Honeymoon in Transylvania

For a honeymoon different than the usual, for the discovering and tasting the heart of Romania, the region of Transylvania, with its tourist attractions (many of whom elected to UNESCO World Heritage site), natural and culinary offers its visitors a unique experience. Different cultures are intertwined by centuries in Transylvania a place where you can live the experience of traveling back in time ... fortified churches that stand at the heart of rural villages where life runs slow as cannot anymore in our Western cities, where the products of the fields have a taste as we found in our grandparents gardens. Choosing Transylvania as well as enrich our cultural background (visiting the many Saxon villages with fortified churches, their various important cities such as Sibiu, Brasov and Sighisoara, etc), it will mean choose to understand our consciousness thanks to the contact with people which used to leave cheaply and sweat every day in order to eat from their cultivated fields with animal-drawn plough, working at the field products with manual methods and living in general a life completely different from the frantic modern one. Come and live a unique experience and educative too, come and spend your honeymoon in Transylvania!

• Duration: 9 days/8 nights
• Route: Bucharest 2n – Bran – Brasov - Malancrav 2n (Sighisoara) – Sibiu – Bucharest
• Total distance: 800km

First day : Bucharest (35Km)

Arrival in Bucharest and 5 * hotel accommodation in the central area. Panoramic tour of the city to relax and dine in a traditional Romanian restaurant.

Second day : Bucharest (30Km)

After breakfast you will discover the city: we will visit the Village Museum, monument of the history of architectural diversity of Romanian villages, the impressive Palace of People, the second building in the world, for size, after the Pentagon in Washington and the first in Europe, the Cotroceni Palace, residence of the President of the Republic, a walk in the historical district Lipscani and dinner in a local restaurant in the center of the capital.

Third day : Bucharest – Sinaia – Bran (204Km )

Depart for Sinaia mountain resort and visit to Peles Castle, the beautiful family residence of the Hohenzollerns, rulers of Romania. Visit to the nearby monastery of Sinaia and transfer to Bran. Afternoon relaxation, traditional dinner and accommodation in a traditional mountain pension (room with Jacuzzi) with views over Bran Castle (the infamous Dracula's Castle!).

Fourth day : Bran – Brasov ( 30 Km)

First stop of the day will be the Dracula Castle in Bran village and the fortified Citadel of Rasnov (fortress of the Teutonic Knights), on the road to Brasov. In the afternoon, we will visit the city Brasov, the ancient Saxon town of Kronstadt, Crown City; we will make the tour of the city and will take the dinner in Poiana Brasov, the most renewed mountain station in the country, dinner in a superb restaurant. Overnight in 4 * hotel.

Fifth day: Brasov – Viscri – Sighisoara – Malancrav (145Km)

After breakfast: departure to Sighisoara and a stop at the Saxon village Viscrμ. We will visit the Saxon village with its pastel colors and the famous fortified church (UNESCO). We wil take the lunch in a place close to the guest house with organic food. In the afternoon we will visit the beautiful medieval town of Sighisoara. Visit to the citadel (UNESCO for the medieval village among the best preserved in Europe). Dinner and night in the famous country house in Saxon style (Apafi Palace)

Sixth day: Sighisoara – Biertan – Malancrav (60 Km)

Visit to the area of Sighisoara to discover the villages of Saxon origin that we find along the way including Maranclav (interesting: in the Saxon village restored by the Prince Charles of England, through his Foundation we can find an ancient Manor House adjacent to the fortified church and a farm that produces a very fine organic apple juice), lunch in a family with organic food. The day will continue with a visit to the fortified church from Biertan (UNESCO). Overnight stay in the famous country house in Saxon style (Apafi Palace) and dinner under the veranda with view over the village.

Seventh day: Malncrav – Medias – Sibiu (100 Km)

Departure to Sibiu. Along the way we will stop at Medias, visit the fortified church of Santa Margherita (Sfanta Margareta) in the central area. Arrival in Sibiu (ancient Hermannstadt, European capital of Culture 2007), walk on its streets, we’ll observe the pastel-coloured houses, the Grand and the Small square, the Catholic Church, the Protestant Cathedral and the Orthodox Cathedral; for those interested we can arrange a visit to the well-known Bruckenthal Museum. Dinner and overnight in hotel 4 *.

