Romania Basic Tour

Tour information

Route:: Bucharest - Sinaia - Bran - Brasov - Poiana Brasov - Buzau - Constanta - Bucharest;
Services:
- 6 night accommodation with buffet breakfast as per program;
- all main meals mentioned in the program;
- entrance fees at the sites as stated;
- English-speaking guide for the entire program;
- transportation.

Basic tour of Romania, with stops at Murfatlar for tasting wine, and eat Romanian traditional food.

Day 1:
Arrival in Bucharest (3 pm) - meet and greet by the English-speaking guide who will introduce you in the next few days in this land of magic. Transfer to Central 3* hotel in the city center and short time for refreshing. Panoramic tour of Bucharest. Dinner at Casa Vernescu restaurant. O/N in Bucharest.
Day 2:
Buffet breakfast. Departure for Sinaia, the "Pearl of the Carpathians", to see one of the country' "must"-s: Peles Castle, former Royal Residence, a XIXth century German-Renaissance style palace, where the different theme rooms will enchant you. Continue with Sinaia Monastery, named after Sinai Mountain, a place of recollection and peace. The lunch will be taken at Cabana Vinatorilor (Hunter's Lodge). The after-noon will find you in Bran, where Dracula might be expecting you so… bring some garlic. We shall spend some time near Dracula's Castle as well for a look at the popular articles the local craftsmen are offering for sale. We'll continue with Risnov peasant fortress, one of the best preserved in the country and the evening will find us in Brasov, at Aro Palace 4* hotel. Dinner with folk show at Cerbul Carpatin restaurant (the show is impressive and it will give you a good idea about our country dancing tradition). O/N in Brasov.
Day 3:
Buffet breakfast. City tour of Brasov, visiting the famous Black Church, Scheii Brasovului (the museum of the oldest Romanian school) with the wonderful St. Nicholas Church, String Street, Gate and the Citadel. We continue visiting Prejmer fortified church, one of the most impressive in Romania, than departure for Sighisoara for lunch at Count Dracula restaurant and city-tour visiting the Clock Tower, the History Museum and the Church on the Hill. Sighisoara, the last inhabited medieval citadel, a place where time has its own special way of flowing and where the houses are convicted to live, will definitely become one of your best memories! Back to Brasov for dinner with classical music at Cetate restaurant (you will be asked for the magical password before entering the citadel, start thinking of it), where the opera, the valses and the soprano voices will make a great day perfect. O/N in Brasov.
Day 4:
Buffet breakfast. Departure for the Black Sea coast, with stops in Buzau are to visit the Mudy Volcanoes, a moon-like area with strange bubbling volcanoes and with the Amber Museum in Colti (the only place in Romania where amber was found). Lunch in Buzau. Arrival in Mamaia and check in at your 3* Central hotel. Time at disposal. Dinner and overnight in Mamaia.
Day 5:
Buffet breakfast, lunch, dinner in hotel - time to get suntanned and try the discos. O/N in Mamaia. Optional trip in the Danube Delta (early departure, trip by boat from Tulcea between 10.30 - 17.00 with fish menu lunch and back to Mamaia).
Day 6:
Buffet breakfast. Morning at disposal for getting suntanned (optional city-tour of Constanta, with the Roman Mosaic, the Casino, parks and Archaeology and History Museum). Around noon, departure for Bucharest, with a lunch stop in Murfatlar, one of the most important Romanian vineyards, where you will begin by tasting the wine and end by loving it ! Another stop in Adamclisi to visit the roman vestiges. Arrival in Bucharest: dinner at Terasa Doamnei (folk show from 18.30, Romanian pop music after 21.30). O/N at Central 3* hotel in Bucharest.
Day 7:
Buffet breakfast. Visiting Parliament Palace, the second biggest building in the world after the Pentagon, Cotroceni Palace - the seat of the Romanian Presidency, Village Museum. Transfer to the airport for the flight home.