Balkan Countries Tour: Bulgaria, Macedonia, Kosovo, Albania, Muntenegro, Serbia
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Day 1: From Bucharest area or Danube to the former capital of Bulgarian Empire - Veliko Tarnovo
Stop At: St. Dimitrii of Basarbovo Monastery, Basarbovo 7071 Bulgaria
It is the only active cave monastery in the modern history of Bulgaria.
It was named a historical landmark in 1978.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Konstantsalieva House, Ul. Kapitan Pavel Gramadov, Arbanasi 5029 Bulgaria
The Konstantsalieva house, on one of the main roads through the village, originally built in the 17th century, has been beautifully restored in National Revival style.
It reflects not only the wealth of the owners but also the attention to detail and the quality craftsmanship of that time. In a style typical for Arbanassi, the two storey house is set in a large yard surrounded by a high stone wall.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Tsarevets, Tsar Asen Square, Veliko Tarnovo 5000 Bulgaria
Tsarevets is a medieval stronghold located on a hill with the same name in Veliko Tarnovo in northern Bulgaria. Tsarevets is 206 metres (676 ft) above sea level.
It served as the Second Bulgarian Empire's primary fortress and strongest bulwark between 1185 and 1393, housing the royal and the patriarchal palaces, and it is also a popular tourist attraction.
Duration: 2 minutes
Stop At: Samovodska Charshia Market, ul. "Georgi S. Rakovski" 33, 5000 g.k. Varusha - north, Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria
Samovodska Charshia (market) square is where the people of nearby Samovodene village came to sell their home-grown produce in the second half of the 19th century.
The marketplace flourished and spread down the quaint and cobbled Rakovski street, encompassing various inns (Hadji Nikoli's inn, built 1858, is still there today), bakeries and pastry shops and traditional craft workshops
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Veliko Tarnovo, Veliko Tarnovo, Veliko Tarnovo Province
Often referred as the "City of the Tsars", Veliko Tarnovo is located on the Yantra River and is famously known as the historical capital of the Second Bulgarian Kingdom, attracting many tourists with its unique architecture.
Duration: 12 hours
No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.
Day 2: From Veliko Tarnovo to Sofia - the capital of Bulgaria
Stop At: Sofia, Sofia, Sofia Region
Sofia is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria. The city is at the foot of Vitosha Mountain in the western part of the country.
Being in the centre of the Balkans, it is midway between the Black Sea and the Adriatic Sea, and closest to the Aegean Sea.
Sofia is the 15th largest city in the European Union. The city is surrounded by mountains, such as mountain Vitosha by the southern side, Lyulin by the western side, and the Balkan Mountains by the north, which makes it the 2nd highest European capital after Madrid.
The city is built on the Iskar river, and has many mineral springs, such as the Sofia Central Mineral Baths. Sofia has a humid continental climate.
Duration: 12 hours
No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.
Day 3: From Sofia to Skopje the capital of Macedonia
Stop At: Skopje, Skopje, Skopje Region
Skopje is the capital and largest city of North Macedonia. It is the country's political, cultural, economic, and academic centre.
The rocky promontory on which stands the Fortress was the first site settled by man in Skopje. The earliest vestiges of human occupation found on this site date from the Chalcolithic (4th millennium BC).
Duration: 12 hours
No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.
Day 4: From Skopje to Pristina the capital of Kosovo
Stop At: Pristina, Pristina
Pristina is the capital and largest city of Kosovo. The city has a majority Albanian population, alongside other smaller communities.
With a municipal population of 204,721 inhabitants (2016), Pristina is the second-largest city in the world with a predominantly Albanian-speaking population, after Albania's capital, Tirana. Within Serbia, it would be the 4th largest.
Geographically, it is located in the north-eastern part of Kosovo close to the Goljak mountains.
Duration: 12 hours
No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.
Day 5: From Pristina to Tirana the capital of Albania
Stop At: Tirana, Tirana, Tirana County
Tirana is the capital and largest city by area and population of the Republic of Albania.
The city was awarded the title of the European Youth Capital of 2022.
Tirana is located in the center of Albania and is enclosed by mountains and hills with Mount Dajt elevating on the east and a slight valley on the northwest overlooking the Adriatic Sea in the distance.
