Guided Tours- Discovering Balkans

9 Days from Sofia to Belgrade, Sibiu, Brasov and Bucharest

Program:

Tour Features:

 First class hotels, rooms with private facilities
 Service charges and hotel taxes
 Breakfast daily, 1 lunch and 6 dinners
 Touring by modern motor coach
 Airport and local transfers
 Professional English speaking tour director
 Luggage handling
 Headsets will be provided for included sightseeing tours, so you can easily hear your guide's commentary First class hotels, rooms with private facilities

Sightseeing Tours Included:

Sofia
Belgrade
Hunedoara
Sibiu
Sighisoara
Brasov
BucharestSofia

Day 1, arrive Sofia, Saturday
Arrive in Sofia. You will be met at the airport and
transferred to the hotel. Plenty of time to relax
before meeting your fellow travelers and tour
director at the welcome dinner. (D)

Day 2, in Sofia, Sunday
Half day Sofia city tour. The highlights of the tour will
be the visits to the National History Museum where
the gold and silver Thracian treasures are displayed,
the Alexander Nevski Cathedral and Alexander
Nevski Crypt. The rest of the day is at leisure.
Overnight. (B)

Day 3, Sofia-Nis-Ravanica-Belgrade, Monday
After breakfast departure towards Nis. On the route
visit Ravanica Monastery. Built during the 1370s,
Ravanica is the main endowment of the famous
Prince Lazar, where he was buried following his
death in the battle of Kosovo. Since then, Ravanica
has been a pilgrim's destination and an important
center of cultural activities and the Serbian people's
assemblies. In the late afternoon, arrival at Belgrade.
Enjoy dinner with local live music in a typical national
restaurant in the old bohemian quarter of Skadarlija.
Overnight. (B,D)

Day 4, in Belgrade, Tuesday
Your morning sightseeing tour includes the city's
main attractions: the imposing Kalemegdan
Fortress dramatically situated at the joining of the
Sava and Danube Rivers; the Republic Square and
Knez Mihajlova street; Saint Sava Temple, the largest
Orthodox Church in the city, and Tito's Memorial. (B)

Day 5, Belgrade-Timisoara-Sibiu, Wednesday
After breakfast depart to Sibiu. On the way we stop
for a short visit of Timisoara, the city where Romanian
revolution started in 1989. Lunch en route is
included. Arrival to Sibiu and accommodation with
dinner. (B, L, D)

Day 6, Sibiu - Sighisoara - Brasov, Thursday
After breakfast, sightseeing tour of Sibiu, once the richest town in Transylvania. During the tour see the Huet Square, the Large Square, the Evangelical Cathedral, the Liars' Bridge and others. Continue towards Sighisoara, the best preserved medieval city in South-Eastern Europe, for sightseeing tour including entrance to the famous Clock Tower Museum. Continue to Brasov; walking tour of Brasov includes the visit to the First Romanian School with an impressive collection of rare books. Accommodation and dinner in a local restaurant. (B, D)

Day 7, Brasov - Bucharest, Friday
Following breakfast depart towards Bran. Visit the Bran Castle, made famous by Bram Stoker's novel as the residence of the vampire count, Dracula. Continue to Bucharest and stop in Peles Castle built as the summer residence of King Carol I. Afterwards continue to the 17th century Sinaia Monastery and to Bucharest. Upon arrival accommodation at your hotel and dinner. (B, D)

Day 8, in Bucharest, Saturday
Get acquainted with the Romanian capital, once nicknamed "Little Paris". During the tour you will visit the Parliament Palace, the second largest building in the world after the Pentagon and the National Treasure. Listen how the Romanian people finally succeeded to topple the last communist dictator in eastern Europe in the Revolution Square. Your tour will bring you also to the Romanian Athenaeum, the Opera House, the National Military Club, the Military Academy, Triumphal Arch and The Village Museum. Farewell dinner with folklore show. (B, D)

Day 9, depart Bucharest, Sunday
After breakfast you have some time at leisure until the departure transfer to the airport for your flight home. (B)

Hotels:
• Sofia: Radisson Blu (DLX)
• Belgrade: Hotel Moskva (F)
• Sibiu: Ramada (SF)
• Brasov : Aro Palace (SF)
• Bucharest : Marriott (DL X)

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