Day 1: Pick-up from the Otopeni Airport or from Bucharest and transfer to Sinaia

Day 2: Visit Peles Castle and optional climb to 2000 m by cable car  to the geological monuments:Babele (Old Women) and The Sfinx(Sphinx)

Day 3: Transfer to Bran Castel:According to  legend, the castle used to be the place where Dracula, the character of Bram Stoker's book, lived; then transfer and short visit the medieval city: Sibiu(known by it's German name, Hermannstadt, the city has managed to keep the atmosphere of a long history, reflected in a rich architectural patrimony); optional lunch; transfer through Transfagarasan Road .

Day 4 : Transfer to Hunedoara through Transfapina Road, visit the greatest Gothic-style castle in Romania, Corvinesti.

Day 5: Transfer to The Apuseni Nature Park  - known as the cavers’ paradise, protects one of the most interesting cave fauna in the country; visit of Bear's Cave

Day 6: Fortresses of Ponor

Day 7: Visit Scarisoara Glacier, then depending on the time we have, we will visit other caves or beautiful places in the area

Day 8: Transfer at Turda : Saline & Gorges

Day 9:Visit Sighisoara and Praid Saline

Day 10: Transfer to Spring Mountain Lake through Bicaz Gorges and Red Lake

Day 11: Walking through the village to see the beauty of the area and some of human activities, visit the sheepfold

Day 12: Choose between: climbing the Ceahlau Mountain or be a peasant for a day(be a big help to the people from there)

Day 13: Choose between: Relaxing and do what ever you want: swimming, walking, sunbathing, fishing , boat trip on the lake, or Visit some of the Painted Monasteries of Bucovina. At the and of the day: campfire

Day 14: Transfer to Piatra Neamt, called as "Pearl of Moldavia"

Day 15: Transfer to Bucharest

Included in price: 14 accomodation in a double room+breakfast, car transport about 3000 km, driver, guide, lunch(days 10-13), dinner(days10-13)

Excluded: plane tickets to/from Bucharest, all objectives fees,cable car,other meals, optional excursions, other expenses

On request this tour may be simplified or modified, depends on how many days you have available to visit Romania, physical condition of each and what you really want to do in this country!

This one day tour will take you on a wonderful discovery of two emblematic castles in Romania: Peles and Cantacuzino, each one part of the legacy of two families who changed the country’s history.

Tour available from Tuesday to Sunday. The price is per person for a group of 6 people. Maximum group size:10

Itinerary

We leave early morning from your hotel in Bucharest. Our first stop is the Peles Castle in Sinaia, a mountain resort from the popular Prahova Valley. After lunch we head to the nearby resort from Busteni where we visit the Cantacuzino Castle

Peles Castle

The summer residence of King Carol the 1st, this fairy tale castle from Sinaia is one of the most impressive castles in Romania and Europe. Built between 1873 and 1914 with visible elements of the German Renaissance style, but used as a residence since 1883, the castle was constructed after the plans of famous architects of the time. Close to Peles Castle lies Pelisor, the smaller, yet stunning residence of Queen Maria and King Ferdinand.

Cantacuzino Castle

The Cantacuzino family is one of the oldest princely families in Romania, going back to the Byzantine emperors. In 1911, one of its richest descendants, Gheorghe Cantacuzino, also nicknamed ‘Nababu’ because of its vast fortune, built a magnificent castle in Busteni. Designed in the Neo-Romanian style by one of the most famous architects of the time, Grigore Cerchez, the castle has a surface of 3,148 square meters and splendid romantic interiors.