Due to its location within the Plain of Tirana and the close proximity to the Mediterranean Sea, the city is particularly influenced by a Mediterranean seasonal climate.
It is among the wettest and sunniest cities in Europe, with 2,544 hours of sun per year.
Duration: 12 hours
No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.
Day 6: From Tirana to Podgorita the capital of Montenegro and after to Budva a city at Mediteranean see รฎn Muntenegro
Stop At: Podgorica, Podgorica, Podgorica Municipality
Podgorica is the capital and largest city of Montenegro.
Between 1946 and 1992โin the period that Montenegro formed, as the Socialist Republic of Montenegro, part of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY)โthe city was known as Titograd.
Podgorica is at the crossroads of several historically important routes, near the rivers Zeta, Moraฤa, Cijevna, Ribnica, Sitnica and Mareza in the valley of Lake Skadar and near the Adriatic Sea, in fertile lowlands with favourable climate.
The earliest human settlements were in prehistory: the oldest physical remains are from the late Stone Age
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Budva, Budva, Budva Municipality
Budva is a Montenegrin town on the Adriatic Sea, former bishopric and present Latin Catholic titular see.
It has 19,218 inhabitants, and it is the centre of Budva Municipality. The coastal area around Budva, called the Budva riviera, is the center of Montenegrin tourism, known for its well-preserved medieval walled city, sandy beaches and diverse nightlife. Budva is 2,500 years old, which makes it one of the oldest settlements on the Adriatic coast.
Duration: 12 hours
No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.
Day 7: From Budva to Dubrovnik a city at Mediteranean see รฎn Croatia
Stop At: Dubrovnik, Dubrovnik, Dubrovnik-Neretva County, Dalmatia
Dubrovnik is a city on the Adriatic Sea in southern Croatia. It is one of the most prominent tourist destinations in the Mediterranean Sea, a seaport and the centre of Dubrovnik-Neretva County.
Its total population is 42,615 (census 2011). In 1979, the city of Dubrovnik joined the UNESCO list of World Heritage sites.
The prosperity of the city was historically based on maritime trade; as the capital of the maritime Republic of Ragusa, it achieved a high level of development, particularly during the 15th and 16th centuries, as it became notable for its wealth and skilled diplomacy.
Duration: 12 hours
No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.
Day 8: From Dubrovnik to Sarajevo the capital of Bosnia&Hetegovina
Stop At: Mostar, Mostar, Herzegovina-Neretva Canton, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Mostar is a city and the administrative center of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Mostar is situated on the Neretva River and is the fifth-largest city in the country.
Mostar was named after the bridge keepers (mostari) who in the medieval times guarded the Stari Most (Old Bridge) over the Neretva.
The Old Bridge, built by the Ottomans in the 16th century, is one of Bosnia and Herzegovina's most visited landmarks, and is considered an exemplary piece of Islamic architecture in the Balkans
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Sarajevo, Sarajevo, Sarajevo Canton, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Sarajevo is the capital and largest city of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a population of 275,524 in its administrative limits.
The Sarajevo metropolitan area, including Sarajevo Canton, East Sarajevo and nearby municipalities, is home to 555,210 inhabitants.
Nestled within the greater Sarajevo valley of Bosnia, it is surrounded by the Dinaric Alps and situated along the Miljacka River in the heart of the Balkans.
Sarajevo is the political, financial, social and cultural center of Bosnia and Herzegovina and a prominent center of culture in the Balkans, with region-wide influence in entertainment, media, fashion and the arts.
Due to its long history of religious and cultural diversity, Sarajevo is sometimes called the "Jerusalem of Europe" or "Jerusalem of the Balkans". It is one of only a few major European cities to have a mosque, Catholic church, Orthodox church and synagogue within the same neighborhood. A regional center in education, the city is home to the Balkansโ first institution of tertiary education in the form of an Islamic madrasa, today part of the University of Sarajevo.
Duration: 12 hours
No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.
Day 9: From Sarajevo to Belgrade the capital of Serbia
Stop At: Belgrade, Belgrade
Belgrade is the capital and largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers and the crossroads of the Pannonian Plain and the Balkan Peninsula.
The urban area of Belgrade has a population of 1.23 million, while nearly 1.7 million people live within the administrative limits of the City of Belgrade (which encompasses almost all of its metropolitan area), a quarter of the total population of Serbia.
