Full
detailed itinerary
Day 1
We will meet at Bucharest airport
from where we will a car will drive us north to Brasov where our trip will start.
Brasov is an old medieval town, built by German settlers in Transylvania at the
beginning of the 12th century. The ingenious position between the protective mountains
made it one of the most important Saxon towns in Transylvania, surviving all attacks
coming from outside. We will walk around the old citadel with its beautiful main
square and the most important landmark, the Black Church. Day
2
In the surroundings of Brasov, at the
foothills of the Carpathians, lie some of the most beautiful Saxon villages (Unesco
heritage sites), renowned for the spectacular fortified churches and for the traditional
Saxon architecture. Today we’ll visit two of them, Harman and Prejmer, on
our way to the Szekely Land, on the eastern border of Transylvania. Here we will
cross old villages that belonged to rich noble Hungarian families in past times.
We’ll stop in one of them for overnight staying in an old beautiful mansion,
renovated today and transformed into a guesthouse. Day
3
This is a day of exploring the Szekely Land, crossing traditional Hungarian
villages. We head to one of the most beautiful churches in the area, at Ghelinta,
that still keeps amazing 14th century frescoes on its interior walls. We will
head north through the two ranges of the Eastern Carpathians and we will stop
in the small village of Lazarea, an old noble residence of one of the most renowned
Hungarian families in Transylvania. Day
4,5 & 6
Today we will cross the Carpathians to Bucovina, the land of the
painted monasteries. These three days will be dedicated to the exploration of
this north-eastern part of the country with its beautiful painted monasteries,
Voronet, Sucevita, Humor, Moldovita, with its old tradition in painting Eastern
eggs, with its wonderful music and its impressive scenery that protected this
part of the country for centuries, like a fortress. In the last day we will cross
again the Carpathians, this time to go to Maramures, renowned as the land of the
wood and plum brandy. Day 7, 8, 9, 10
& 11
Maramures lies in the northern part of Romania, surrounded by mountains
that many times seemed impossible to conquer. The deep forests that protected
the area for centuries are also the ones that gave birth to the traditions and
crafts in the area. The amazing natural landscape is completed by the joyful people
that live in this land according to ancient laws that still survive the modern
times. We will take time to explore the traditional villages in Maramures, to
meet the craftsmen and local people, to taste the famous plum brandy, horinca,
and to adventure on the surrounding hills and mountains. In order to make our
experience even more extraordinary we will stay only with local families in the
village. Day 12
Our trip leaves the
northern part of the country and heads again to the Saxon area of Transylvania.
On our way there we will cross another beautiful Hungarian village, not far away
from Cluj town, where the old traditional costumes are still alive as also the
traditional customs of weaving hats. Day
13 & 14
These two days we will be wandering
through mysterious Saxon villages where time forgot to pass and little seemed
changed since medieval times. Founded at the beginning of the 13th century, the
majority of them still have amazing fortified churches which will tell us stories
about the big Saxon community that once inhabited this part of Europe. Through
our journey there we’ll visit one of the most impressive fortified churches
in Transylvania at Biertan and we’ll admire the wonderful 14th century frescoes
that still adorn the interior walls of the Saxon church in Malancrav. We’ll
also have a stop in the wonderfully kept Saxon citadel in Sighisoara, declared
a Unesco heritage site and we’ll find out more about the Mihai Eminescu Trust
that works mainly in this area, by visiting the unofficial headquarter in Viscri. Day
15
Today we return to Bucharest for the flight back home and to say goodbye. | Included
service for this itenerary
15
days, 14 nights
Group size: 1 - 15
Easy
short hikes
- 14
nights of accomodation at selected local guesthouses and local farms
- All
meals
included
- All
airport transfers conducted by private A/C comfortable and new model vehicles
- All
tours by private professional tour guide (English speaking)
- All
entrance fees to sites mentioned
- All
necessary taxes
- All
of our tours can be customised upon request
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