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4 days Tour of Transylvania from Budapest to Bucharest

By Guided Europe Tours
Free cancellation available
Price is $704 per adult* *Get a lower price by selecting multiple adult tickets
Features
  • Free cancellation available
  • 4d
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Selective hotel pickup
Overview

Travel for 4 days from Budapest to Bucharest, but also visits Timisoara, the European Capital of Culture of 2023, and Sibiu, the European Capital of Culture of 2007. You will discover how three different cultures and ethnicities live in the same country. Enjoy a tour with a local tour guide and visit the old town of Sighisoara, UNESCO heritage and Dracula’s native land. Visit the famous Dracula Castle and Peles Castle in Sinaia, a famous, luxurious and luxurious royal residence. Immerse yourself in the green of the Carpathians and in the beauty of Transylvanian nature. You will get to know mysterious and fascinating places. We look forward to meet you in Romania!

Activity location

  • Timisoara
    • Timisoara, Romania, Romania

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Timisoara
    • Timisoara, Romania, Romania

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Twin Room
  • Activity duration is 4 days4d4d
  • English

Price for a Twin Room
Pickup included

Language options: English
Starting time: 8:30am
Price details
$704.45 x 2 Adults$1,408.90

Total
Price is $1,408.90
Until Sun, Apr 28
Single Room
  • Activity duration is 4 days4d4d
  • English

Price for a Single Room
Pickup included

Language options: English
Starting time: 8:30am
Price details
$867.02 x 1 Adult$867.02

Total
Price is $867.02
Until Sun, Apr 28

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's includedTransport by air-conditioned vehicle for the entire tour
  • What's includedWhat's includedProfessional tour leader that will be also the driver
  • What's includedWhat's included3 nights accommodation
  • What's includedWhat's includedLocal tour guide for the entire tour
  • What's includedWhat's includedHotel/port pickup and drop-off
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedTips for the Driver / Tour Guide
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedFood and drinks, unless specified
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedEntrance fees

Know before you book

  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
  • Not recommended for pregnant travelers
  • Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
  • Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
  • A current valid passport is required on the day of travel
  •  The order can be changed based on multiple factors like weather, traffic conditions and restrictions, national holidays, ecc but all the visits will be done as indicated in the itinerary, changing just the order keeping in mind that all this is done for your safety or to make more enjoyable your tour.
  •  In case that all the members of the tour have a special request to see something else that it is not in the itinerary and it requests also extra miles the tour manager after a discussion with our sales department will let you know the extra cost or if we can make it complimentary.
  • !! In case you will need a transfer to the airport or any other extra services please ask the tour manager in advance if it is possible to organize it and let you know also the price.
  • A minimum of 2 participants is required to organise the tour. If the tour it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund

Activity itinerary

Day 1: Day 1 - Saturday - Budapest - Timisoara (320km) HUNGARY+ROMANIA
  • 1 stop
  • Meals: Not included
  • Accommodation: Overnight in a 3* hotel in Timisoara.
Timisoara
  • 3h
Pick-up from your hotel around 09.00 a.m. and transfer to Romania where you will meet the local tour guide. Visit Timisoara, a very charming city for its architectural features for many Turkish, Serbian, Austrian and German elements, European Capital of Culture in 2023.
Day 2: Day 2 - Sunday - Timisoara – The Corvini Castle – Alba Iulia – Sibiu (320 km)
  • 3 stops
  • Meals: breakfast
  • Accommodation: Overnight in a 3* hotel in Sibiu.
Castelul Corvinilor
  • 2h
  • Admission ticket not included
In the morning we will visit the most fascinating gothic castle in Eastern Europe and one of the most beautiful and greatest of our continent, the famous Corvin Castle
Sibiu
  • 3h
Visit Sibiu, a beautiful medieval city where Romanians and Saxons have been living peacefully for centuries and where the various religious monuments (Catholics, Orthodox and Protestants) demonstrate this peaceful coexistence. Sibiu was named European Capital of Culture in 2007 and hosts an extraordinary theater festival every year. The city fascinates thanks to its three squares (Big Square, Small and Huet Square ) that transport tourists in a real medieval atmosphere. Its towers and its 15th century bastions, but also its beautiful museums and the famous “houses with the eyes” give the visitor lovely moments. Also in Sibiu you will see one of the largest gothic evangelical churches in Transylvania.
Salina Turda
  • 2h
  • Admission ticket not included
Visit the most beautiful salt mine in Eastern Europe: Turda Salt Mine
Day 3: Day 3 - Monday - Sibiu – Sighisoara – Brasov (210km)
  • 2 stops
  • Meals: breakfast
  • Accommodation: Overnight in a 3* hotel in Brasov.
Centrul Istoric Sighisoara
  • 2h
  • Admission ticket not included
Visit Sighisoara, with its imposing Clock Tower. This citadel is the best preserved in Europe and, extraordinary, it is still inhabited. Since 1999 the historic center of Sighisoara is a UNESCO heritage site. Here we will admire the church on the hill, reachable after a wooden staircase called the schoolchildren’s ladder. We will also see the statue of the famous Hungarian national poet Petofi Sandor, testifying to the fact that in Sighisoara the Magyar community was in the past numerically important. Next to the statue is the beautiful Catholic church, reserved for the Hungarian community, and the tower of the shoemakers. You can have lunch at the house where Vlad the Impaler was born (not included)
Brasov
  • 2h
Visit Brasov, a wonderful Transylvanian town, once entirely fortified, an important cultural, tourist and commercial center. Brasov impresses with its typically German architecture, where the Gothic, the Baroque and the Renaissance intersect to give life to an interesting and culturally very lively city. Visit of the First Romanian School, which is located in the oldest district of the city, and which was inhabited exclusively by Romanians, the Schei district, interesting for the entrances into the city that were carried out in medieval times through the Caatherine’s and Schei Gate, quest last of the nineteenth century. In Brasov we will also visit the impressive Black Church, the largest evangelical Gothic church in Eastern Europe, with a 65 meter high bell tower and a length of 90 meters, the church houses the most beautiful nineteenth-century mechanical organ of Romania. We will then admire the palaces and houses of the historic center, recently restored, with the Council Square which now houses a beautiful museum, and the pedestrian Avenue of the Republic.
Day 4: Day 4 - Tuesday - Brasov – Bran – Sinaia – Bucharest (180 km)
  • 2 stops
  • Meals: breakfast
  • Accommodation: Not included
Bran Castle (Dracula's Castle)
  • 2h
  • Admission ticket not included
Visit Bran where we will visit the famous Bran Castle, better known as Dracula’s Castle. In the Middle Ages, Bran was exactly on the border between Wallachia and Transylvania, so it was essential for the inhabitants of Brasov to build and preserve a defensive stronghold
Peles Castle
  • 2h
  • Admission ticket not included
Visit to the fabulous Peles Castle, the summer residence of the first king of Romania, the King Charles 1 of Hohenzollern, of German origins. The castle was beautifully designed by a Czech architect, and is famous for being one of the most modern castles in Europe at the time of its construction, between the 19th and 20th centuries. Each room is characterized by a unique style, different from the styles of the other rooms. We will also admire the Florentine room, where we will breathe a typically Italian and Renaissance atmosphere.

Location

Activity location

  • LOB_ACTIVITIESLOB_ACTIVITIESTimisoara
    • Timisoara, Romania, Romania

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLETimisoara
    • Timisoara, Romania, Romania

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