Eighth day: Sibiu - Bucharest (275Km)

Breakfast and walk on the streets of Sibiu. Lunch and departure to Bucharest. On the way back to the capital we will to visit Cozia monastery. Arrival in Bucharest; dinner in a local restaurant. Overnight stay in 5 * central hotel

Ninth Day : Bucharest (15 Km)

In the morning, we’ll take a walk in the central area for shopping and/or relax at one of the many bars in the area. Transfer to the airport.

RATES

The price for this offer per person is € 1285

For those interested in our tour we can modify the price and obtain a lower one (by changing the number of days, the type of hotel, location, etc.), so please do not hesitate to contact us.

Malancrav Apafi Manor House

Important! If you are a couple or a single and want to join other tourists to form a larger group (and therefore cheaper), you can send an e-mail to the tour that you are interested in the period, and any other requests.

Clarification

For groups over 8 people please feel free to submit a request as each tour may vary according to the needs of tourists and the price you will be notified via email. Terms of booking and payment must be pre-booked tours via e-mail to martinatravelaln@hotmail.com indicating personal details and customer address, name and date of tour that you want to book. Acceptance of reservations is subject to availability of seats and is perfected upon confirmation. At the time of acceptance you shall pay an amount equal to 25% of the total tour price via bank transfer while the balance will be due on the spot upon arrival in Romania.

Services included:

• Transfers and transportation by car or minibus 8 seater Mercedes or similar (insurance, fuel, parking and city tax included)

• Accommodation in double room for 9 nights in hotels/villas of category 3/4 stars (including breakfast)

• Driver/guide in english for the entire trip

• Half board (traditional dinners)

• Boat trip on the Danube Delta

• Taxes

Excluded services:

• flight ticket and museums tickets

• any other meals not mentioned in the program

• porterage fees, gratuities (in Romania using a 10% leave gratuities) and other personal expenses

• alcoholic beverages and soft drinks at meals (water included)

Issuance of vouchers

The customer will receive by the Tour Operator the vouchers after paid the rest of the tour

Cancellation reservations

To avoid penalties, for the cancellation of reservations you must notify in writing, by email at click here. com and by phone at +39-348-3201647with an advance of 2 days prior to departure. For those who do not communicate the cancellation within 2 days before the Tour the client is obliged to pay the entire fee. You will not be able to refund. There are no refunds for customers who present late for the release schedule for the visit, to customers who lose contact with the guide or do not arrive at the end of the Tour. When, for whatever reason, the Tour Operator cancels the Tour, the customer is entitled to a refund of the amount paid

Substitutions

The customer may be replaced by another person, provided that: a) the organiser is informed in writing at least 4 working days before the departure date, getting together with communication about the generality of the transferee.

CHANGE OR CANCELLATION OF THE RESERVATION ON BEHALF OF Hello Transylvania:

Hello Transylvania can cancel the reservation, in whole or in part, without any compensation. If the reservation is cancelled before the beginning of the tour the client has the full refund of amounts paid. In the case of force majeure (road conditions, strikes, delays, change of opening hours or other problems), the Tour Operator may make changes to the tour at any time or replace it with an equivalent alternative service categories, or if not available, lower-category with restitution of the price difference. In this case the price is subject to change, will be proposed and communicated in advance before departure. When, regardless of the reservations, in the period of greatest tourist influx, delays occur for entries to museums or other places of tourist attraction Hello Transylvania and its staff are not responsible

VALIDITY OF DESCRIPTIONS:

Hello Transylvania has paid careful attention in the formulation of programmes submitted for the descriptions correspond exactly to the service offered. If there were any reason for complaint, customers are invited to contact the Tour Operator Martina Travel ALN, which will intervene with all means at its disposal. In the absence of such a report, no complaints will be considered next by Hello Transylvania.

DISPUTES:

Any customer complaint must be communicated to the Tour operators in writing no less than 10 working days after the end of the tour. Complaints that cannot be resolved between you and the Tour Operator will be within the competence of the law courts of Bucharest.