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Showing posts with label Romania. Show all posts

Wednesday, 15 February 2017

Transylvania - Home of Dracula. 8 Day Tour.

Transylvania - Home of Dracula. 8 Day Tour. Contact us to book your place...

Home at Dracula
Home of Dracula, 8 Day Tour 2017 - from 345€
Program
Day 1: Homeland - Bucharest: H.RamadaParc 4 * 
Arrival at Bucharest airport, reception from the local guide and drive to the hotel.

Day 2: Bucharest - Sinaia - Predeal: H. Piemonte 4 * (www.casabazna.ro/de)
In the morning drive to Sinaia and visit the Peles Castle, the summer residence of the royal family. In 1866, the first king of the Hohenzollern family came to Romania and decided to build a castle in Sinaia on the banks of the Peles brook in the German Renaissance, so that it would remind him of his home country. Not far away is the monastery of Sinaia, built by orthodox monks who came from the Sinai Peninsula. Afterwards drive to the hotel.

Day 3: Predeal - Prejmer - Harman - Rasnov - Bran - Predeal: H. Piemonte 4 * (www.casabazna.ro/de)
In the morning drive to Bran (Dracula Castle). The tower and shooting range rich Höhenburg was built in the 14th century and served the inhabitants of nearby Brasov as part of its protective belt against the Ottomans. The romantic castle, in the inter-war residence of the Romanian Queen Maria, is now a museum. Also visit the church church from Rasnov. The peasant castle was built in 1215 by the German knight's order on a hill (ca.150m). It is important for the farmers to have a large number of houses, stables and a small church. The castle has ten towers and is bounded by an earth wall. Afterwards, you will see 2 important churches of Burzenland, Prejmer and Harman.

Day 4: Predeal - Sibiu / Hermannstadt - Predeal: H. Piemonte 4 * (www.hotel-sandru.ro)
Day trip to Sibiu.Sibiu is known as a city of culture, characterized by the centuries-old traditions of different peoples, which was also one of the main reasons for the appointment to the European Capital of Culture in 2007. Most of the buildings, squares, towers and basements of the city are testimony to a history that dates back a century and a half, when German-speaking settlers founded the town. You will get to know the Big and Small Ring, with various markets and craft houses, the Brukenthal Palace, the kathedrals. Church from the monarchy and, of course, the evangelical town parish church from Huet Square, where the son of Dracula is buried.
Day 5: Mon Predeal - Brasov / Kronstadt - Predeal: H. Piemonte 4 *www.hotelpiemonte.roDay trip to Brasov / Kronstadt. The city was founded in the 13th century by the Knights of the Teutonic Order and was for centuries an economic and intellectual center of the Transylvanian Saxons, who constitute a majority of the population until the 19th century. In the city center, where you can see the main attractions: the Black Church with her Buchholz organ, (interior visit), the medieval city walls of the historic old town with stylish late medieval town houses, the town hall square, the unique Schnurr alley Katherinentor and the small hidden ortodoxe Church The center.

Day 6: Predeal - Sighisoara - Predeal: H. Piemonte 4 *(www.hotelpiemonte.ro
Day trip to Sighisoara.Sighisoara is the best preserved, still inhabited early medieval city in Europe and is therefore a famous historical destination, which is also included in the UNESCO list of world cultural heritage.The most important landmark of Sighisoara is the 64 meter high clock tower, built in 1556 and home to a local museum. The historic center of Sighisoara is surrounded by fortifications and towers built in the 12th century citadel of Saxony. There is also a small arms museum and a torture gallery. You will also visit the birthplace of Prince Dracula.
Day 7: Mi. Predeal - Bucharest: H. Ramada Parc 4 * 
Drive to Bucharest. The cityscape of Bucharest is characterized by a diverse architecture with a colorful style mixture in a narrow space. Beside palaces there are villas in the neo-Arab Brâncoveanu style of the beginning of the 20th century. Route: The Arch of Triumph, Victorieistreet with Enescu Museum, former Nationaltheater, Atheneum, Royal Castle, Cretulescu Church, HanulluiManuc, Parliament Palace, Patriarchal Church, Military Academy, Cismigiu Park. You will visit the patriarch church and the village museum. In the old city center you will visit the old fire station of VladTepes. Festive dinner with folklore program in "Pescarus" restaurant.

