This Romanian velo journey is a very extended one, which gives our guests the possibility to choose the region where they want to drive.
Romania doesn’t have an infrastructure dedicated to velo trips so our guests will either drive on main road or a secondary one which is safer than the first one. The long distances will be covered by bus in order to reach the destinations in the program, on time. Although this might look like a serious disadvantage, driving on a secondary road gives you the chance to go through unspolied romanian villages and see the real life, in some places unchanged for 40 or 50 years. All the journey is based on a mixture of velo and culture trip, and our guests have the chance to see the most beautiful sites of Romania.
Part 1:
DAY 1
Arrival in Bucharest. Dinner and accommodation at 4* Hotel.
DAY 2
Departure to Sibiu, through Curtea de Arges, the first capital of Walachia in the 14th century; visit of the monastery with the same name, considered as one of the most precious treasures of Romanian medieval art and architecture. Lunch on the way. Arrival in Sibiu, one of the famous Saxon’s Transylvanian old Cities; Sibiu tour. Dinner and accommodation at a 3* Hotel in Sibiu.
DAY 3
After breakfast, departure to Sibiel a small Romanian village host for the biggest Romanian glass icon exhibition. We drive by velo 25 km to this village through a pitoresque mountain road. We will have a typical Romanian lunch, visit the village, do some extra actitivies like visiting the shepperds, 10 km away. We will come back to our hotel by bus, have dinner and prepare for the next day.
DAY 4
After breakfast, we go by bus to Sighisoara. On the way we visit the saxon city of Medias with its beautiful Margaret church, with the “shiff tower” like the famous one in Pisa, and then go by bus to Biertan and visit one of the most famous saxon fortfified churches. We will have a nice picnic and then go by bycicle to Sighisora through several old Saxon villages (aproximately 25 km). After accommodation in the Hotel we visit the best preserved medieval saxon citadel in Eastern Europe, and finally have dinner at Dracula’s house.
DAY 5
After breakfast we will go by bus to Cluj. On the way we will visit the Hungarian minority capital in Romania, Tirgu Mures, with its beautiful cityhall, and Teleki Bibliothek (one could say a copy of the one in Saint Gallen – Switzerland) and after the lunch, the journey continues to Cluj. We will drive about 200 km, part of them can be done by bycicle (from 25 km to 50 km according to your desire) In the afternoon we will visit Cluj and have a typical Hungarian dinner. Accommodation at a 3* Hotel.
Part 2: Maramures
DAY 6
After an early breakfast, we go to Maramures, through Baia Mare. We will arrive around lunch time by bus to the Surdesti wooden church, visit this outstanding church, have lunch with the priest and in the afternoon go by bycicle on the Mara valley (30km or more), to see the beautifull villages and the famous wooden churches from Maramures. We will overnight at local families on the Iza or Mara valley. Obviously we will have a special dinner with the famlilies.
DAY 7
Departure to Moldavia, by bus over the Prislop Pass and arrival in Bucovina. We will drive by bycicle part of the road (25km), and visit a few sites. Lunch on the way. We will arrive in Campulung Moldovenesc where we\\\'ll stay for 2 nights.
DAY 8
After breakfast, we will go by bus half way to the Moldovita monastery, and then by bycicle (aprox 20km). After we visit the first out of the 5 monasteries belonging to the Unesco heritage, we will go by bus to the second one, Sucevita, where we will have lunch. In the afternoon, on the way back we will again go by bycicle part of the road (25km) and arrive back in Campulung in the late afternoon. Specific Moldavian dinner with folk show near our hotel.
DAY 9
After breakfast, we will go by bus to the last and the most beautiful monastery, Voronet. The jounrney continues to Tirgu Neamt, where we will have lunch and go by bycicle (25km) to the most important monk monastery, the Neamt monastery. We will be accommodated for 2 days. Dinner with the monks.
DAY 10
The entire day will be on the bycicle! We will go by bycicle to Sihastria and Secu monastery, 2 very interesesting monasteries and you could also walk to Sihla up in the mountains. Lunch could be a picnic or together with the monks. We return late in the afternoon back to the Neamt monastery where we will have dinner with the monks. The bus will follow us but we would have to go 25 – 30 km by bycicle and also walk for about 2 hours.
DAY 11
We will go by bus and drive along the Bicaz lake, part of the trip could be done by bycicle. The sites are very beautiful and the journey continues through the most beautiful gorges from Romania, Bicaz gorges, where we will have a lunch based on trout at Red Lake. In the afternoon we will go by bycicle (20km) and arrive in Miercurea Ciuc, a Hungarian city where we will stay for the night in a 4* Hotel.
DAY 12
In the morning we will go by bycicle to the only Franciscan monastery of Romania (20km), at Sumuleu, have lunch and in the afternoon we continue our journey by bus to Brasov. Dinner and accommodation in Brasov at a 4* Hotel where we will stay for 2 days. Special dinner with follk music or classical music.
DAY 13
After breakfast we will go by bus to the Dracula Castle at Bran. Part of the trip can be done by bycicle. We will drive 10 km by bicicle to a very nice restaurant in the neighborhood and have a special lunch. In the afternoon we will return to Brasov through the best ski resort in Romania, Poiana Brasov, and the last 15 km from Poiana Brasov to Brasov will be done by bycicle. Dinner and accommodation in the same 4* Hotel.
DAY 14
After breakfast, we will go to Bucharest through Sinaia where we will visit the former residence of the Romanian king famlily, Peles Castle. Lunch will be near the castle and the journey continues to Bucharest where we will arrive around 4 PM so we will have enough time for a small city tour through the old city of Bucharest. Farewell dinner in a special resaurant. Accommodation in a 4* Hotel.
DAY 15
Departure back home. If the plane is in the afternoon we could organzie a Bucharest city tour.
• 3* and 4*Hotel accommodation with B&B
• all transfers included with 4* Bus
• Full Board
• Professional guide
• typical lunches or dinners
• Entrance fees to museums, monasteries and castles
