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Day
01: Day 1: Bucharest – Piatra Neamt
(350 km)
Pick-up at the airport or from hotel in Bucharest
and drive to Bucovina - a charming area of Northern Moldavia filled with
beech forests, whitewashed villages, horse - drawn carts and the famous
painted monasteries. Drive through the scenic Moldavian landscape and
the famous vineyards of Vrancea
county. Accommodation and dinner
in Piatra Neamt. (D)
Day
02: Day 2: Bucovina Area (250 km)
 Today
get ready for the full-day tour of the famous painted monasteries of
Bucovina: Humor Monastery with the best preserved inside frescoes,
Voronet Monastery known as the "Sistine Chapel" of Eastern
Europe so famous for the blue colour used by the artist as background
for its frescoes, Moldovita Monastery where the Golden Apple award given
to the monastery in 1975 by UNESCO affiliated journalists organisation
is to be seen and Sucevita Monastery - the best preserved of
them all with imposing walls and defensive towers. Drive to Campulung
for dinner and accommodation. (B, D)
Day
03: Campulung – Hoteni (350 km)
Drive through the scenic Prislop Pass to
Maramures, the land of wooden churches and carved wooden gates, unique
folk costumes and traditions. On the way to Hoteni, visit the 18th
century Rozavlea wooden church with well preserved interior paintings
and the superb wooden architecture at Barsana monastery. Enjoy a dinner
and accommodation at farmers house in Hoteni. (D)
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Day
04: Maramures Area (150 km)
Full day
tour in Maramures, the land of wooden churches and carved wooden gates.
Your tour will include a visit at the unique Merry Cemetery of Sapanta.
A local woodcarver created colourful, beautiful, personal and sometimes
funny wooden tomb crosses. Your tour will include visits to some of most
representative wooden churches of Maramures, part of UNESCO World
Heritage such as Calinesti and Desesti.
Since it is Sunday, join the locals for the Holy Sunday Mass and
mingle into the colourful crowds, wearing traditional folk-costumes and
observing centuries-old customs. Accommodation
in a farmer's home in Hoteni village. (B,D)
Day
05: Hoteni
– Sighisoara (380 km)
In the
morning drive to Surdesti village and visit the highest wooden church of
Europe with its 57m high spire, placed under UNESCO protection. From
Maramures you descend into legendary Transylvania, the land beyond the
forests, whose cultural heritage has been shaped by a mixture of
peoples, languages and traditions: Romanian, German, Hungarian. On the
way to Sighisoara, take a couple of hours to discover Cluj Napoca, the
Cultural Capital of Transylvania. Visit the impressive Catholic
Cathedral of St. Michael, in front of which stands the equestrian statue
of king Mathias Corvinus. Arrive in Sighisoara, a Saxon medieval
fortress - town, part of the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage as the best
preserved and continuously inhabited early medieval citadel in Eastern
Europe. Accommodation in
Sighisoara, within the old city walls. (B, D)
Day
06: Day 6: Sighisoara – Biertan –
Sibiu – Sighisoara (200 km)
After
breakfast half day to explore Sighisoara. Visit the famous Clock Tower
Museum and the Torture Room, the Evangelical Church and the Armour Room.
Visit the house in which Count Dracula - Vlad the Impaller was born and
the Church on the Hill. Continue to Biertan and visit the fortress
church, World Cultural Heritage site that hosts the largest wing altar
in Romania and also used to be for more than 300 years
the Transylvanian bishop residence. Afterwards continue to the
beautiful town of Medias, fist mentioned in documents in the 13th
century. Drive to Sibiu, the European Cultural Capital in 2007. Here
you'll see arcaded medieval shops and visit the Cathedral where the son
of Vlad the Impaller -Mihnea the Bad, was buried. Return to Sighisoara for dinner and overnight.
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Day
7:Sighisoara - Brasov – Bran –
Sinaia (250 km)
Today
spend time visiting Brasov
and Bran - two of Romania's well-known places. Depart to Brasov,
fairy-tale town founded in the 12th century by the Saxon settlers.
Brasov today still preserves its beautiful medieval atmosphere created
by many Middle Age buildings. The highlight of of the city tour is
surely a visit to the Gothic Black Church, the largest gothic style
church in South-Eastern Europe. Visit the St Nicolae Church and the
First Romanian School, where a lecture about Old Brasov will be held by
a local teacher. Drive on to Bran to visit the castle – made famous by
Bram Stoker's novel as the residence of the vampire count. The castle
was built by the merchants in Brasov in the 14th century to protect the
border between Valachia and Transylvania.
In the evening arrive in Sinaia, the mountain resort known as the
"Pearl of Carpathians". Accommodation
in Sinaia. (B,D)
Day
8:
Sinaia (50 km)
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After
breakfast, take your time to discover all the treasures Sinaia holds for
its tourists. Visit Peles Castle, an exquisite piece of architecture,
which has served as the summer residence for King Carl I. of
Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen. Enter Sinaia monastery - a beautiful example
of the Valahian-Byzantine style, and the first building in Sinaia. Accommodation
in Sinaia. (B,D)
Day 9:
Sinaia – Bucharest (150 km)
In the morning, drive through
the scenic Prahova valleye and return to Bucharest. Finish the tour with
a panoramic tour of the Romanian capital city
Price in Euro or
US$* per person valid for minimum 2 pax:
Twin/Double
occupancy
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1500.00
Single
traveler
- 2775.00
*US$
rates varies depending the exchange rate
Tour includes:
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Meals
included in price: 8 breakfasts, 8 three-course dinners
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Highlights:
As per itinerary, entrance fees included
You
will tour by a modern air-conditioned minivan or coach in the
company of
our professional multilingual (English/Spanish/Japanese) driver/guide.
Highlight departures:
-April 20 -enjoy the traditional Easter in Maramures
-August 31-participate in the folkloric festival Jocul Satului in Hoteni
village-Maramures
| HOTELS - all
rooms with private facilities |
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| Hotels used or a
hotel in similar category |
| Piatra Neamt |
Central*** |
| Campulung |
Zimbru ** |
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| Hoteni |
Farmhouse |
| Sighisoara |
Sighisoara *** |
| Sinaia |
Palace **** |
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