1. Day Sat: home - Bucharest
Transfer to the hotel Central 3* and check-in. First part of the city tour. Dinner in the hotel.

2. Day So: Bucuresti - Horezu - Cozia - Sibiu (approx. 340 km)
Second part of the city tour in Bucharest. Afterwards drive past Pitesti to Horezu. If there is a monastery which one should in no case miss, so that is (approx. 50 km further), that one from Horezu. It was established 1691-97 by the monarch Constantin Brancoveanu in the typical style of the epoch (Romanian renaissance) and was accepted in 1995 in the UNESCO world cultural heritage. Afterwards drive further through the Red Tower pas to Transylvania. On the way, short visit of the fortified small monastery Cozia, which was built by the monarch Mircea the Old during years 1386-1388. In the late afternoon we reach Sibiu and, during a city tour, we get to know the sights of the city. The delightful oldest part of the town, with a lot of paved streets with houses covered with slate stand, forms a unity with remnants of the medieval fortifications and baroque palaces. After check-in, short drive to the mountain village Sibiel where we will enjoy an authentic dinner with the villigers.

3. Day Mon: Sibiu - Medias - Sighisoara - Tg. Mures - Bistrita - Tihuta (approx. 270 km)
After the breakfast, drive to Medias where we will see the famous Margarethian church with the biggest winged altar-piece and with the highest tower of Romania. Afterwards, we drive to Biertan where we can admire the biggest fortified church from over 200 churches from all over Transylvania. It was the residence for centuries of the Saxon evengelical Bishops of Transylvania. After the visit, we drive to Sighisoara, the most beautiful medieval city of Romania, which radiates a quite special mood. The medieval fortress (the only one still inhabited in Europe) is put down since 1990 on the UNESCO list of world cultural heritage. We will visit the famous clock tower from the 14th century, the birthplace of Vlad Tepes (Dracula) and the late-Gothic mountain church. Past Tg. Mures to Bistrita, where we make a short stop, further trough the Tihuta pass, to the castle hotel of Dracula where we can experience a dinner with campfire and vampire's delicacy. If it becomes lately enough, even the count will pay us personally a visit!

4. Day tue: Tihuta - Moldavia monasteries - Suceava
The current day brings a varied round trip which makes accessible the beauty of the famous Bukovina monasteries to us. These monasteries, painted in Byzantine style, true masterpieces which are here from the glorious times of the Moldavian culture (15th century), were declared as belonging the world cultural heritage by UNESCO. Here we visit the monastery Voronet, a "symphony in Blue" which is named with its unique shining "Voronet - blue" the "Capella Sixtina" of the Rumanian orthodox belief. Afterwards we visit the monastery Moldovita which is famous for its outside frescoes, and the monastery Sucevita where the painting on the north side still intactly in the original condition well preserved is. Then we drive to Suceava. City tour in Suceava, the first capital of Moldavia where we visit not only the unique orthodox churches, but also the remnants of the fortress of Stefans the Great. Check-in in the hotel of Continental 3*. Dinner with folklore and vine tasting

5. Day wed: Suceava - Agapia - Patria Neamt - Prejmer - Poiana Brasov
In the morning we visit the two monasteries Agapia and Varatec, which with over 1000 nuns are the biggest from Europe. We can see the life of the nuns better by taking a look at the workshops of the monasteries (where carpets, needleworks or icons are beeing made). Further, we drive trough the most beautiful region, namely we cross the east Carpathians trough the Bicaz-gorge past the Red Lake. Afterward drive to the next world culture treasures: the fortified churches of Harman and Prejmer. These unique military buildings, which were never conquered tell about the exciting history of the Barsei county and are on the UNESCO-world-cultural heritage list since 1993. Short trip in Poiana Brasov, famous holidays resort situated at an approx 1000 m over the Sea level. Festive dinner in the restaurant "Coliba haiducilor" and overnight in a 3* hotel.

6. Day thu: Poiana Brasov - Brasov - Bran - Sinaia - Bucharest (approx. 250 km)
Drive to Brasov and city tour (the enormous Black church, Schei-quarter, old fortress and the military arrangements are beeing visited). Short drive to Bran where we will look at the world-famous "Dracula-castle", a fortress built at the end of 14th century. Further we drive to Sinaia, the resort situated at aprox 800 m over the Sea level, also known as the "pearl of the Carpathians", where at the end of the 19th century king Carol I built an astonishing fairy tale castle. The castle has 160 splendid rooms used as the summer residence of the royal family. In the castle, Gustav Mahler with his brother worked and lived. The mural painting of theater hall is painted by him. Shortly after, we leave the Carpathians and drive trough the Valachian plain to Bucharest. In the evening we reach the capital of Romania in which we have the same hotel like in the first evening. Festive dinner.

7. Day Fri: flight home
In the morning city tour in Bucuresti. In the afternoon transfer to the airport and fare well of the Romanian guide.

min. pers. 15 pax 20 pax 25 pax 30 pax

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