Tour Standard Romania Tour (8 Days, From Cluj-Napoca)

Transport

• airport pick up & drop off • transportation by private vehicle or minibus • gas, road tax and parking fees

Meals

9 meals included (as mentioned in the tour description): 2 x breakfast, 2 x dinner

Accommodation

• 2 overnights in a rural guesthouses (double room based) • 5 overnights in 3* hotels (double room based) Please note: Air conditioning : guesthouses in Romania usually don’t have AC. Some 3* hotels may also not have AC. Elevators : guesthouses and 3* hotels do not have elevators in Romania (with few exceptions in hotels). A certain amount of steps will be involved. You will have to carry your own luggage, as help is not guaranteed to be available. Please pack wisely. Window shutters : most accommodations do not have window shutters in Romania. Most of the times curtains are present, but if you have trouble sleeping without shutters, please bring a sleeping mask. Background sounds : in Romanian countryside, the rooster, the dogs or the singing birds would be the first waking up in the morning. If you have trouble sleeping and prefer not to wake up early in the morning, we recommend earplugs.

Guide

English speaking guide / driver

Others

• entry tickets (for two wooden churches in Maramures, Sapanta Merry Cemetery, two painted monasteries in Bucovina, the Black Church in Brasov, Prejmer fortified church, Peles and Bran castles, Turda salt mine) • Easter egg painting demonstration

Not included:

Others

• your meals and drinks (others than mentioned) • tickets for the amusement park inside Turda salt mine • photo / video fees (where required) • personal expenses

Insurance

Travel insurance is not included.

Flights

Flights are not included.

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Day 1 Day 1: Friday, Cluj-Napoca
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 1: Friday, Cluj-Napoca

Arrival in Cluj-Napoca. Pick up from the airport and transfer to the hotel. Depending on the hour of your arrival, you can opt for a guided tour of the city. (also available on the last day, depending on departure schedule).

Accommodation in a 3* hotel in Cluj.

Car transfers: approx. 30 min; ~10 km / 6 mi

(no meals included)
Day 2 Day 2: Saturday: Cluj – Maramures
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 2: Saturday: Cluj – Maramures

Your guide will meet you in the morning and you will begin the journey together, heading from Maramures. First stop of the day will be in Surdesti village, for the visit of the wooden church, the first UNESCO heritage site on your itinerary.

Lunch in a restaurant and continue with the visit of the colorful Merry Cemetery from Sapanta.

Route to Desesti village for he visit of the wooden church, another UNESCO heritage site. Here you will discover the best preserved interior painting of all the wooden churches of Maramures.

In the afternoon, take a walk in one of the best preserved traditional village in Maramures.

Dinner and accommodation in a rural guesthouse in Maramures.

Car transfers: approx. 4h; ~265 km / 164 mi

(breakfast and dinner included, lunch not included)
Day 3 Day 3: Sunday: Maramures – Bucovina
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 3: Sunday: Maramures – Bucovina

After breakfast, visit the new monastery of Barsana, remarcable for its mix of modern and traditional architecture. Departure for Bucovina, across the Carpathian Mountains. Stop in Ciocanesti to see the traditional decorated houses.

Lunch on the way in a restaurant.

Visit the painted monastery of Moldovita (UNESCO site), famous for it’s Siege of Constantinople fresco scene. As decorating the Easter egg is an ancient Hutsul tradition that you must not miss, you’ll have the chance to assist at such a demonstration.

Continue the journey with the visit of the most famous of all painted monasteries in Bucovina: Voronet monastery (UNESCO site).

Dinner and accommodation in a rural guesthouse in Bucovina.

Car transfers: approx. 4h30min; ~250 km / 155 mi

(breakfast & dinner included, lunch not included)
Day 4 Day 4: Monday: Bucovina – Sighisoara
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 4: Monday: Bucovina – Sighisoara

After breakfast, a long transfer to Transylvania ensues, which will take you through Bicaz Gorge and by the Red Lake in the Eastern Carpathians.