Duration: 12 hours
No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.
Day 10: From Belgrade to Timiศoara a big city in Romania
Stop At: Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Vojvodina
Novi Sad is the second largest city in Serbia and the capital of the autonomous province of Vojvodina.
It is located in the southern portion of the Pannonian Plain on the border of the Baฤka and Srem geographical regions.
Lying on the banks of the Danube river, the city faces the northern slopes of Fruลกka Gora.
Novi Sad was founded in 1694 when Serb merchants formed a colony across the Danube from the Petrovaradin Fortress, a strategic Habsburg military post. In the following centuries, it transformed into an important trading and manufacturing centre as well as a centre of Serbian culture, earning it the nickname Serbian Athens.
The city was heavily devastated in the 1848 Revolution, but was subsequently rebuilt and restored. Today, along with the Serbian capital city of Belgrade, Novi Sad is an industrial and financial centre important to the Serbian economy.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Timisoara, Timisoara, Timis County, Western Romania, Transylvania
Timiศoara is the 3rd largest city in Romania and the main social, economic and cultural centre in western Romania.
Nicknamed the Little Vienna or the City of Flowers, Timiศoara is considered the informal capital city of the historical Banat.
The countryโs third most populous city is the economic hub of the region, with 319,279 inhabitants as of the 2011 census, home to almost a half-million inhabitants in the metropolitan area, as well as ca. 50,000 students from over 50 countries.
Duration: 12 hours
No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.
Day 11: From Timiศoara to Sibiu
Stop At: Castelul Corvinilor, Strada Castelului 1-3, Hunedoara 331141 Romania
Corvin Castle, also known as Hunyadi Castle or Hunedoara Castle is a Gothic-Renaissance castle in Hunedoara, Romania.
It is one of the largest castles in Europe and figures in a list of the Seven Wonders of Romania.
Built in a Renaissance-Gothic style and constructed over the site of an older fortification on a rock above the smaller Zlaศti River, the castle is a large and imposing structure with tall towers, bastions, an inner courtyard, diversely coloured roofs, and myriads of windows and balconies adorned with stone carvings.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Sibiu, Sibiu, Sibiu County, Central Romania, Transylvania
Sibiu is a city in Transylvania, Romania, with a population of 147,245.
Located some 275 km (171 mi) north-west of Bucharest, the city straddles the Cibin River, a tributary of the river Olt.
Now the capital of Sibiu County, between 1692 and 1791 and 1849โ65 Sibiu was also the capital of the Principality of Transylvania.
Sibiu is one of the most important cultural centres of Romania and was designated the European Capital of Culture for the year 2007, along with the city of Luxemburg.
Formerly the centre of the Transylvanian Saxons, the old city of Sibiu was ranked as "Europe's 8th-most idyllic place to live" by Forbes in 2008. The city also administers the village of Pฤltiniศ, a ski resort located 35 kilometres to the south.
Duration: 12 hours
No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.
Day 12: From Sibiu to Bucharest the capital of Romania
Stop At: Transfagarasan Highway, Dn 7C Sibiu and Arges County, Curtea de Arges 115300 Romania
This is the best road in the world โ said Jeremy Clarkson in a Top Gear episode while comparing it to a race track. Still, Transfagarasan offers so much more besides the amazing driving experience, connecting the south of Romania with Transylvania, going straight across the massive Fagaras Mountains through five tunnels and winding roads that needed 6,500 tons of dynamite to be built.
Duration: 3 hours
Stop At: Poienari Castle, Transfagarasan On the Transfagarasn Road, just after you pass the village Corbeni., Arefu 117040 Romania
The ruins of Poienari Fortress stand high on a cliff overlooking the Arges River, at the foothills of the Carpathian Mountains. Built at the beginning of the 13th century by the first Walachian rulers, the castle changed names and residents a few times over the decades; eventually, it was abandoned and left in ruins.
Vlad Tepes ( Vlad the Impaler) recognized the potential of the location and upon taking over the throne, he ordered that the structure be repaired and consolidated, turning it into one of his main fortresses. When the Turks attacked and captured the castle in 1462, Vlad escaped via a secret passageway leading north through the mountains.
Although the castle was used for many years after Vlad's death in 1476, it was eventually abandoned again in the first half of the 16th century and left to the ravages of time and weather.
