2013 Highlights of Southern Transylvania Day Trip

offered by supplier M06203 (read about supplier)

Key Information:
Tour Duration: 1 day(s)
Group Size: 1 - 12 people
Destination(s): Romania
Specialty Categories: Sightseeing
Season: January - December
Airfare Included: No
Tour Customizable: No
Minimum Per Person Price: 39 Euro (EUR)
Maximum Per Person Price: 149 Euro (EUR)

Depart Bucharest in the early morning (pick up at your hotel. Journey north to Sinaia mountain resort in the Carpathians. Named after St. Catherine Monastery on Mount Sinai, Sinaia became the unofficial capital of the Kingdom of Romania towards the end of the 19th century. The orientation tour of the resort includes a visit to the local monastery built at the end of the 17th century and featuring a wonderful Last Judgment fresco. Then take a guided tour of the Peles Castle and Gardens, the royal residence of King Charles I of Romania and known as one of the most beautiful summer royal residences in Europe.

Cross the mountains into Transylvania and arrive to Bran. The attraction is Bran Castle also known as Dracula Castle and one of the largest medieval structures of Transylvania. The castle was built in 1377 to safeguard the trading route between Transylvania and Wallachia, enlarged and restored a few times to become a royal residence in the 1920s during the reign of Queen Marie.

Continue to nerby Brasov - formerly the chief city of the Transylvanian Saxons and an important trading centre. The tour includes the Council Square and the medieval towers and bastions, the famous Black Church with its 4,000 pipe organ and its unique collections of over one hundred Anatolian prayer rugs given to the church as gifts by the rich Brasov merchants. Next is the Schei Quarter and the First School in the the Romanian language. In the late afternoon drive back to Bucharest and transfer to your hotel.

Notes:
Airfare is not included in the tour price.

- A minimum of two travelers are required for the tour
- Solo traveler price is 189 Euro.

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