Lunch in a restaurant. After lunch, transfer through one of the biggest depressions of the Eastern Carpathians, the homeland of the Hungarian speaking Szekely Transylvanians.

During late afternoon and early evening you’ll walk through Sighisoara – Transylvania’s best preserved medieval town, also included in the UNESCO world heritage list, world-renowned for being Dracula’s birth place. (All Dracula stories are to be taken with a pinch of salt, of course.)

Overnight in a 3* hotel in Sighișoara.

Car transfers: approx. 5h30min; ~325 km / 201 mi

(breakfast included, lunch & dinner not included)
Day 5 Day 5: Tuesday: Sighisoara – Sinaia – Brasov
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 5: Tuesday: Sighisoara – Sinaia – Brasov

After breakfast, transfer to Sinaia for the visit of Peles Castle, the first castle built by the Romanian Monarchy during the 19th century. Chance to admire the personal arts collections of the royal family. Lunch in a restaurant.

Return to Brasov, one of the most beautiful medieval towns in Transylvania. Discover the Black Church, easternmost Gothic church in Europe, and enjoy a guided tour of the old town. Free time in the afternoon.

Overnight in a 3* hotel in Brasov.

Car transfers: approx. 3h30min; ~210 km / 130 mi

(breakfast included, lunch & dinner not included)
Day 6 Day 6: Wednesday: Brasov – Prejmer – Bran – Sibiu
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 6: Wednesday: Brasov – Prejmer – Bran – Sibiu

Breakfast and short lift to explore Prejmer fortified church. Out of over 200 fortified churches preserved in Transylvania, this is for sure the most intriguing and fascinating. Not to mention that it is one of the first nomitated as UNESCO heritage site.

Transfer to Bran village to visit the so called ‘Dracula’s Castle’. Built in the Middle Ages and yet modernized at the beginning of the 20th century, Bran castle is now one of the most visited places in Romania.

Lunch in a restaurant. Departure for Sibiu, the best defended medieval fortified town in Transylvania, named European Capital of Culture in 2007. Tour the four defensive walls of the old city to discover the local landmarks.

Accommodation in a 3* hotel in Sibiu.

Car transfers: approx. 3h30min; ~ 200 km / 124 mi

(breakfast included, lunch & dinner not included)
Day 7 Day 7: Thursday: Sibiu – Alba Iulia – Turda – Cluj
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 7: Thursday: Sibiu – Alba Iulia – Turda – Cluj

Breakfast and departure for Alba Iulia, the city Romanians love the most. Visit Alba Carolina Vauban citadel and discover all its inside stories : all about the ancient Romans, the Hungarian kings, the union of Transylvania with Romania.

Continue the journey to Turda. Visit one of the most incredible underground location in Europe: Turda salt mine. Holding both a historic and a modern side, the salt mine is a must see in Transylvania.

*It is not recommended to visit the salt mine if you have heart, lungs, digestive and other health conditions. You can check them all here.

Transfer to Cluj and overnight in a 3* hotel.

Car transfers: approx. 3h30min; ~181 km / 112 mi

(breakfast included, lunch & dinner not included)
Day 8 Day 8: Friday: Cluj-Napoca
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 8: Friday: Cluj-Napoca

Breakfast. Cluj city tour (if not take on arrival day).

Transfer to the airport and end of the tour.

Car transfers: approx. 30 min; ~10 km / 6 mi

(breakfast included, lunch & dinner not included)

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Itinerary of your trip Standard Romania Tour (8 Days, From Cluj-Napoca)

Day 1: Friday, Cluj-Napoca

Day 2: Saturday: Cluj – Maramures

Day 3: Sunday: Maramures – Bucovina

Day 4: Monday: Bucovina – Sighisoara

Day 5: Tuesday: Sighisoara – Sinaia – Brasov

Day 6: Wednesday: Brasov – Prejmer – Bran – Sibiu

Day 7: Thursday: Sibiu – Alba Iulia – Turda – Cluj

Day 8: Friday: Cluj-Napoca

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