14 days/13 nights

Day 2^nd : Bucharest – Sinaia – Bran – Brasov – 185 km

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 Capitol 3*** 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.

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! Drive to Targu Mures . Dinner & accommodation in a 3*** hotel in Targu Mures.

Short visit of Targu Mures. Drive to Bistrita, the town where, at the "Golden Krone" hotel, Jonathan Harker (Bram Stocker’s hero) spent the night before starting on his way to meet Count Dracula. Drive on to Piatra Fintinele (Tihuta) through "Borgo Pass" to see the Dracula Castle Hotel, where Jonathan Harker met the Count. Continue to Cluj. Arrive at Cluj Napoca in the afternoon. Dinner, o/night in Cluj Napoca.

Breakfast at hotel. City tour of Cluj Napoca, considered the most important town in Transylvania: the center of the town, where most of the old street facades have survived intact, St. Michael Catholic Church, a late Gothic building, one of the largest of this kind in Transylvania.
Leave for Sibiu via Alba Iulia, where you stop to visit the old Citadel. Continue with a small detour to visit the mountain village of Sibiel, with its church (1765) and the collection of icons painted on glass. Dinner and o/night in Sibiu, one of the oldest German towns founded by the Saxons in Transylvania.

Day 6^th:  Sibiu - Breakfast at hotel. Sightseeing tour of Sibiu, one of the medieval towns founded by Saxons in Transylvania (the Evangelic Church, the Liars’Bridge, the Passage of the Stairs, vestiges of the medieval citadel). Visit the Brukenthal Museum.

Breakfat at hotel. Leave for Bucharest. Visit Cozia Monastery and Curtea de Arges Monastery.

Dinner, o/night in Bucharest

In the morning - walking tour of Sofia, starting with the square around Alexander Nevski Cathedral ñ the city's greatest sight. Along with the cathedral's visit you'll see: 5 th century St Sofia Basilica (which has inspired the city's coat of arms), the National Parliament and Sofia University buildings, the monument to Tzar Alexander II ñ Liberator. Half hour break (at country's largest flea market), before continuing with city tour's second part - following the famous yellow-brick tourist path from the Parliament House west to the Cynagogue ñ the largest of its kind (Sephardic) in Europe. En route see the impressive buildings of the ex-Royal Palace, the Military Club, the National Theater, the National Bank, the exquisite gold-domed St Nikolay Church, reach the Presidency where you just plunge into the ruins of Roman Serdica ñ a large archaeological complex, dominated by St George's Rotunda (the oldest fully preserved structure from the 4 th century). Afternoon at leisure. Dinner at a classy local restaurant nearby your hotel. (B,D)

Troyan Monastery - The Troyan Monastery, is known above all for the creative work of Zahari Zograph who painted both the exterior and the interior (a rare practice for the time) of the main church built in 1835, 7 km from the town of Troyan. It is a fine example of the impact of the popular conception of the world and the influence of housing architecture on religious construction. Here, Zahari Zograph repeated the social and moral in religious painting (the compositions Doomsday and the Wheel of Life), left his second self-portrait signed with amazing self confidence in spite of the Ottoman bondage, and painted the figures of Bulgarian and Russian saints. Besides, he painted a completely secular group portrait of the monastic brotherhood in the refectory - something highly unusual for the time.

- accommodation in 3 and 4 stars hotels;

- bus transportation 3 stars;

- insurance for passengers and baggages;

- gas for 2800 km;

- transfers from/to the airport;

- airport parking taxes;

- border taxes;

- meal: halfboard ( breakfast & dinner);

- English speaking guide for the entire trip;

- accommodation & meals for drivers and guides.

- drivers & guides services ( there will be 2 buses: 2 drivers + 2 guides)

Not included:

- parking taxes;

- entrance fees at museums;

- extra km - 1 euro/km/bus;

- lunch ( starting from 12 USD/person)

This offer is for a group of 60 persons.

The exchange rate EUR/USD is 1 EUR = 1,28 USD