germans about 800 years ago, the medieval citadel of Sighisoara looks like a perfect postcard. It is the best-preserved citadel in Romania, a stunning combination of cobblestone streets, medieval walls, massive watchtowers and old architecture.
Visit the Clock Tower and the Church on the Hill.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Meals included:
โข Breakfast
Accommodation included: Overnight in Cluj Napoca at a 4-star hotel.
Day 5: Cluj Napoca - Surdesti - Sighet - Sapanta - Maramures village
Stop At: Surdesti Wooden Church, Surdesti Romania
Visit the UNESCO site of Surdesti. The local wooden church, built in the 18th century, is an amazing example of the local architecture, a wooden church surrounded by a well-preserved rural landscape.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Memorial of the Victims of Communism and of the Resistance, Str. Corneliu Coposu No. 4, Sighetu Marmatiei 435500 Romania
Visit a former prison where during the communist years many important Romanian leaders, but also common people who were against the regime, lost their lives. It is here where you will hear more about the horrors of the communist regime.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Sapanta, Sapanta, Maramures County, Northwest Romania, Transylvania
In Sapanta village you will admire the famous Merry Cemetery. It has gained originality and value by means of the chopped, carved and painted crosses on which the artisan has chiseled out versified epitaphs, most of them full of a remarkable sense of humor, particular to the area and to all Romanians.
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: Sapanta-Peri Monastery, Sapanta Romania
Stop to admire the highest wooden structure in the world: Peri Convent, recently rebuilt.
Duration: 15 minutes
Meals included:
โข Breakfast
โข Dinner: You will enjoy a delicious and traditional homemade dinner.
Accommodation included: Overnight in Maramures village: guest house, rooms with private bathroom
Day 6: Maramures village - Barsana - Moldovita - Sucevita - Bucovina
Stop At: Barsana, Barsana, Maramures County, Northwest Romania, Transylvania
First, you will visit the house of a local woodcarver who will be happy to have as his guests. Then, youโll visit one of the highest wooden churches in the world, Barsana Convent.
Duration: 45 minutes
Stop At: Moldovita Monastery, Vatra Moldovitei 727595 Romania
Visit the painted convent from Moldovita (UNESCO site). Youโll receive explanations about the frescoes and why they were painted on the exterior walls more than 400 years ago.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Sucevita Monastery, Dn17a 169, Sucevita 727510 Romania
Reach Sucevita, known for its stunning painted church, the most impressive and the best preserved of all the painted churches. This religious complex, which looks more like a fortress, is set up in a beautiful valley surrounded by green mountains.
Duration: 30 minutes
Meals included:
โข Breakfast
Accommodation included: Overnight in Bucovina: 4-star hotel
Day 7: Bucovina - Bicaz Gorge - Szekelyland
Stop At: Manastirea Voronet, Strada Voronet 166, Voronet 725301 Romania
Erected in 1488, Voronet Monastery, also an UNESCO site, is a combination of Byzantine, Gothic and local elements. The exterior painting on the western wall depicts, on five registers, the Last Judgement scene, unique in the whole world.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Bicaz Gorge - Hasmas Mountain National Park, Romania
Cross the Carpathian mountains and enjoy a scenic drive along the Bicaz Gorge. You will have a short stop to take some photos.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Red Lake, Lacu Rosu 535502 Romania
Enjoy a short stop at the Red Lake and find out how this peculiar and unique lake was formed.
Duration: 15 minutes
Meals included:
โข Breakfast
Accommodation included: Overnight in Szeklerland: superior estate, where youโll enjoy a lovely dinner (not included, about 18โฌ/person)
Day 8: Szekelyland - Brasov - Bran - Sinaia - Bucharest
Stop At: Brasov, Brasov, Brasov County, Central Romania, Transylvania
In the morning, you will enjoy a short walking tour in the old town of Brasov. Youโll admire the beautiful buildings like the Black Church* which is built in Gothic style. Also, you will see the narrowest street in Romania, Rope Street, Schei and Catherineโs Gates, St. Nicholas Church and the old Schei neighborhood.
*the Black Church will be seen only from outside during the cold months (from November until April)
Duration: 45 minutes
Stop At: Bran Castle (Dracula's Castle), Str. General Traian Mosoiu nr. 24, Bran 507025 Romania
Visit the famous Bran castle also known as Draculaโs castle. It was a safeguard castle for the trade route that connected Transylvania and Wallachia, built by the people of Brasov in the 14th century.
For tourists this place is the residence of the fictional character, Count Dracula. In reality, Bran Castle is connected to Queen Marie of Romania. Her story is equally interesting with the one of Dracula, if not more interesting.
During the warm season, official holidays and the weekends, the castle is crowded.
Duration: 1 hour 20 minutes
Stop At: Peles Castle, Str. Pelesului 2, Sinaia 106100 Romania
The Peles Castle, built in two stages between 1875 and 1914, was the summer residence of King Carol Ist and his wife, queen Elisabeth. Youโll visit the ground floor where youโll be astonished by the overwhelming interiors, amazing stain-glass windows, paintings, some of them made by famous artists such as Gustav Klimt.
Duration: 1 hour 20 minutes
Meals included:
โข Breakfast
Accommodation included: Overnight in Bucharest at a 4-star hotel.
Day 9: Bucharrest airport transfer
Pass By: Bucharest, Bucharest
Free time in the morning and then pick up from your hotel for the transfer to the airport according to your flight schedule.
End of the tour
Meals included:
โข Breakfast
No accommodation included on this day.
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