In 1888, a major landslide brought down a portion of the castle which crashed into the river far below. The castle underwent repairs and the remnants of its walls and towers stand to this day.
You will need stamina to climb the 1,462 steps to reach the castle ruins, perched high above the surrounding area like an eagle's nest.
Duration: 2 hours
No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.
Day 1: From Bucharest area or Danube to the former capital of Bulgarian Empire - Veliko Tarnovo
Stop At: St. Dimitrii of Basarbovo Monastery, Basarbovo 7071 Bulgaria
It is the only active cave monastery in the modern history of Bulgaria.
It was named a historical landmark in 1978.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Konstantsalieva House, Ul. Kapitan Pavel Gramadov, Arbanasi 5029 Bulgaria
The Konstantsalieva house, on one of the main roads through the village, originally built in the 17th century, has been beautifully restored in National Revival style.
It reflects not only the wealth of the owners but also the attention to detail and the quality craftsmanship of that time. In a style typical for Arbanassi, the two storey house is set in a large yard surrounded by a high stone wall.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Tsarevets, Tsar Asen Square, Veliko Tarnovo 5000 Bulgaria
Tsarevets is a medieval stronghold located on a hill with the same name in Veliko Tarnovo in northern Bulgaria. Tsarevets is 206 metres (676 ft) above sea level.
It served as the Second Bulgarian Empire's primary fortress and strongest bulwark between 1185 and 1393, housing the royal and the patriarchal palaces, and it is also a popular tourist attraction.
Duration: 2 minutes
Stop At: Samovodska Charshia Market, ul. "Georgi S. Rakovski" 33, 5000 g.k. Varusha - north, Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria
Samovodska Charshia (market) square is where the people of nearby Samovodene village came to sell their home-grown produce in the second half of the 19th century.
The marketplace flourished and spread down the quaint and cobbled Rakovski street, encompassing various inns (Hadji Nikoli's inn, built 1858, is still there today), bakeries and pastry shops and traditional craft workshops
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Veliko Tarnovo, Veliko Tarnovo, Veliko Tarnovo Province
Often referred as the "City of the Tsars", Veliko Tarnovo is located on the Yantra River and is famously known as the historical capital of the Second Bulgarian Kingdom, attracting many tourists with its unique architecture.
Duration: 12 hours
No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.
Day 2: From Veliko Tarnovo to Sofia - the capital of Bulgaria
Stop At: Sofia, Sofia, Sofia Region
Sofia is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria. The city is at the foot of Vitosha Mountain in the western part of the country.
Being in the centre of the Balkans, it is midway between the Black Sea and the Adriatic Sea, and closest to the Aegean Sea.
Sofia is the 15th largest city in the European Union. The city is surrounded by mountains, such as mountain Vitosha by the southern side, Lyulin by the western side, and the Balkan Mountains by the north, which makes it the 2nd highest European capital after Madrid.
The city is built on the Iskar river, and has many mineral springs, such as the Sofia Central Mineral Baths. Sofia has a humid continental climate.
Duration: 12 hours
No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.
Day 3: From Sofia to Skopje the capital of Macedonia
Stop At: Skopje, Skopje, Skopje Region
Skopje is the capital and largest city of North Macedonia. It is the country's political, cultural, economic, and academic centre.
The rocky promontory on which stands the Fortress was the first site settled by man in Skopje. The earliest vestiges of human occupation found on this site date from the Chalcolithic (4th millennium BC).
Duration: 12 hours
No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.
Day 4: From Skopje to Pristina the capital of Kosovo
Stop At: Pristina, Pristina
Pristina is the capital and largest city of Kosovo. The city has a majority Albanian population, alongside other smaller communities.
With a municipal population of 204,721 inhabitants (2016), Pristina is the second-largest city in the world with a predominantly Albanian-speaking population, after Albania's capital, Tirana. Within Serbia, it would be the 4th largest.
Geographically, it is located in the north-eastern part of Kosovo close to the Goljak mountains.
Duration: 12 hours
No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.
Day 5: From Pristina to Tirana the capital of Albania
Stop At: Tirana, Tirana, Tirana County
Tirana is the capital and largest city by area and population of the Republic of Albania.
The city was awarded the title of the European Youth Capital of 2022.
