Castles and Palaces in Transylvania
(The Romantic Transylvania)


 - 8 days/ 7 nights -

Day 1: Arrival on Bucharest Otopeni Airport. Transfer to Sinaia. Accommodation and dinner at 4* hotel in Sinaia. Dinner in Sinaia. Overnight. (125 km)


Peles Castle

Day 2: Sinaia: After breakfast, visit Peles & Pelisor Castles, former summer residence of king Carol I of Romania; lunch at the hotel.

Departure to Bran where we visit Bran castle, also called Dracula Castle or the Castle from Carpathians; short break at the handicraft open-air exhibition in front of the castle; lunch in Bran. Continue to Brasov; accommodation and dinner at 3* hotel in Brasov.

(100 km)

Day 3: Brasov: breakfast; sightseeing tour of the city, including Black Church (the biggest Gothic monument in Brasov), St. Nicholas Cathedral, the Schei Gate and District (architectural reservation), the Rope Street (the narrowest street in Europe), The Clothes-makers Bastion, The Rope-makers Bastion, The Weavers’ Bastion (building unique in Romania), the White and the Black Towers, Ecaterina’s Gate, the Old Town Hall Square and the Town Council building. Leaving to Sighisoara, the best preserved medieval citadel in Europe and the only one still inhabited. Detalied tour of the citadel, including the Tower Museum, the Cover Stairs, the Church on the Hill. Feel the attractions of the Torture Room and visit the Mediaeval Weapons Collection. Dinner at Vlad Dracul’s House in Sighisoara. Accommodation and dinner at 3* hotel, near Sighisoara. (150 km)


Sighisoara: The city

Day 4: Drive forward to Bistrita. Short break in the central square of Targu Mures and visit the ruins of the medieval fortress. Lunch at “Coroana de Aur” (the Golden Crown) restaurant in Bistrita. City break. Visit and dinner at the Dracula’s Castle from Borgo Pass. Returning in Bistrita. Accommodation at 3* hotel in Bistrita. (180 km)

Day 5: Breakfast; Departure to Baia Mare. Visit the Mineralogy Museum in Baia Mare (some exhibits are unique in the world); short sightseeing tour of the city including “Stephen the Great” Tower and the Butcher’s Bastion. Lunch in Carpati Hotel in Baia Mare. Departure to Cluj-Napoca. Sightseeing tour of the historical city centre and visit the Ethnographical Museum of Transylvania and the Banfy Palace, which shelter the Art Museum; Accommodation and dinner in 3* hotel in Cluj-Napoca.  (270 km)

Day 6: Leaving Cluj-Napoca and follow the way to the fortress of Alba Iulia. City break including the Fortress, the “Union Museum” and the Cathedral of Reunion. Lunch in "the Citadel" complex in Alba-Iulia. Departure to Sibiu. Sightseeing tour of the citadel, including the most important medieval buildings and places: Bruckental Art Museum, the citadel, the Liar’s Bridge, the Stairs Passage. In the afternoon, relaxing in the Dumbrava Park, which shelter one of the best village museums in Europe: the Astra Museum of Traditional Romanian Folk Civilisations. Accommodation and dinner at 3* hotel in Sibiu. (170 km)

 


Alba Iulia: The Reunion Hall
Day 7: Breakfast; visit Cozia Monastery on the way to Ramnicu Valcea, passing through one of the most beautiful areas in Romania, the Olt Straits.Lunch in the restaurant of Capela Hotel in Ramnicu Vâlcea.Leave for Bucharest via Curtea de Arges, where visit the former capital of Wallachia, the residence of the first Basarab Prince. Visit the Princely Church and the Curtea de Arges monastery (including the Fountain of Master Manole). Accommodation at 3* hotel in the city centre of Bucharest. Dinner and overnight.

(270 km)

Day 8: Bucharest. Half-day sightseeing tour of the city including the Ceausescu’s House of the People (today named "the Palace of Parliament" – second largest building in the world after the Pentagon’s House -, the Village Museum, Victoriei Avenue (firstly called “Podul Mogosoaiei”), Aviatorilor Bvd., the Patriarchal Complex, the Old Princely Court. Lunch in Terasa Doamnei/ Casa Bucur restaurant (Romanian cuisine). Transfer to the Bucharest Otopeni Airport. (50 km)


The Cozia Monastery

Full distance: ~ 1.700 km

Meals: Restaurant National – Sinaia; Vila Bran – Bran; Vlad Dracul Restaurant – Sighisoara; Golden Crown Restaurant – Bistrita; Cetate Complex - Alba Iulia; Carpati Restaurant – Baia Mare; Restaurant in Curtea de Arges area; Terasa Doamnei/Casa Bucur Restaurant in Bucharest

Included objectives:

· Bucharest: the Old Princely Court, the House of the People (nowadays called “The Palace of the Parliament”; second largest building in the world), The Village Museum
· Curtea de Arges – the Monastery, the Fountain of Master Manole, the Princely Church
· Sighisoara – the Clock Tower’ Museum
· Cozia – Cozia Monastery
· Sibiu – Bruckental Palace and Brcukental Art Museum, ASTRA Museum of Traditional Folk Civilisation
· Brasov – the Black Church; St. Nicholas Cathedral,
· Bran – Dracula’s Castle
· Sinaia – Peles, Pelisor Castles
· Baia Mare - the Museum of Mineralogy , Stephen the Great’ Tower
· Cluj Napoca - the Ethnographical Museum of Transylvania
· Alba Iulia - the Museum of Union

Non-paid objectives:

· Medieval fortresses in Targu Mures, Bistrita, Baia Mare, Alba Iulia;
· Sibiu: the Big Square, the Little Square, the Liar’s Bridge, the Stairs passage
· Sighisoara: Dracula’s House, the Cover Stairs,
· Brasov: The Town Council Square and building; the Schei District (architectural reservation)
· the Olt Strait;
· Bucharest - the Patriarchal Complex.

Included services:
  • 7 nights accommodation in 3* - 4* Hotels, in twin or single rooms;
  • All meals;
  • Festive dinner in Bucharest
  • Transport by deluxe air-conditioned coach or mini-bus;
  • Arrival and departure transfers;
  • Professional guidance throughout;
  • All route fees;
  • All entrance fees to the mentioned objectives;

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