Day
1: Arrival on the International Airport Bucharest Otopeni;
meeting with your guide and mini-van; departure to Sinaia; accommodation
and dinner at 4* hotel in Sinaia.
Day 2: Visit the Peles and Pelisor Castles and Sinaia
monastery. Departure to Bran, where one can see one of the best known
castles in the world: the Bran Castle, also known as the "Castle
from Carpathians" (Jules Verne) and another possible location of
the Dracula Castle. Lunch in Bran. After visiting the castle, departure
to Brasov. Sightseeing tour of the city, including the Black Church,
the Old Town Council Square and building, the St. Nicolae Church. Drive
forward to Sighisoara. Accommodation and dinner at 3* hotel, near Sighisoara.
Day 3: Visit Sighisoara, the best preserved mediaeval
citadel in Europe and the only one still fully inhabited. The sightseeing
tour include a visit in the Tower Museum, feeling the attractions of
the ...Torture Room, visit the Mediaeval Weapons Collection, the house
where Vlad Dracula was born (now a cozy restaurant) and the Cover Stairs.
Leaving to Bistrita, another mediaeval citadel. City break and lunch.
Departure to Borgo Pass, for meeting with the main character of Bram
Stocker's novell: the Count Dracula!!. Spend one night in the Dracula'
Castle, placed in the very top of the mountains.
Day 4: Departure in the morning to the painted monasteries
land of Bucovina. First attraction: Moldovita monastery, included in
the UNESCO World Heritage List, for its outdoor frescoes. This monastery
is shelter one of the most important UNESCO distinction: the Golden
Apple. Follow the other UNESCO objectives: the Sucevita monastery, the
Humor Monastery, and the best one, the Voronet Monastery, surnamed "the
Sistine Chapel of the East". On the way, visit the black pottery
masters from Marginea village and take the lunch in Sucevita, at the
Bucovina Restaurant. Dinner and accommodation at 3* hotel.
Day 5: Free day at your disposal, in the beautiful
land of Bucovina. Lunch at the hotel. Later in the afternoon (about
17.00), departure to Piatra Neamt. Dinner and accommodation at 3* hotel,
in Piatra Neamt.
Day 6: Departure to Bicaz gorges, the most impressive
gorges all over Carpathians (in fact is a canyon). Passing through the
gorges and drive straight to a beautiful mountain resort, named the
Red Lake resort. Lunch in the Red Lake resort. Departure to Targu Mures.
Accommodation and dinner at 3* hotel in Targu Mures.
Day 7: Departure from Targu Mures to Sibiu, via Biertan.
In Biertan, visit another UNESCO monument: the Saxon fortified church,
included in the same List of World Heritage. Sightseeing tour by foot
of the historical centre of Sibiu, including The Big Square, the Little
Square, the Liar's Bridge, the Stairs Passage and the Bruckental Palace
which shelter the Art Museum. Lunch in Sibiu, in "Crama Veche"
restaurant (Romanian cuisine). In the afternoon, relaxing in the Dumbrava
Park, where was established one of the most important Village Museums
in Europe: "ASTRA" Museum of Traditional Popular Civilisations
from Romania. Accommodation and dinner at 3* hotel in Sibiu.
Day 8: The last day before departure is dedicated to
Wallachia. From Sibiu, you will follow the Olt narrow pass, and cross
the mountains accompanied by the beautiful landscape of Cozia Mountains.
First stop: Curtea de Arges, where one can see a splendid monastery
covered by legends. Lunch in Curtea de Arges. The route is driving you
to Targoviste, one of the first residence of the princely court of Wallachia.
From here, you will go straight to Bucharest, where you will accommodate
at 3* hotel, in the very downtown of the capithal of Romania. Dinner
and overnight.
Day 9: A short sightseeing tour is included before
your departure. Depending of the hour of your flight, we can include
visits to the Palace of Parliament (the second largest building in the
world after the US Pentagon and the first one in Europe) and the Cotroceni
Museum. Transfer to the International Bucharest Airport for your flight
home.
Tariffs
include:
· accommodation in double rooms in 3* and 4* hotels,
· meals in half-board or full board (breakfast, luch, dinner)
basis
· transport by deluxe air-conditioned mini-van
· all route fees
· all entrance (museum) fees
· English speaking guide very profiency and dynamic.