Day 8 Bucharest - Homeland
Servizi:
- 7 nights in 4 * hotels,
- half board,
- tour guide,
- festive dinner,
- folklore program,
- luggage service in hotels,
- transport by modern bus / minibus according to program.
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Home at Dracula
Home at Dracula
Home at Dracula
Home at Dracula
Dates and Prices (Do-Do)
16.03-23.03.201707.09-14.09.2017
Place in DBL/HB345€375€
Single-supplement110€110€
Entry fee35€35€


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Transylvanian and Moldavian Monasteries - 8 Day Guided Tour

Transylvanian and Moldavian Monasteries - 8 Day Guided Tour. Contact us to book...

Transylvania and Moldavian Monasteries
Transylvania and Moldavian Monasteries 8 day travel in 2017 - from 355€
Program
Day 1 Homeland - Bucharest: H. Ramada Parc 4 * (www.ramadabucharestparc.ro)
Arrival at Bucharest airport, reception of the guide and transfer to the hotel.Dinner and overnight in Bucharest. .

Day 2 Bucharest - Sibiu - Bazna: Casa Bazna 3 * (www.casabazna.ro) (www.casabazna.ro)(www.casabazna.ro/de)
Drive along the Olt valley, through the Red Tower Pass where once the border between Transylvania and Valachia. Stop at the monastery of Cozia, the oldest monastery in Romania. In the afternoon, arrival in Sibiu / Hermannstadt, in the city which was the cultural capital of Europe in 2007. During a city tour through in the old town center you will see among other things: The Big and Small Ring, the Lies Bridge and the Evangelical Cathedral. Continue to Bazna.

Day 3 Bazna - Sighisoara - Bazna: Casa Bazna 3 * (www.casabazna.ro) (www.casabazna.ro/de)
Today is under the sign of the culture of the Transylvanian Saxons. The church castles of Transylvania are among the best-known historical monuments of the Transylvanian Saxons, and since they have been better preserved than in other parts of Europe, they are valuable monuments of the general construction of the fortified churches. After breakfast, we will travel to Biertan (Birthälm), where we will visit the largest of the fortified church. Here was until 19JH. Also the residence of the evangelical bishops for Transylvania. On our visit list, you will soon find Sighisoara (Schässburg). Sighisoara is the most beautiful and best preserved medieval building in the rural Gothic Renaissance and Baroque style in this part of Europe. The high density of the architectural monuments, the public buildings, the fortified walls, the towers and the dwellings that together form the complex give the castle the view of a unique, well-arranged building complex of invaluable historical value. The church, the Dracula's birthplace and the church of the former the monasterys church can be visited here. In the afternoon return to Bazna. Afterwards ride with the horse cart from Bazna to the church in Boian.

Day 4 Bazna - Campulung: H. Sandru 3 * (www.hotel-sandru.ro)
Today drive over the Tihuta Pass from Bukowina into Transylvania. Short stop in Bistrita to admire the church with the largest tower of Romania. Continue through TarguMures, where you can see the Orthodox Cathedral and the Cultural Palace. In the afternoon visit to the monastery Moldovita.

Day 5 Campulung - Predeal: H. Piemonte 4 * (www.hotelpiemonte.ro
In the morning visit to the monastery Voronet. Drive through the breathtaking BicazCanyon, along the Red Lake.
The Bicaz Canyon is a gorge, about 5 km long, which runs through the Eastern Carpathians. Near the pass was created in 1838 by a mountain dive, the river Red sea. (LaculRosu) A whole wooded slope had slipped into the water at the time, and today the tree trunks still protrude from the water. Then continue through the eastern part of Transylvania. In the late afternoon, you will arrive in Predeal.

Day 6 Predeal - Harman - Brasov - Predeal: H. Piemonte 4 *(www.hotelpiemonte.ro
In the morning you will meet Kronstadt / Brasov. The city was founded in the 13th century by the Knights of the Teutonic Order and for centuries it was an economic and intellectual center of the seven-burghese Saxons, which represented a majority of the population until the 19th century. The Black Church with its beech wood organ, the medieval city wall around the historic old town with stylish late medieval houses, the town hall square, the unique the Rope Street, the cathedral gate and the small, hidden Orthodox church from the Center. Visit of the fortified church from Harman. In addition to religious practice, this was also used by the local village or local residents as a retreat and defense building. Then return to Predeal.

