Escorted Tours
Upon arrival at the Bucharest Airport you will be welcomed by your guide who will accompany you along a tour followed by transfer to the hotel. Enjoy dinner and your overnight stay in Bucharest. Meals: Dinner
After breakfast, we travel along the Valley of the Olt River and through the Red Tower Pass, the former border between Transylvania and Wallachia. Along the way we stop at the Cozia Monastery, the oldest Monastery in Romania. In the afternoon, we arrive in Sibiu the former European Capital of Culture appointed in 2007 for a city tour visiting the most important sights such as The Grand and Lesser Squares, Huet Square, the Liars Bridge and the Orthodox Cathedral. After our tour, we continue our journey to Bazna for our overnight stay. Meals: Breakfast
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Today, is dedicated to the culture of the Transylvanian Saxons. The Fortified Churches of Transylvania are among the best known historical monuments of the Transylvanian Saxons and better preserved than in other parts of Europe, they are valuable architectural monuments. After breakfast, we will proceed to Biertan, where we will visit the largest Fortified Church from Transylvania also known as the residence of the Evangelical Bishops. Our next stop on our visit list is to Sighișoara, which has the most beautiful and best preserved Medieval buildings in the Gothic Renaissance and Baroque styles from this part of Europe. The high density of the architectural monuments, the public buildings, the Fortified Walls, the towers and the dwellings give the Citadel the view of a unique, well arranged building complex of invaluable historical value. The Church upon the Hill, Dracula's birthplace, and the former Monastery Church can be visited here. Later this afternoon, we return to our hotel in Bazna. You are invited to embark on a Carriage ride to the Fortified Church of Boian. Meals: Breakfast
After breakfast today, we leave Transylvania and pass in to Bucovina through the Tihuta Pass. We will stop along the way in Targu Mures, where you can see the Orthodox Cathedral and the Culture Palace. We will depart Targu Mures also making a short stop in Bistrita to admire the Church with the largest tower from Romania. Later this afternoon, enjoy a visit to the Moldovita Monastery before settling into our hotel for the night. Meals: Breakfast
This morning, you will visit the Voronet Monastery. We travel through the breathtaking 5 km long Bicaz Canyon before reaching the Red Lake, which was formed in 1838 after an entire wooded slope collapsed into the water. We will continue our journey through the Eastern part of Transylvania, arriving into Predeal in the late afternoon. Meals: Breakfast
This morning, we will visit Brașov. This city was founded in the 13th Century by the Knights of the Teutonic Order and for Centuries it was an economic and intellectual centre of the Saxons, who represented most of the population until the 19th Century. The most interesting sights are the Black Church famous for its Pipe Organ, the Medieval City Wall around the Historical Old Town with stylish late Medieval houses, the Town Hall Square, the unique Rope Street, the Citadel Gate and the small hidden Orthodox Church from the centre. Also visit the Fortified Church from Hărman, where in addition to the religious practice, this place was also used by the locals as a retreat and defence building. Later that afternoon we return to Predeal. Meals: Breakfast
This morning, we travel to Bran (Dracula Castle). The Castle was built in the 14th Century and served the inhabitants of nearby Brașov as a defence system against the Ottomans. The romantic Castle, nowadays a Museum, during the Interbellum Period the residence of the Romanian Queen Maria. Visit of Peleș Castle (exterior visit), the Summer residence of the Royal Family. In 1866, the first King of the Hohenzollern Family came to Romania and decided to build a Castle in Sinaia on the banks of the Peleș river, in the German Renaissance style, so that it would remind him of his home country. In the late afternoon we arrive in Bucharest. This evening, enjoy a festive dinner with folklore program in 'Hanu' lui Manuc'. Meals: Breakfast, Dinner
In the morning, enjoy a city tour of the Romanian Capital Bucharest. On this tour we will visit the Patriarchal Church the seat of the Romanian Orthodox Patriarch, the Village Museum exhibiting traditional houses from all parts of Romania and stop at the Palace of Parliament (for pictures) the second largest building in the world after the Pentagon. The wide boulevards and monuments like the Triumphal Arch are demonstrative of why Bucharest is notorious as known as 'little Paris of the East'. After our tour, you will be transferred to Bucharest Airport for your onward journey. Meals: Breakfast
Tour Prices are per person twin share in Australian Dollars. Conditions apply and group tours are subject to change and availability. Prices are subject to currency fluctuations. (kp)
