TRANSYLVANIA AND THE DANUBE DELTA

Arrival at Bucharest  Otopeni airport . Reception by the Romanian tour guide. City tour with a visit to the Patriarchal Church, seat of the Romanian Orthodox Patriarch, the Village Museum  and the Palace of the Parliament , the second largest building in the world after the Pentagon. The wide boulevards, monuments such as the triumphal arch and the wide squares explain why Bucharest is known as the "Little Paris of the East". Then continue to Pitesti .

 

In the morning drive north. Stop at the Cozia monastery, one of the oldest monasteries in Romania. Drive along the picturesque Olt Valley , through the Red Tower Pass , once the border between Transylvania and Wallachia. Arrival in Sibiu , European Capital of Culture 2007. During a tour through the old city center you can  visit the Great and Small Ring, the Bridge of Lies and the Protestant parish church . In the afternoon arrival in Medias, one of the former seven castles of the Saxons. In the still well-preserved old town, the Margaret Church with the largest wing age in Romania can be visited. Accommodation in Bazna.

 

After breakfast drive to Sighisoara. Visit of the Clock Tower , the house  where Dracula was born and the Church on the Hill. Continue to Biertan and visit the largest fortified church in Transylvania. Free time in the afternoon in Medias .

 

Morning city tour through Medias. Then drive to Mosna  and visit the fortified church. Continuation via Agnita  and Brasov to Timisul de Sus.

 

Drive to Brasov. City tour with a visit to the old town hall square , the small hidden Orthodox Church and the Black Church , the largest Gothic sacred building in Eastern Europe. Then visit the Bran Castle , also known as "Dracula's Castle". In the afternoon visit to the Peles Castle in Sinaia , the former summer residence of the Romanian royal family of the Hohenzollern.

 

Morning visit to the Sinaia Monastery, which was built by monks from the Sinai Peninsula. Continue through Wallachia and across the Danube to Tulcea .

 

Boat trip through the  Danube Delta (lunch on board included). Drive through the Sulina arm to the canal of mile 35 and from here to the pelican reserve on  Lake Nebunu . Return to Tulcea in the afternoon.

 

In the morning drive to Bucharest  to the airport, farewell to the tour guide and flight home

 

At least people	15 pax	20 pax	25 pax	30 pax
Price per person (DR / HB)	465 €	450 €	440 €	430 €
Single room surcharge	125 €	125 €	125 €	125 €
Admission surcharge	40 €	40 €	40 €	40 €

• 7 nights