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Tour
Romania
Amazing
Romania
Escorted tour
2009
8
Days
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GUARANTEED
DEPARTURES ON:
June
1 & 22, July 20, Aug 3, Sept 7 & 21, Oct 12, 2009
ITINERARY
Day
1: Bucharest – Sinaia (150 km)
In
the morning pick-up from your hotel (or from the airport) and depart for
Sinaia, one of the best mountain resorts nicknamed the “Pearl of the
Carpathians”. Accommodation in
Sinaia (D)
Day
2: Sinaia- Brasov –Bran- Sinaia (200 km)
Today
you will visit
Sinaia Monastery and the Peles Castle, a marvelous piece of architecture, which has served as
the summer residence for King Carl I the first king of Romania.You
will drive on to Brasov, where you will take a
short walking city tour of
this fairy-tale town
founded in the 12th century by the Saxon settlers. Visit the Black
Church – largest gothic style church in South-Eastern Europe and
the St. Nicholas Church, then the museum of the First Romanian School
in Transylvania. On your way back to Sinaia you will stop to Bran to
have a traditional lunch at a local restaurant, then visit Bran Castle. Built in the 14th century by the merchants from Brasov
to protect the old border between Valahia and Transilvania, Bran Castle
is also known as Dracula’s Castle.
Accommodation
in Sinaia (B)
Day
3: Sinaia- Sighisoara-Sibiu (300km)
After
breakfast you leave Sinaia behind and head on to Sighisoara-the
birthplace of Vlad the Impaler. The town. a Saxon medieval fortress, is
part of the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage being the best preserved and
continuously inhabited early medieval citadel in Eastern Europe. Lunch
at leisure, then proceed on
a walking tour of the town. Visit the famous Clock
Tower Museum with its Torture
and Weapons Rooms and
stop in the house in which Dracula (Vlad the Impaler) was born in 1432.
In late afternoon departure to Sibiu.
Accommodation
in Sibiu (B)
Day 4:
Sibiu-Sibiel-Sibiu (150 km)
In
the morning you will enjoy a comprehensive walking tour of the city
which was European Capital of Culture in 2007. Here you’ll see arcaded
medieval shops and houses, the Small Square, the Liar’s Bridge, Huet Square and the Cathedral,
where the son of Vlad the Impaler (another of Dracula’s monikers) was
assassinated. Yat noon you drive to Sibiel
Village where you can admire the Glass Icon Museum and enjoy a hearty
Romanian lunch at local farmhouse. Accommodation
in Sibiu (B, L)
Day
5 : Sibiu–Piatra Neamt (350 km)
After
beakfast in the hotel , drive towards Bucovina through
the Bicaz Gorges, one
of the most spectacular limestone formations in Romania. Reach Lacu Rosu (Red Lake) where you will stop to admire the beauty of the
mountains and the
surrounding woods. In the afternoon
you will arrive in Piatra Neamt for accommodation
(B)
Day
6: Piatra Neamt- Bucovina area-Piatra Neamt (300 km)
Today
get ready for the full-day tour of the famous painted monasteries of
Bucovina: Moldovita Monastery
admire the black pottery in Marginea Village then visit
Sucevita Monastery -
the best preserved of all with imposing walls and defensive towers.
Finish the tour with Voronet
Monastery- the "Sistine Chapel" of Eastern Europe, so
famous for the blue colour
used by the artist as background for its frescoes. Drive back to
Piatra Neamt for accommodation
(B)
Day
7: Piatra Neamt– Bucharest (350 km)
You
will have breakfast at the hotel before departing to Bucharest. Late
arrival to Bucharest followed by a panoramic city tour of the Romanian
capital, once called “Little Paris”. The tour includes the open air Village
Museum, the Revolution Square, the Patriarchal Church, the Military
Academy, the Arch of Triumph. Farewell dinner with folklore program.
Accommodation
and dinner in Bucharest (B, D)
Day 8:Today you will be transferred to the airport for your flight back
home (B).
| Prices
in Euro per person based on minimum 2 passengers |
double
room |
single
supplement
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| 8days/7nights
tour |
1306 |
150 |
*US$
rate varies depending the exchange rate
Prices
include:
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7nights hotel
accommodation
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7 breakfasts,
1 dinner with folklore program and 1 lunch in farmhouse
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All
entrance fees to the sites mentioned in above itinerary
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Luxury
transportation during the whole program.
(A/C car or minibus)
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English speaking
guide
| City |
Hotel name (or similar) |
| Sinaia |
Palace**** |
| Sibiu |
Ramada*** |
| Piatra Neamt |
Central*** |
| Bucharest |
Hilton***** |
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