| The Master Tour of Romania Day 1: International Airport Bucharest Otopeni. Meeting with the English speaking guide. Transfer from the airport to Tulcea. Accommodation in Delta Hotel, 3*. Day 2: One-day trip by motor-boat in Danube Delta; fishing lunch on the boat; Return in Tulcea. Overnight in Delta Hotel, 3*, the best hotel in Tulcea and in Danube Delta area. Day 3: Departure from Tulcea to Piatra Neamt. Accommodation in Central Hotel, 3*. On the way, visit one of the most important wine region of Romania: Dealu Mare Vineyard, near Focsani. Day 4: Visit the Neamt Monastery, the Agapia Monastery (painted by the greatest Romanian painter, Nicolae Grigorescu). Visit the Citadel of Neamt, covered by legends. Drive forward to Iasi. Accommodation in Iasi, in Hotel Moldova 3* (the best hotel in the city). Day 5: Iasi. The second cultural centre of Romania, after Bucharest. Sightseeing tour of the city, including the Golia Monastery and tower, „Trei Ierarhi” Church, the Palace of Culture, the Copou Park (best park in the city). Transfer to Suceava. Visit the ruins of mediaeval Throne Fortress of Moldavia. Short sightseeing tour in Suceava. Departure to Sucevita. Accommodation in Hotel Bucovina, 3*, a typical Romanian style (bukovinean) building. Day 6: The Painted Monasteries Tour (5 monasteries, UNESCO World Heritage: Voronet, surnamed „The Sistine Chapel of the East”, Moldovita, Sucevita, Humor and Arbore). Accommodation in Hotel Bucovina, 3*, in Sucevita. Day 7: Sucevita. Visit the Woodcraft Museum from Campulung Moldovenesc. Transfer to Botiza. Free time at your disposal. Accommodation in 2* guest-houses (farms) in Botiza. Day 8: Meet the reality of Maramures villages and of the wooden carved civilisation: wooden carved gates, pre-Christians symbols, churches. Visits in Ieud, Barsana (the tallest wooden building in Europe 62 m), Rozavlea, Sieu (villages from Maramures). Accommodation in the same 2* guest-houses in Botiza. Walking by waggons carried by horses. Relaxing in the rural atmosphere. Day 9: Botiza. Transfer to Baia Mare. Sightseeing tour of the city, including the Stephen the Great’s Tower and the Mineralogy Museum, unique in the world. Transfer to Bistrita. Accommodation in Hotel Codrisor 3*, in Bistrita. Day 10: Bistrita. Transfer to Sighisoara, with a short break on route in Targu Mures, for a sightseeing tour. Sighisoara, the only mediaeval citadel still full inhabited in Europe (german style); first mentioned at 1208 as „Castrum Sex”; UNESCO World Heritage; sightseeing tour of the fortress, including the Cover Stairs, the Clock Tower, the Church on the Hill, the house where Vlad „Dracula” was born. Free time at your disposal. Accommodation in Danes, near Sighisoara, in Dracul Hotel, 3*. Day 11: Sighisoara. Drive forward to Biertan (UNESCO World Heritage). Visit the fortified church. Departure to Sibiu. Visit the old city centre (mediaeval centre of the town). In the evening, relaxing in Dumbrava’s Park, which shelter the Museum of Rural Traditional Civilisation ASTRA. Accommodation in „the Roman Emperor” Hotel, 3*, in Sibiu (hystorical building). Day 12: Departure to Brasov, via Fagaras, where one can visit the Mediaeval german Citadel. Sightseeing tour of Brasov, including the Old Town Council Square and building, the Black Church (the most important gothic monument from Romania), the St. Nicholas Church with its museums (Orthodox replique for the Black Church). The Schei District from Brasov is well known as an architectural reservation. Visit of Harman or Prejmer fortified church. Accommodation in Poiana Brasov, in Sport Hotel, 3*, the best hotel in the best Romanian mountain resort. Day 13: Departure to Bran village, preparing for visit one of the most famous castles in the world: the Dracula’s Castle. Departure to Targoviste, on Bran – Rucar narrow pass. Accommodation in Targoviste, in Dambovita Hotel, 3*. Day 14: Visit the ruins of the former Princely Court of Wallachia and the Chindia Tower. Transfer to Bucharest. Free time at your disposal, for shopping. Accommodation in 3* hotel Central, in city centre. Day 15: Sightseeing tour of the city, including visits at the Palace of Parliament, the tallest building in Europe and second tallest building in the world, after the US Pentagon. Other objectives included: The Archbishop’s Church and Palace, the Unirea Square, the Victoriei Square (where is the building of Romanian Government), the University Square (the place where the Romanian Revolution from 1989 started), the Triumphal Arch (copy of the one from Paris), the Village Museum, first European Village Museum, established from 1936, the „Old Princely Court” ruins, the Romanian Military Academy Building. Accommodation in Central Hotel, 3*. Day 16: Free time at your disposal. Transfer to the International Airport Bucharest Otopeni for your flight home. Included
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