Day 7 Predeal - Bran - Sinaia - Bucharest: H. Ramada Parc 4 *
In the morning drive to Bran (Dracula Castle). It was built in the 14th century and served the inhabitants of nearby Brasov as part of its protective belt against the Ottomans. The romantic castle, in the inter-war residence of the Romanian Queen Maria, is now a museum. Visit of Peles Castle, the summer residence of the royal family. In 1866, the first king of the Hohenzollern family came to Romania and decided to build a castle in Sinaia on the banks of the Peles brook in the German Renaissance, so that it would remind him of his home country. In the late afternoon arrival in Bucharest. In the evening, festive dinner with folklore program in R. "Pescarus".

Day 8 Bucharest - return home 
In the morning city tour in the Romanian capital, Bucharest. Visit the patriarchal church, the seat of the Romanian Orthodox Patriarch, the village museum with its houses from all parts of Romania, and stop at the Palace of Parliament, the second-largest building in the world after the Pentagon. The wide boulevards of Bucharest, monuments like the triumphal arch and wide places explain why Bucharest is known as "small Paris of the East". Continue to the airport, where you will leave the Romanian tour guide.
Services:
- 7 nights in 3 * and 4 * hotels,
- half-board,
- guide,
- horse-drawn carriage,
- festive dinner,
- luggage service in the hotels,
- transport by modern bus / minibus.
Transylvania and Moldavian Monasteries
Transylvania and Moldavian Monasteries
Transylvania and Moldavian Monasteries
Transylvania and Moldavian Monasteries
Transylvania and Moldavian Monasteries
DATES – PRICES (DO-DO
23.03-30.03.2017
26.10-02.11.2017
18.05-25.05.2017
31.08-07.09.2017
Place in DBL/HB355€385€
Single-supplement110€110€
Entry fee30€30€


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Travel With Steam Through Transylvania - 8 Day Tour

Explore Transylvania on this amazing tour. Contact us to book your place.

With steam through Transylvania
With steam through Transylvania, Tour 2017 - frm 435€
Programa
Day 1 Homeland - Bucharest
Arrival at the airport, reception of the guide and transfer to the hotel.Day at leisure in the city.Dinner and overnight at the hotel.

Day 2 Bucharest - Cozia- Sibiu - Bazna
Drive through the Wallachia, a short stop at the Monastery of Cozia (14th century) Then follow the Red Tower Pass to Transylvania. City tour in Sibiu with the visit of the large and small ring, the lies bridge as well as the cathedral.Arrival evening in Bazna.

Day 3 Bazna - Biertan - Sighisoara-Bazna
Morning drive to the largest Saxon church in Siebenbürgen, after Biertan.Afterwards the tour of the town in Sighisoara with a visit of the clock tower, the birthplace of Count Dracula and also the mountain church. In the afternoon, ride with carriage-horses to the Saxon church of Boian .In the evening, festive dinner with folklore program.

Day 4 Bazna - Turda -Cluj Napoca- Sighetul Marmatiei
In the morning drive to Turdaand visit the salt mine. Afterwards, the tour of the city in ClujNapocawith a visit to St Michael's cathedral and the statue Mathias Corvinus. In the afternoon drive to Sapanta where you will visit the "cheerful cemetery".

Day 5 SighetulMarmatiei - Viseul de Sus - Bistrita 
In the morning drive to Viseul de Sus where the steam train awaits us. The narrow-gauge spur of only 760 m leads us through a wild-romantic forest area into the Carpathians. In addition to the beautiful landscape, you can admire many bridges and tunnels along the route. The steam train was already used in the 18 th century by the Austrian monarchy as a waterway through the dense forests of the Carpathians. Lunch is also a picnic with drinks included in the mountains. In the afternoon transfer from Viseu to the hotel in Bistrita.

Day 6 Bistrita - Sovata - Predeal
In the morning you take the bus to the resort Sovata. The health resort is famous all over the world for its thermal baths. Here you can take a steam train on the narrow-gauge railway from Sovata to CampuCetatii (Burgfeld) and back in 2011. Then follow the road to Predeal via Praid and Homorod.

