HALLOWEEN IN ROMANIA 8Days

$2,299 + Air (based on double occupancy)

$2,799 + Air (single occupancy)

Day 1, 25 October Your first 3 nights will be in Hotel Mercure Bucharest City Center,4*+, (3 nights). Your private airport transfer will take you to the hotel. In the evening a Romanian wine tasting and dinner at “La Mama” Restaurtant. 

Day 2, 26 October This morning we do a trip to Snagov Monastery, visit Vlad the Impaler’s grave, the continue to Slanic Prahova Salt mine. Meet in the lobby at 6:15 PM. Buss leaves at 6:30 Dinner is at Restaurant “Jaristea” 7 – 9:45 PM, back to the hotel by 10:15 PM. B+ D

Day 3, 27 October 09,30 AM we start the Bucharest city tour, where we will visit the outdoor “Village Museum”.

We continue with “The Spring Palace” the former Ceausescu family residence and then a private tour of Romanian Senate wing from the Palace of Parliament, the 2nd biggest building in the entire world. Tour will end with lunch in a restaurant where you will get the chance to taste local food and drink the local beer or wine.  Free time during the afternoon for shopping or to relax. B+L

Day 4, 28 October 09 AM We depart north towards Sibiu, Transylvania. Driving time is about 4-5 hours, with breathtaking sites of the Carpathian Mountains in the Olt Valley. On the route we do several stops, including the 15th Century Cozia Monastery.  Upon arriving in Sibiu, we will do a walking tour of ASTRA park outdoor ethnographic museum, that has some amazing windmills and has 5* in the Michelin touristic guide book then we check into Hotel Golden Tulip,4*, (2 nights), Sibiu. Dinner 7:30 PM at the hotel, 585 Fusion Restaurant on the 12th floor.  B+D

Day 5, 29 October 10 AMAfter breakfast a walking tour of the Old Town in Sibiu, then we travel to the village of Sibiel, 30 min ride out of Sibiu. Here we will visit the Saxon fortified church from Cristian, 13th Century, the glass painted Icons Museum and have lunch at Casa Andrei, a local shepherd’s family. Traditional music and dances from this area. Return to Sibiu in the afternoon, time to enjoy the old town on your own. B+L

Day 6, 30 October 09 AM We depart for Sighisoara. After a 2-hour drive, we arrive in one of Europe’s oldest and best-preserved medieval fortresses with houses more than 300 years old still inhabited. We do a walking tour of the fortress, and I will show you the house where Vlad Tepes, “Dracula” was born. Lunch in Sighisoara at Casa Wagner, then continue the trip to Brasov. Check into Hotel Radisson Blu Aurum, 5*, (3 nights), followed by dinner 7:30 PM at the hotel. B+L+D

Day 7, 31 October 

At 9 AM we start our trip towards Bran, where we arrive after a 1-hour drive. Tour Bran “Dracula’s” Castle and exit it via the “time tunnel”. Bran castle is the Nr 1 Landmark in Romania that all your future clients will want to visit when they come here. You will also learn about the vampires, werewolves and other dark spirits from our past folklore. Bran village is perfect to buy local souvenirs from Romania at very good prices. We then head to a local pension in the valley of Bran, our little hidden Switzerland, where the ladies can have a class of painting gingerbread and baking our national desert “Cozonac”, while the gentlemen enjoy a glass by the fire where there’s a grilled ram getting ready for us on the barbeque. We return to Brasov, then dinner at 7:30 PM in in the best restaurant in Brasov, “Sergiana”, where we will also do our Halloween party. B+L+D

Day 8, 01 November 

A walking tour of the old town of Brasov. I will show you the oldest building that is aprox 400 years old, then we do a tour of the Black Church. We continue the day with a cable car trip to the peak of the mountain in Poiana Brasov ski resort. We will come down the mountain on the other road and stop and take a peek at “Rasnov” fortress (also via cable car. Afternoon champagne tasting and brunch at Rhein wine cellars in Azuga.  B+L

Day 9, 02 November

09:00 AM, We travel towards Sinaia, where we will tour Peles Royal Palace. Built in German Neo Renaissance style, it is richly decorated in wood and is the most beautiful Royal Palace in Romania. Lunch in Sinaia at “Casa Andra” then we travel again south, towards Bucharest. We return to Bucharest and check into Hotel Marmorosch, 5*, Old Town (a luxury collection by Marriott).  Meet in the lobby at 7 PM, we walk for 5-7 min to “Caru cu Bere” restaurant located in the old town, where we will have dinner 7:15 – 9:15 PM. B+L+D

Day 10, 03 NovemberBreakfast and transfer to the airport for your return flight home.

- Seven nights hotel accommodation

- Transportation 

- All meals indicated below (HB or FB)

- All Entrance Tickets

- Local guide speaking English

- International air

- Some meals (based on the itinerary)

- Travel Insurance

- Driver / Guide tip 

- Any personal expenses