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5 Day Medieval Transylvania and Unesco Painted Monateries

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Duration

5 days

Group Size

1 to 15 people

Ages

0 - 99 yrs

Languages

English

Tour Overview

Experience a 5 day private tour from Bucharest that includes Sibiu (European Capital of Culture 2007), Sighisoara (the city where Dracula was born - Unesco, Bistrita (Medieval town where Jhonatan Harker overnighted in Dracula's novel), Borgo Pass (where Bram Stoker says there is the Dracula's Castle) and the magnificent painted monasteries from Bucovina a must see at least once in your lifetime.

Additional information

Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Child rate applies only when sharing with 2 paying adults
A dress code is required to enter places of worship and selected museums. No shorts or sleeveless tops allowed. Knees and shoulders MUST be covered for both men and women. You may risk refused entry if you fail to comply with these dress requirements (ONLY for the monasteries/churches)
A minimum of 2 participants is required to organise the tour. If the tour it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund

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• Dress code is formal • A dress code is required to enter places of worship and selected museums. No shorts or sleeveless tops allowed. Knees and shoulders MUST be covered for both men and women. You may risk refused entry if you fail to comply with these dress requirements • Comfortable walking shoes are recommended

What's included

4 nights accommodation in 3/4* hotels/pensions

Hotel pickup and drop-off

Driver/guide

Breakfast: 4

Transport by air-conditioned minivan

Other

Itinerary

Day 1: Day 1 - Bucharest – Cozia Monastery – Sibiu (280 km)

Pick-up from your hotel in the morning.

Overnight in a 3* hotel in Sibiu.

Day 2: Day 2 - Sibiu – Sighisoara – Targu Mures – Bistrita (260 km)

Visit Sighisoara, with its imposing Clock Tower. This citadel is the best preserved in Europe and, extraordinary, it is still inhabited. Since 1999 the historic center of Sighisoara is a UNESCO heritage site. Here we will admire the church on the hill, reachable after a wooden staircase called the schoolchildren’s ladder. We will also see the statue of the famous Hungarian national poet Petofi Sandor, testifying to the fact that in Sighisoara the Magyar community was in the past numerically important. Next to the statue is the beautiful Catholic church, reserved for the Hungarian community, and the tower of the shoemakers. You can have lunch at the house where Vlad the Impaler was born (not included)

Overnight in a 3* hotel in Bistrita.

Breakfast:

Day 3: Bistrita – Moldovita – Sucevita – Marginea – Voronet - Gura Humorului (250 km)

Visit to the Moldovita monastery, another famous religious monument, founded by Pietro Rares in the 16th century and whose interior and exterior frescoes enchant the visitor.

Overnight in a 4* hotel/pension in Gura Humorului.

Breakfast:

Day 4: Day 4 - Gura Humorului – Piatra Neamt – Bicaz Gorges – Miercurea Ciuc - Brasov (320 km)

Short stop in Piatra Neamt, a famous ski resort that preserves a beautiful citadel founded at the time of Stephen the Great, in the fifteenth century and an 18th century synagogue. The city has a wonderful geographical position being surrounded by mountains that guard beautiful lush vegetation

Overnight in a 3* hotel in Brasov.

Breakfast:

Day 5: Day 5 - Brasov – Bran – Sinaia - Bucharest (180 km)

Visit Brasov, a wonderful Transylvanian town, once entirely fortified, an important cultural, tourist and commercial center. Brasov impresses with its typically German architecture, where the Gothic, the Baroque and the Renaissance intersect to give life to an interesting and culturally very lively city. Visit of the First Romanian School, which is located in the oldest district of the city, and which was inhabited exclusively by Romanians, the Schei district, interesting for the entrances into the city that were carried out in medieval times through the Caatherine’s and Schei Gate, quest last of the nineteenth century. In Brasov we will also visit the impressive Black Church, the largest evangelical Gothic church in Eastern Europe, with a 65 meter high bell tower and a length of 90 meters, the church houses the most beautiful nineteenth-century mechanical organ of Romania. We will then admire the palaces and houses of the historic center, recently restored, with the Council Square which now houses a beautiful museum, and the pedestrian Avenue of the Republic.

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Adult (13 - 99 years)

Minimum: 1, Maximum: 15

Children (3 - 12 years)

Minimum: 0, Maximum: 4

5 Day Medieval Transylvania and Unesco Painted Monateries

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