Explore Romania from Cluj-Napoca to Bucharest, visiting Maramures, Transylvanian towns and Unesco sites, with three-star hotels and family-run guesthouses, many meals included, and a tour leader throughout.
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Visit Maramures villages and the UNESCO-listed wooden church at Desesti.
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Discover the Merry Cemetery’s colorful crosses and epitaphs in Sapanta.
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Visit the Memorial of the Victims of Communism in Sighetu Marmatiei.
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Walk Sighisoara’s cobbled citadel streets and see the Tailor’s Tower.
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Visit Viscri’s tiny fortified church, restored with The Prince’s Foundation.
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Explore Bran Castle, Dracula’s Castle and former royal residence.
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Visit Peles Castle, former residence of Romanian royals.
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See Bucharest’s colossal Palace of Parliament from the outside.
We stay in three-star hotels in the bigger cities. In the rural areas, we stay at family-run guesthouses. In some of the guesthouses, we sometimes have shared bathrooms (one bathroom for two rooms). In the smaller guesthouses, the rooms might be split over several guesthouses close to one another.
Cluj-Napoca: Hotel Transilvania, Cluj (night 1)
Maramures: Botiza (nights 2 - 3)
Sighisoara: Casa Wagner, Sighisoara (night 4)
Sibiu: Craft Inn, Sibiu (night 5)
Viscri via Carta and Lisa: Spread in the village, Viscri (night 6)
Brasov: Local guesthouse (nights 7 - 8)
Bucharest: Hotel Venezia / Duke Romana (night 9)
Please note: The guesthouse on Day 2 and 3 does not have wifi.