Day 7 Predeal - Brasov - Bran -Sinaia - Bucharest
In the morning drive to Brasov. Short city tour in the old town. Afterwards drive to Bran Castle, also known as Dracula Castle. After a short stop in Sinaia to see the Peles castle, the summer residence of the Romanian kings from the outside. Afternoon sightseeing in the capital of Romania with a visit to the patriarch church and village museum.

Day 8 Bucharest - home
In the morning free time. Afterwards transfer to the airport, departure from the tour guide and home flight.
Servizi:
- 7 nights in 3 * and 4 * hotels,
- half board,
- Homeland speaking guide from / to Bucharest airport,
- horse-drawn carriage,
- festive dinner,
- folklore program,
- 2 steam locomotives,
- luggage service in the hotels,
- transport with modern bus / minibus., 
With steam through Transylvania
With steam through Transylvania
With steam through Transylvania
Dates and Prices (Tue-Tue)
06.06-13.06.2017
04.07-11.07.2017
01.08-08.08.2017
22.08-29.08.2017
Price per person (Place in DBL/HB)435€
Single-supplement110€
Entry fee35€


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Tour Transylvania & the Carpathians

Tour Transylvania & the Carpathians. Two 8 Day Tours. Contact us to Book...

Tour of Transylvania & Carpathians
Tour of Transylvania & Carpathians, 8 day active travel 2017 - from 355€
Program
Day 1 Homeland - Bucharest: H. Ramada Parc 4 * Reception from the tour guide at the airport and transfer to the hotel. 

Day 2 Bucharest - Cozia - Sibiel: Pension Adriana 3 *
In the afternoon easy hike to the mountain village Sibiel.Visit to the museum of glass art and a cheerful dinner at home with the mountain farmers.

Day 3 Sibiel - Sibiu - ValeaViilor - Boian - Bazna: Casa Bazna 3 * 
In the morning walk around the town in Hermannstadt with a visit to the small and big ring, the lies bridge and the cathedral. Afterwards hike to the KirchenburgWurmloch which is visited. In the afternoon ride with the horse-drawn carriage to the Saxon church churchBoian (including drinks on the way)

Day 4 Bazna - Bagaciu - Seuca - Bazna: Casa Bazna 3 * 
Morning hike to the church of Bagaciu.Lunch at the Saxon winery of Seuca with wine tasting and snack. Return to Bazna. Free time in the village.

Day 5 Bazna - Biertan - Copsa Mare - Sighisoara - Viscri - Predeal: H. Piemonte 4 * 
In the morning visit the church of Biertan then hike to the nearby village of Kleinkopisch. Afterwards a tour of the castle of Sighisoara with a visit to the clock tower, the birthplace of the Prince Dracula and the mountain church. In the afternoon walk through Viscri where Prince Charles owns a farm. Arrival in the afternoon at the mountain near Predeal.Day 6 Predeal - Brasov - Zarnesti - Bran - Rasnov - Predeal: H. Piemonte 4 *
In the morning, tour of the town in Brasov with the visit of the Black Church, old town hall and orthodox church from the old town. Afterwards walk through the bear reserve of Zarnesti. In the afternoon we go up to the knight castle Bran. On the way back to Predeal, a short hike to the Rasnov farm is also made.

Day 7 Predeal - Sinaia - Bucharest: H. Ramada Parc 4 *
In the morning drive to Sinaia and visit the Sinaia monastery. Then a gentle walk up to the Peles Castle, the summer residence of the Romanian Royal Family of the Hohenzollerns. Then drive to Bucharest and enjoy a sightseeing tour of the patriarch's church and village museum. Festive dinner with folklore program in "Pescarus" restaurant.

Day 8 Bucharest - Homeland
Services:
- 7 nights in 3 * and 4 * hotels and pensions,
- half-board,
- guide,
- horse-drawn carriage,
- wine tasting,
- festive dinner,
- folklore program,
- luggage service in the hotels,
- transport by modern bus / minibus.
Tour of Transylvania & Carpathians
Tour of Transylvania & Carpathians
Dates and Prices (Do-Do)
30.03-06.04.201714.09-21.09.2017
Place in DBL/HB355€385€
Single-supplement95€95€
Entry fee25€25€


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