Itinerary
Arrive in Bucharest. Bucharest, in southern Romania, is the country’s capital and commercial center. Its iconic landmark is the massive, communist-era Palatul Parlamentului government building, which has 1,100 rooms. Later explore Old Town, it is home to Vlad the Impaler’s former court at Curtea Veche, now an open-air museum of excavated medieval ruins, and the National Museum of Romanian History showing religious icons. Overnight at the hotel.
Breakfast at the hotel. Later proceed for a city tour of Bucharest. Visit Parliament palace, Romanian Athenaeum is a concert hall in the center of Bucharest, King Michael I Park, formerly Herăstrău Park, is a large park on the northern side of Bucharest, Romania, around Lake Herăstrău, Cișmigiu Park are a public park near the center of Bucharest, Stavropoleos Monastery, also known as Stavropoleos Church during the last century when the monastery was dissolved, is an Eastern Orthodox monastery for nuns in central Bucharest, Revolution Square. Evening back to your hotel. Overnight at the hotel.
After breakfast take a full day trip to Sibiu. Visit the unique Sibiel protected village & its glass icons museum. Take a great walking tour through Sibiu Old Town / Visit Cozia Monastery, built-in 1388 by Mircea the Elder. Head north-west toward Pitesti and soon you will enter the Olt River Valley. One of the most beautiful river valleys in Romania has in its beginning an architectural and historical monument: the Cozia Monastery. The next stop will be Sibiu, European Cultural Capital in 2007, admire beautiful landmarks like the Brukenthal Palace, Jesuit Church, Old City Hall tower, Evangelical Church, and Liars Bridge – the first iron-cast bridge in the country. Evening back to your hotel.
Depart Bucharest for Brasov. Brasov is a beautiful picturesque city and admiring its charms is well worth a trip on its own. That said, Brasov also serves as an excellent base to explore the breathtaking Transylvania region. Arrive & check in at the hotel. Later visit Black Church. is a church in Brașov, a city in south-eastern Transylvania, Romania. It was built by the German community of the city and stands as the main Gothic-style monument. Later see town hall & fountains.
Bran Castle is a castle in Bran, 25 kilometers southwest of Brașov. It is a national monument and landmark in Romania. The fortress is on the Transylvanian side of the historical border with Wallachia, on-road DN73. Commonly known outside Romania as Dracula’s Castle, it is often erroneously referred to as the home of the title character in Bram Stoker’s Dracula. Later visit Poiana Brașov is a neighborhood of Brasov and a Romanian ski resort popular among visitors. It is located at about 1,020 meters above sea level near the city of Brașov and it is easily accessible by road. Overnight at the hotel.
Transfer to Bucharest airport for your flight back home.