World War I was a war without parallel, also regarded as the first “total war” due to the fact that all previous wars were eclipsed by its scale of destruction, when the combatants mobilised all their resources, military, industrial and human, on a level never before thought possible. World War I was the first war in history that affected most of the globe, with battles fought on land, at sea and, for the first time, on the sky, claiming around 10 million lives and forever changing the political map of Europe. Romania, caught between the eastern front lines of the two war Alliances could not been eschewed by the scourge of war. All over the country from Carpathian Mountains to the Danube you can still find the footprints of fierce battles of the Great War – war memorials and cemeteries, remains of the fortified lines, and, if you dig the ground there could be found rusty bullets and helmets and mess tins. After almost 90 years Romanian, German, Austrian, French, Italian, Turkish, Greek, Russian death soldiers have still been resting together under the Romanian soil. Joining this tour you will have the opportunity to travel along some of the most important offensive directions of the Triple Alliance troops, to discover and to pay few moments of remembrance near the tombs and memorials of fallen heroes of war.

Day 1. Sunday: up to the evening
Arrival in Bucharest. Transfer from airport to a 4*Hotel. Welcome cocktail and briefing on the trips schedule. If time allows, walking tour of the old town. Dinner and accommodation.

Day 2. Monday: Bucharest and surroundings. After breakfast visit to the National Military Museum where a military historian or a retired officer former war veteran will be invited to
present the warcampaign strategic concept for the year of 1916, by Romanian point of view. After lunch visit the remains of the fortified works around Bucharest situated on the out
skirts of the city, probably we will visit 2-3 bunkers, built at the end of the XIX century. According their size they could host Montlucon and St. Chamond md 1891 guns and mortars,
and also flank guns Gruson si Hotchkiss, cal 53 mm.If the time permits, visit to the Cemetery of Honor „Pro Patria” and the Arch of Triumph erected by King Ferdinand in 1922. Dinner.

Day 3. Tuesday: Visit the Olt Valey Battleeld After breakfast, departure to Olt Valey. On the way stop at Cozia and mount on the Cozia Mountain to have a battlefield panorama.
Battlefield analysis. After lunch visit to Brezoi-Calinesti military cemetry, Valcea County. Later afternoon, drive through Red Tower Dele to Sibiu. Arrival at Sibiu, accommodation in
an elegant 3 * Hotel in the old city. Sightseeing of Sibiu - one of the famous Saxon Transylvanian old cities. Dinner outside the city to a farmer.

Day 4. Wednesday: The Brasov– Predeal and Rucar–Bran Passes Battleelds After breakfast, departure to Predeal through Brasov, on Prahova Valey. On the way visit to Timisu de Sus
Military Cemetry, Brasov County. Stop to the highiest point of the Predeal Pass to have a battlefield panorama. Battlefield analisys. Visit Predeal Memorial. Lunch in Predeal. After
lunch drive to Rucar–Bran Pass. Visit the Mausoleum in Mateias, in Valea Mare Pravat Village, Arges County.Arrival in Targoviste. Accommodation to an elegant 4* Hotel in the heart of
the city. Targoviste was one of the first Wallahia’s medieval capitals. Dinner.

Day 5. Thursday:
Analisys of Focsani – Namoloasa – Galati fortified line. After breakfast, departure to Galati. On the way to Galati we stop in Buzau and visit the biggest WW I military cemetery in
Romania (more than 9.600 soldiers engraved). Lunch in Buzau (where we will taste the good wine of the region). After lunch we continue the trip to Galati. Briefing on beligerant forces
plans for 1917 campaign. Visit the remains of the fortied bunkers and other defense works along Focsani – Namoloasa – Galati fortied line, one of the strongest in the WW I, comparable
with Maginot fortified line. Arrival in Focsani. Accommodation to a 4* Hotel, Dinner with wine tasting. We are in one of the most important wine region in Romania so don’t forget to
enjoy it.

Day 6. Friday: Visit of Marasesti – Marasti – Oituz Battleeld. After breakfast, visit to the second biggest WW I military cemetry in Romania (more than 6.000 soldiers engraved) in
Focsani. Departure to Marasesti – Marasti – Oituz battlefields area, the most important during the 1917 campaign. These three battles changed the entire war planes on the Eastern front
for the year 1917. Briefing on the three battles. Possible specific military lunch in a mess, using old military crockery.Visit to Marasesti Mausoleum, the most imposing in the country
and one of the most majestic in Europe. After lunch depending on your choice some of you will continue our trip to Suceava, in the northern part of Moldova. Accomodation to a
3 or 4* Hotel. Visit the fortress of Suceava, former capital of Moldova until the second part of the XVI century. Dinner. The other part will drive directly to Bucharest, being
accommodated and next day departure home.

Day 7. Saturday:
The military campaign in Bucovina Breakfast at the hotel. We drive over the Ukrainian frontier to Czernowitz, the most important city in Northern Bukowina.Full of architectural gems,
this city was known as a “Little Vienna”. On the eastern slopes of the Carpathian mountains, was once the heart of the Romanian Principality of Moldova, until 1775 when the region was
to the possessions of the Habsburg Monarchy. During World War I, Bukovina became a battlefield between Austrian and Russian troops. Visit the old city and meet an historian for a brief
analisys of the military campaign in the region during the WW I. Accomodation to a 4* Hotel. Dinner.

Day 8. Sunday: The way back Cernowitz – Bukowina – Ostra Pass – Bicaz Gorge – Sighisoara.
In the morning we will visit Cernauti, and its Great outskirts in order to see some battlefields and cemeteries. Lunch outside the city.Afternoon we drive over the border and come back
to Romania in Bukowina have the chance either to visit the Neamtz fortress erected by Stefan the, the most important Moldavian voievod in the XV century or one famous painted
monastery, Voronet. The drive continues over Ostra Pass to Bistriza river and over the most beautfiul pass in Romania, Bicaz Gorge, we arrive in Transylvania, and have the chance to
overnight in the old saxon citadel of Sighisoara.

Day 9. Monday: Sighisoara – Brasov – Prahova Valley - Bucharest
Morning we visit the citadel, depart to Brasov,and over Prahova valley we will stop for lunch at Azuga wineceller where we will enjoy a champagne tasting and an extraordinary lunch
including one of the best wines in Romania. After lunch we are going back to Bucharest where we arrive late in the evening. On the way stop to have a nice lunch to Hanul (Inn)
Ancutzei. Accommodation to a 4* Hotel and farewell dinner at a special Restaurant Jaristea, www.jaristea.ro.

Day 10. Tuesday: City tour of Bucharest and departure home After breakfast, city tour of Bucharest; visit of the Palace of Parliament (former Palace of Socialism during Ceausescu’s
dictatorship - second biggest building worldwide after the Pentagon), the Patriarchal church, Village Museum etc. In the afternoon, departure back home.