Uniquely Romania Tour - 8 days/7nights
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Itinerary: Bucharest - Sibiu - Bistrita - Bucovina (2nights) - Brasov - Bucharest
Duration: 8 days/7 nights
Distance: 1800 km
1 Day - arrival in Bucharest and Ciao Romania :)
Arrival in the airport and transfer to the hotel city center. Sightseeing tour of Bucharest including: the Ceausescu's House ( today the Parliament ) the biggest building in Europe, the
Special dinner in a traditional restaurant. Overnight in Bucharest hotel.
2 Day - Bucharest - Curtea de Arges - Sibiu( 285 km )
Departure to Sibiu, the European capital of culture in 2007. On the way short stop to visit the Cathedral of Curtea de Arges, which hides the legend of Manole. We continue with Transfagarasan - the most spectacular mountain road in the world by Top Gear directors.
Arrival in Sibiu, "the city of the eyes." Dinner and overnight in Sibiu.
3 Day - Sibiu - Biertan - Sighisoara - Bistrita( 250 km )
In the morning visit of Sibiu - Hermannstadt, one of the most important medieval and cultural cities in Romania. In 2007 Sibiu was the European capital of culture, a real open air museum. Here you will see the Big Square with the Brukenthal Museum, the first Romanian museum, opened in 1817 and hosting an impressive Art Gallery and the Exhibition of Ethnography and Folk Arts, The Small Square with the Evangelic Cathedral, built in 1520 with its immense Baroque organ designed by a German master in 1671 and the Huet Square , the Passage of Steps, The Iron Bridge etc.
Departure to Sighisoara and on the way stop to visit Biertan, an exemple characteristic for the fortress-church family, one of the 300 fortified churches built between the 14th and 16th centuries.
Arrival in Sighisoara, one of the best preserved inhabited fortress in Europe and also the place where Vlad Tepes was born, in a big house close to the Clock Tower.
Dinner and overnight in Bistrita/Vatra Dornei.
4 Day - Bistrita - Tihuta - Moldovita - Voronet ( 200 km )
After breakfast departure to Bargau Pass, one of the most picturesque landscapes of Romania, that's why this area and the castle were used in the film Dracula by F. Ford Coppola.
Then arrival in Bucovina, called the land of 2000 monasteries. The monasteries Voronet, Sucevita, Moldovita and Humor with their frescoes both inside and outside, each with its own dominant color, were decorated between sec. XV and XVI and are considered masterpieces of Byzantine art, unique in Europe, that's why they are part of UNESCO heritage. Anciently they had a defensive role, and then once decorated with frescoes with religious themes, they became a bible for the illiterate people of the fifteenth century.
First stop is the Moldovita Monastery from 1532 build by Petru Rares, with its dominant colour sunny yellow, the biggest of this period. Next you will visit the Sucevita Monastery, the last monument in Stephen's style, the exterior paintings date from 1596 and green is the dominant background color. Nearby we will assist at a demonstration of egg-painting, typical from Bucovina, being invited by an artisan in her own house
Traditional dinner and overnight in Bucovina in a typical rural pension.
5 Day - Voronet - Sucevita - Voronet ( 100 km )
In the morning we go to visit the Suceavita fortified monastery which was the last building in the style of Stefan cel Mare, the exterior frescoes dating from 1596 and the green color predominates over all. We continue with the visit of the laboratory of Marginea famous for its black ceramics where real artisans transform black dirt in beautiful pieces.
Then we see the last one and the most beautiful one - the Voronet Monastery, founded in 1488 by the ruler Stephen the Great and named the 'Eastern Sistine Chapel' with its famous 'blue of Voronet'.
The evening endes with a ride carriage in the woods of Bucovina after which a home made dinner is waiting for us. Overnight.
6 Day - Voronet - Agapia - Brasov ( 350 km )
Departure in the morning direction Brasov. On the way the area of Bicaz where you will admire 2 nature's wonders, Cheile Bicazului ( Bicaz Quay ) and the Red Lake, uniques in Romania. Here we will have a stop to buy typical souvenirs from Moldavia.
In the morning head towards the Neamt area with the Agapia Monastery famous for the works of the Romanian painter Nicolae Grigorescu. Also in the area we have the opportunity to visit the Nicolae Popa Ethnography Museum. We continue with the Pass of Oituz, where the road seems to get lost in the beauty of the nature.
Next destination the medieval city of Brasov. Visit of the historical center: The Council Square, the Black Church, the Old quarter Schei, the Caterina Gate that separated the Rumanians from the Saxons in the AustroHungarian domination period.
Dinner and overnight in Brasov hotel.
7 Day - Brasov - Bran - Sinaia - Bucharest ( 190 km )
We continue our adventure with the famous Dracula's Castle in Bran built in top of a rock and described by the Queen Maria as a small and pugnacious fortress.
Then we arrive in Sinaia, 'the Pearl of the Carpathians'. Here we will visit Peles Castle the most beautiful summer residence of the Romanian principles starting from the time of king Carol I.
In the evening arrival in Bucharest and walking tour of the historic center of the capital, the "Little Paris of the East". Walking the streets of Lipscani, the historical center, where you can admire the old breweries, antique shops, the old courtyard from the time of Vlad Tepes, the oldest hotel tavern Hanul Manuc, one of the oldest churches in Bucharest - the Stavropoleos church, the CEC Palace - the Savings House.
Farewell dinner in a famous restaurant called Caru cu bere. Overnight in Bucharest central hotel.
8 Day - Bucharest... and Ciao Romania :(
Breakfast and transfer from the hotel to the airport.
* The program may vary according to flight schedules, time of the year and customer demand.
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PRICES per person in double room:
STANDARD Program (3* hotels/guesthouses)
- For 8 people - 595 Euro/Person
- For 6 people - 695 Euro/Person
- For 4 people - 850 Euro/Person
- For 2 people - 1050 Euro/Person
Single supplement: 150 Euro
SUPERIOR Program supplement (4* hotels/guesthouses):
150 Euro per person in double room
Included services:
- Transport and transfers by air-conditioned car/minibus 8+1
- Accommodation for 7 nights in 3/4* hotels/guesthouses (breakfast included)
- Half Board Meals (restaurants and homemade dinners)
- Driver/Guide English speaking
- Local tour operator assistance CiaoRomania 24h/24
- City taxes
Not included:
- The flight, entrance fees, other meals, drinks (water included), personal expenses
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SELF DRIVE TOUR for 2 persons - a private trip in autonomy and freedom, with rented car without driver / guide, same services and same activities, written mini-guide written in English: 595 Euro/person/double
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