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Bucharest · Ilfov County · Romania
Maramures, Bucovina & Danube Delta Tour
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The Experience
What your day looks like
This five days program gives you the opportunity to discover some of the most important tourist objectives and beautiful landscapes in Romania. You will be traveling through the legendary and famous land of Transylvania, then head to Maramures where you will see impressive wooden churches but also traditional houses, Bucovina with its famous painted monasteries, and finally Danube Delta, a unique natural reservation (UNESCO heritage).
At a Glance
The experience, in brief
- Visit Sinaia Monastery and Peles Castle built by the first King of Romania
- Visit Brasov and Sighisoara an old medieval citadel
- Visit the wooden church Barsana built in 1995
- Admire the famous Merry Cemetery in Sapanta village
- Stop at Ciocanesti village, a unique place where all the houses are painted with traditional motifs
- Visit Moldovita, Sucevita and Voronet Monastery
- An image of the Gura Humorului city & countryside life
- Explore the Danube Delta natural reserve
Your Itinerary
Your day, step by step
Day 1
Bucharest
Bucharest – Sinaia – Brasov – Sighisoara Departure from Bucharest to Sinaia, also known as “The Pearl of the Carpathians”. This is a beautiful mountain resort located in the Carpathian mountains at 800 meters altitude.
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Bucharest
Sightseeing at Sinaia Monastery. Here you will be visiting Sinaia Monastery and Peles Castle built by the first King of Romania, Carol I, to be a summer Royal residence. The castle is an architectural beauty and very modern (for that time) being the first castle in Europe to have electric power.
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Brasov
City/Town Tour. From Sinaia, we head to Brasov, an old medieval citadel, the most important commercial center from all the seven German Medieval Cities (Siebenbuergen). Visit the Old Town (the Historical Centre), followed by lunch.
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Sighisoara
City/Town Tour. After this we start to Sighisoara, the only medieval citadel in Europe still populated (UNESCO heritage), being kept in the original form with the old medieval fortifications and the old towers.
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Bucharest
Overnight in a hotel or guesthouse in Sighisoara.
Day 2
Bucharest
Sighisoara – Barsana – Sapanta – Sighetu Marmatiei After breakfast, you will be driven toward the region of Maramures, a place where the purity of nature blends with the beauty of the old villages, a place where the locals kept untouched their traditions, where the carved wood represents a common way of building.
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Bucharest
Sightseeing at Church of the Presentation of the Virgin in the Temple. Here you will visit the wooden church Barsana built-in 1995, the most representative of all the wooden churches in Maramures and also “The Old Barsana” (UNESCO heritage), which was translated from the original place to another location using the old popular technique called “Dovetail”.
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Bucharest
Local Flavor. Then, you will be driven to nearby Sapanta village where you will admire the famous Merry Cemetery. The Merry Cemetery has gained originality and value by means of the chopped, carved, and painted crosses on which the artisan has chiseled out versified epitaphs, most of them full of a remarkable sense of humor, particular to the area and to all the Romanians. The value of these works of art is recognized both at home and abroad. In the same village, you will be visiting the highest wooden church in the world called Sapanta Peri (78 meters).
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Bucharest
Overnight in a hotel or guesthouse in Sighetul Marmatiei. Depending on the time, we may visit in the same city the most notorious communist prison in Romania.
Day 3
Bucharest
City/Town Tour. Sighetu Marmatiei – Ciocanesti – Moldovita – Sucevita – Voronet – Gura Humorului In the morning, you will leave behind Maramures entering into Bucovina known for its painted monasteries, but also for the traditional houses adorned with beautiful floral and geometrical motifs, for its traditions kept over the centuries, and for its hospitable people.
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Bucharest
Local Flavor. On our way, we will be driving by Prislop Pass (charming landscape) and the first stop will be in Ciocanesti village, a unique place where all the houses are painted with traditional motifs, in the same place being “The Painted Eggs Museum”.
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Bucharest
Sightseeing at Moldovita Monastery. We continue to North to visit the painted monasteries, unique for the originals frescoes both on the inside & outside walls, still preserved in the original style (some of these monasteries being UNESCO heritage). First, you will be driven to Moldovita Monastery built in 1532, initially built as a monastery for monks and changed after as a convent for nuns.
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Bucharest
Sightseeing at Sucevița Monastery. The second monastery will be Sucevita which is the largest of all, looking more like a mighty fortress than a monastery. The monastic place, as the last one to be painted on the exterior walls, boasts the best-preserved frescoes of Bucovina.
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Bucharest
Sightseeing at Voroneț Monastery. In the end, you will visit the most famous painted monastery of all, Voronet Convent also known as “The Sixtine Chapel of the Orient”. Erected in 1488, Voronet Monastery represented one of the first Moldavian creative elements showing a distinctive style. The church is a combination of Byzantine, Gothic and local elements. The exterior painting on the western wall depicts, on five registers, the Doomsday scene, unique in the whole world. The Voronet Monastery entered the universal cultural heritage also for having in the composition of the paintings the inimitable “Voronet blue”.
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Bucharest
Overnight in a hotel or guesthouse in Gura Humorului.
Day 4
Bucharest
Gura Humorului – Tulcea After breakfast, we will head to the Danube Delta.
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Bucharest
Local Flavor. The journey will be long but beautiful going through many towns and villages giving you the opportunity of having an image of the city & countryside life. On our way, we will have a break for lunch.
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In the evening, we will arrive at our final destination, Tulcea, the Gate of the Danube Delta. This city is one of the oldest settlements on the Romanian territory, starting with the Greek colony during the 8th century B.C.
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Bucharest
Dinner and overnight at a hotel or guesthouse in Tulcea.
Day 5
Bucharest
Boating at Danube Delta. Tulcea – Bucharest The day will begin with a tour by boat on the channels of the Danube Delta (UNESCO heritage). The Danube Delta is the largest Delta in Europe and the best preserved, having a total surface of 3446 square kilometers. We will admire delta flora with specific vegetation of swamp and fauna with 133 species of fish and 327 species of birds, some of them migratory and some others local birds. Traditional fish lunch on the boat.
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Bucharest
At the end of the day, return to Bucharest.
Before You Go
What to know before booking
Included
Transport by private AC car/minivan Pickup & drop-off at your address English Speaking Tour Guide Tour by boat on the Danube Delta channels
Not Included
Lunch & dinner Entrance fees Photo fees at the museums
Meeting & Pickup
Pickup & Drop-off at your address in Bucharest.
Planning Notes
Minimum age: 7 Hotel pickup offered: Yes Confirmation: Manual By Business
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