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Day 1 (25.10): Bucharest. Transfer from the International Airport Bucharest Otopeni to Hotel 4*+. Festive dinner and accommodation at Hotel 4*+.

Day 2 (26.10): Bucharest. Breakfast. Sightseeing tour of the city, including visits at the Palace of Parliament, the Village Museum, the Patriarchal Complex, the Former Old Princely Court. Departure to Sinaia. Accommodation at Hotel 4* in Sinaia. Dinner in Sinaia.

Day 3 (27.10): Sinaia. Breakfast. Visits at Peles & Pelisor Castle, Sinaia monastery. Departure to Bran. Visit at Bran Castle (Dracula Castle). Departure to Brasov, via Poiana Brasov, the most important winter sports resort from Romania. Sightseeing tour of the Brasov city, including The Black Church, The Council Hall Square, St. Nicholas Church, Schei District (architectural reservation). Accommodation at Hotel 4*. Special dinner with wine tasting and folklore show in „The Carpathian Stag” wine cellar in Brasov.

Day 4 (28.10): Brasov. Breakfast. Departure to Sighisoara. Sightseeing tour of the fortress (mediaeval fortress, the only one in Europe still fully inhabited, included in the UNESCO’s List of World Heritage). Lunch in the house where Vlad Dracul was born. Departure to Sibiu. In the afternoon, sightseeing tour of the Sibiu city, including the historical centre, the Little Square, the Big Square, Liar’s Bridge. Dinner and accommodation at Hotel 3* in Sibiu.

Day 5 (29.10): Sibiu. Breakfast. Visit the Bruckental Art Museum. Departure to Sibiel, and visit the „Glass Icons Museum” from here. Back to Sibiu for lunch.
In the afternoon, relaxing in the Dumbrava Park, where one can fiind the ASTRA Museum of Traditional Romanian Folk Civilisations. Dinner and accommodation at Hotel 3* from Sibiu.

Day 6 (30.10): Sibiu. Breakfast. Departure to Alba Iulia. Short visit of the mediaeval fortress. Departure to Cluj Napoca. Sightseeing tour of the city, including the Ethnographic Museum of Transilvania. Dinner and accommodation at Hotel 3* in Cluj Napoca.

Day 7 (31.10): „On the footsteps of Jonathan Harker”
Follow the same route as Jonathan Harker, the main character from the Bram Stocker’s Novell, at the first contact with Dracula’s Castle.
Cluj Napoca. Breakfast. Departure to Bistrita, with a short break in Dej. Special „Jonathan Harker” lunch in the „Golden Crown” Hotel in Bistrita. Departure to Dracula Castle in „Borgo Pass”. Accommodation and festive Dracula dinner in Dracula Castle Hotel 3*. Dracula show & Halloween Party.

Day 8 (01.11): Piatra Fantanele. Breakfast. Departure to Bistrita. Sightseeing tour of the city. Departure toTargu Mures. Dinner and accommodation at Hotel 3* in Targu Mures. Sightseeing tour of the city, including the mediaeval stronghold and the historical centre (Catholic and Ortodox Cathedrals)

Day 9 (02.11): Targu Mures. Breakfast. Departure to Praid. Visit in the arranged salt mine (underground church, resting places, children’s playground, ping-pong tables etc.). Short break in Corund for the open air pottery exhibition. Departure to Sinaia, via Prejmer, where we visit the fortified church (included on the UNESCO’s World Heritage List). Accommodation in Sinaia, at Hotel 4* or similar.

Day 10: (03.11): Sinaia. Breakfast. Departure to Ploiesti. Visit the Clocks Museum „Nicolae Simache”. Departure to Snagov. Visit the Snagov Monastery, placed on an island in the middle of Snagov Lake, where we can find the Dracula’s tombstone. Accommodation in Bucharest, at Hotel 4*+. Festive dinner in the hotel’s restaurant.

Day 11 (04.11): Bucharest. Breakfast. Transfer to the International Airport Bucharest Otopeni, for your flight home.

Total distance: 1400 km/ 875 miles

Daily distances:
Day 1: 30 km/ 18 miles Day 2: 140 km/ 87,5 miles Day 3: 90 km/ 56 miles Day 4:205 km/ 128 miles Day 5: 50 km/ 30 miles Day 6: 160 km/ 100 miles Day 7: 150 km/ 94 miles Day 8: 115 km/ 72 miles Day 9: 245 km/ 153 miles Day 10: 160 km/ 100 miles Day 11: 30 km/ 18 miles

Accommodations:
Bucharest, Sofitel Hotel, 4*+, 2 nights
Sinaia, Anda Hotel, 4*, 2 nights
Brasov, Aro Palace Hotel, 4*
Sibiu, Continental Hotel 3*, 2 nights
Targu Mures, Continental Hotel 3*
Piatra Fantanele/ Borgo Pass, Castel Dracula Hotel 3*
Cluj Napoca, Paradise Hotel, 3*

Included objectives:
· Bucharest – the Palace of Parliament, the Village Museum, the Patriarchal Complex, the Former Old Princely Court
· Sinaia - Peles & Pelisor Castles, Sinaia monastery
· Bran - Bran Castle (haunted place)
· Brasov - , The Black Curch, St. Nicholas Church, the first Romanian school Museum, the Old Town Council Square, Schei Distrisct (architectural reservation)
· Sighisoara - the Fortress (included in UNESCO’s World Heritage List), the House where Vlad Dracula was born
· Sibiu - the mediaeval fortress, the Bruckental Art Museum, the „ASTRA” museum of traditional Romanian folk civilisations, the Liar’s Bridge, the Little Square, the Big Square, the Stairs Passage
· Sibiel - the Glass Icons’ Museum
· Alba Iulia - the mediaeval stronghold, the gates of the fortress
· Cluj Napoca - the historical centre, the Ethnographic Museum of Transylvania
· Bistrita - Sightseeing tour of the city
· Targu Mures - Sightseeing tour of the city, the mediaeval stronghold
· Praid - the arranged salt mine
· Corund - open air pottery and handicrafts exhibition
· Ploiesti - the Clocks Museum „Nicolae Simache’
· Snagov - the Snagov Monastery, tombstone of the great Vlad „the Impaler” (surnamed Dracula)