Romania - Pre-Tour Extension
Departure on Saturdays

Program:

Day 1: Bucharest
Arrival on the Bucharest airport. Meeting the guide and transfer to the hotel with a panoramic city tour and visit of the Village Museum.

Dinner with folklore program.

Accommodation Hotel INTERCONTINENTAL 5*/ Bucharest

Day 2: Bucharest - Sinaia - Brasov (200 km)
After breakfast visit the Parliament Palace, the second largest building in the world after the Pentagon then depart through the oil fields of Ploiesti and Campina and the picturesque Prahova River Valley to Sinaia, one of the best mountain resorts nicknamed the "Pearl of the Carpathians". Visit Peles Castle, an exquisite piece of architecture, which has served as the summer residence for King Carl I of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen. Then enter Sinaia monastery - a beautiful example of the Valachian-Byzantine style, and the first building in Sinaia. The program continues on the Prahova valley to Brasov. Walking tour in Brasov, founded in the 12th century by the Saxon settlers.

Accommodation Hotel BELLA MUZICA 3*/ Brasov

Day 3: Brasov- Bran - Sighisoara (250 km)
In the morning visit the Black Church - largest gothic style church in South-Eastern Europe, then departure to Bran and visit the Bran castle, built in the 14th century by the merchants from Brasov to protect the old border between Valahia and Transilvania, also known as the Dracula's Castle. Continue to Sighisoara the birthplace of Vlad the Impaler, a Saxon medieval fortress - town and part of the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage being the best preserved and continuously inhabited early medieval citadel in Eastern Europe. Just arrived in Sighisoara you proceed on a walking tour of the town, admire the famous Clock Tower and stop in the house in which Dracula (Vlad the Impaler) was born in 1432.

Accommodation Hotel SIGHISOARA 3* / Sighisoara

Day 4: Sighisoara - Sibiu (200 km)
In the morning drive to Sibiu, European Capital of Culture in 2007. On the way, stop at the town of Medias first mentioned in documents in the 13th century and visit the Evangelical Church and the Old Town. Once arrived in Sibiu, enjoy a comprehensive city tour of Sibiu. Visit the well preserved medieval district - Grand Square, Lesser Square, Evangelical Cathedral, the baroque Church, the Liars bridge. In the evening drive to Sibiel Village where you can admire the Glass Icon Museum and enjoy a hearty Romanian dinner at local farmhouse.

Accommodation Hotel FORUM CONTINENTAL 4* / Sibiu

Day 5: Sibiu-Alba Iulia-Hunedoara-Timisoara (350 km)
Departure from Sibiu in the morning, with a first stop in Alba Iulia (Roman Catholic Cathedral, Batthyaneum library, the Roman Catholic Bishop's palace, the Orthodox Cathedral, Babylon Building , Union Hall, Apor Palace, the Princely Palace), then continue for Hunedoara and visit the most important Gothic-style secular building in Transylvania, the Corvins' Castle. In late afternoon depart to Timisoara.

Accommodation Hotel CONTINENTAL 4* / Timisoara

Day 6: in the morning Timisoara city tour, then transfer to Belgrade (200 km) 
Transportation with modern A/C car. English speaking guide/driver included. Entrance fees included to all the sites mentioned above.
 
Selected Hotels*:
* Bucharest  Intercontinental *****
* Brasov Bella Muzica ***
* Sighisoara Sighisoara ***
* Sibiu   Forum Continental ****
* Timisoara Continental ****

* Similar category hotel may be used depending on availability.

Min:  2 people

Price:

$2,160.00 per person/double occupancy
$290.00 single supplement

Highlights: As per itinerary. Entrance fees included to all sites mentioned above.
Meals: 5 breakfasts, 1 dinner with folklore program, 1 dinner in farmhouse.

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