Transylvania Medieval Landscape: 3-Day Shared Tour from Bucharest Exploring Castles and Citadels

Embark on a 3-day shared tour from Bucharest and immerse yourself in the enchanting medieval landscape of Transylvania. Explore UNESCO-listed monuments, ancient citadels, and majestic castles while indulging in traditional Romanian cuisine.

Duration: 3 days
Cancellation: 72 hours
Highlights

Bucharest

Curtea de Arges Monastery - Curtea de Arges Monastery was built by the ruler of Wallachia Neagoe Basarab in 1514, representing an architectural monument.
Cozia Monastery - Cozia Monastery was built by one of the first rulers of Wallachia, Mircea cel Batran between 1386-1388.
Sibiu - Sibiu, by its old name Hermanstadt, was a…

What's Included
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • Transport by air conditioned private vehicle
  • Professional English speaking tour guide
  • Breakfast included
  • Two nights’ stay at 3-star hotels/guesthouses
What's Not Included
  • Food and drinks, unless specified
  • Photographing/Filming taxes at the visited sites
  • Entrance fees
Additional Information

Embark on a journey to the core of ancient Transylvania, an untouched territory, touted as ‘Europe’s final medieval scenery,’ throughout this 3-day group expedition from Bucharest. Explore some of Romania’s UNESCO-protected sites, medieval strongholds, palaces, and defenses. Take pleasure in two nights’ lodging in 3-star accommodations and relish in…

Cancellation Policy

If you cancel at least 3 full day(s) before the scheduled departure time, you will receive a full refund.
If you cancel within 3 day(s) of the scheduled departure, you will receive a 0% refund.

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Ellenw898
Aug 24, 2024
3 day tour of Romania - Be sure to add an extra few days when visiting Bucharest to visit the countryside. The 3 day tour includes the Bram and Peles Castles which people often take in a one day tour. The extra days driving over the Carpathian Mts. and stopping in 3 lovely towns, 2 overnights had us all chanting, "we love Romania!"! This country is very rich in history. Seeing the bears by the side of the road was amazing too though people shouldn't be feeding them. We had a delightful tour with our guide, Serben, from TravelMaker. He was funny and had a lot of historical knowledge. He was able to anticipate crowds and adjust our schedule so we could avoid the worst tourist bottlenecks. The website had all the info about bringing a certain amount of local currency which we needed for tickets to the Peles Castle, suggested tip, tipping in general etc. My only suggestion is to understand the acommodations better. Maybe a link to the hotels could be sent beforehand. The last hotel was in a fabulous location right at the town square, but no elevator. Serben was great carrying bags up stairs and the next morning the hotel had staff to help. We were a group of 9 older travelers. The driver, Floin, for the van was very professional oal and managed the mountain switchbacks and crowded areas with skill.
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A2514qppatw
Apr 28, 2024
Sightseeing and history - a terrific combination - It was great! In large part this was due to our driver/guide Narcis Brandusescu for two very different reasons. First, he was a great help physically – we are in our late 70s and really needed his strong arm/hand when there were no hand rails on stairs or the footing was very uneven – this despite our walking sticks (which I recommend, BTW). Secondly once Narcis discovered our preference for viewing museums he re-arranged the planned itinerary to include more of them and less churches. We also added a trip up the mountains to see Lake Vidaru, on the way meeting a mother brown bear and her two cubs!
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Lucy
Aug 18, 2023
Excellent Tour of Beautiful Transylvania - My son and I had the trip of a lifetime as we celebrated his 16th birthday present in Romania this summer. This tour was everything you want in a tour of a country very different from your own. Our group was small and our guide, Narcis, was a knowledgeable, informative, and thoughtful tour guide who took us to all the best places not mentioned in guidebooks. In a short three days, we learned about Romanian culture and history through visiting museums, monasteries, churches, and medieval villages. The van we toured in was great with large windows to view the gorgeous landscape and the hotels we stayed in were very nice with beautiful breakfasts. I am hopeful that I can send many friends and family on this fabulous tour through Romania.
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Kent
Sep 16, 2019
BEST PART OF ROMANIA - Our guide, Boogie, was informative, entertaining and a good driver. He “made” the trip for us. The three days were through beautiful country side and small towns. In SIBUI we had our best sleep and shower of our entire trip. PELES was the highlight of our tour. It was the most unique of castles we have seen in Europe. We highly recommend this tour.
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Fifi642015
Sep 3, 2018
Amazing Tour - First of all I would like to compliment Travelmaker, WOW! what a great company, once you are in their office everyone and everything welcomes you. Indeed they did a good job in organizing our tours and airport pickup. Secondly, Matei Boerescu, our tour guide for the Medieval Tour, he was excellent by all means. He was very punctual, informative and had a great sense of humour. Overall, it was a great experience and would love to do the tour again, however, the next time would be to have more time and spend at least 6 days in this tour. Great Job!
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Anonymous
Apr 2, 2018
Great Tour - My husband, college aged daughter, & I very much enjoyed our tour of Transylvania. The private tour allowed us to go at our own pace so we never felt rushed. Our tour guide, Serban Riga, was very knowledgeable and really made us feel comfortable and at ease.
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up to 10 guests
2 Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 72 hours before the start of your experience (local time).