Tirana is located in the center of Albania and is enclosed by mountains and hills with Mount Dajt elevating on the east and a slight valley on the northwest overlooking the Adriatic Sea in the distance.
Due to its location within the Plain of Tirana and the close proximity to the Mediterranean Sea, the city is particularly influenced by a Mediterranean seasonal climate.
It is among the wettest and sunniest cities in Europe, with 2,544 hours of sun per year.
Duration: 12 hours
No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.
Day 6: From Tirana to Podgorita the capital of Montenegro and after to Budva a city at Mediteranean see รฎn Muntenegro
Stop At: Podgorica, Podgorica, Podgorica Municipality
Podgorica is the capital and largest city of Montenegro.
Between 1946 and 1992โin the period that Montenegro formed, as the Socialist Republic of Montenegro, part of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY)โthe city was known as Titograd.
Podgorica is at the crossroads of several historically important routes, near the rivers Zeta, Moraฤa, Cijevna, Ribnica, Sitnica and Mareza in the valley of Lake Skadar and near the Adriatic Sea, in fertile lowlands with favourable climate.
The earliest human settlements were in prehistory: the oldest physical remains are from the late Stone Age
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Budva, Budva, Budva Municipality
Budva is a Montenegrin town on the Adriatic Sea, former bishopric and present Latin Catholic titular see.
It has 19,218 inhabitants, and it is the centre of Budva Municipality. The coastal area around Budva, called the Budva riviera, is the center of Montenegrin tourism, known for its well-preserved medieval walled city, sandy beaches and diverse nightlife. Budva is 2,500 years old, which makes it one of the oldest settlements on the Adriatic coast.
Duration: 12 hours
No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.
Day 7: From Budva to Dubrovnik a city at Mediteranean see รฎn Croatia
Stop At: Dubrovnik, Dubrovnik, Dubrovnik-Neretva County, Dalmatia
Dubrovnik is a city on the Adriatic Sea in southern Croatia. It is one of the most prominent tourist destinations in the Mediterranean Sea, a seaport and the centre of Dubrovnik-Neretva County.
Its total population is 42,615 (census 2011). In 1979, the city of Dubrovnik joined the UNESCO list of World Heritage sites.
The prosperity of the city was historically based on maritime trade; as the capital of the maritime Republic of Ragusa, it achieved a high level of development, particularly during the 15th and 16th centuries, as it became notable for its wealth and skilled diplomacy.
Duration: 12 hours
No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.
Day 8: From Dubrovnik to Sarajevo the capital of Bosnia&Hetegovina
Stop At: Mostar, Mostar, Herzegovina-Neretva Canton, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Mostar is a city and the administrative center of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Mostar is situated on the Neretva River and is the fifth-largest city in the country.
Mostar was named after the bridge keepers (mostari) who in the medieval times guarded the Stari Most (Old Bridge) over the Neretva.
The Old Bridge, built by the Ottomans in the 16th century, is one of Bosnia and Herzegovina's most visited landmarks, and is considered an exemplary piece of Islamic architecture in the Balkans
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Sarajevo, Sarajevo, Sarajevo Canton, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Sarajevo is the capital and largest city of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a population of 275,524 in its administrative limits.
The Sarajevo metropolitan area, including Sarajevo Canton, East Sarajevo and nearby municipalities, is home to 555,210 inhabitants.
Nestled within the greater Sarajevo valley of Bosnia, it is surrounded by the Dinaric Alps and situated along the Miljacka River in the heart of the Balkans.
Sarajevo is the political, financial, social and cultural center of Bosnia and Herzegovina and a prominent center of culture in the Balkans, with region-wide influence in entertainment, media, fashion and the arts.
Due to its long history of religious and cultural diversity, Sarajevo is sometimes called the "Jerusalem of Europe" or "Jerusalem of the Balkans". It is one of only a few major European cities to have a mosque, Catholic church, Orthodox church and synagogue within the same neighborhood. A regional center in education, the city is home to the Balkansโ first institution of tertiary education in the form of an Islamic madrasa, today part of the University of Sarajevo.
Duration: 12 hours
No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.
Day 9: From Sarajevo to Belgrade the capital of Serbia
Stop At: Belgrade, Belgrade
Belgrade is the capital and largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers and the crossroads of the Pannonian Plain and the Balkan Peninsula.
The urban area of Belgrade has a population of 1.23 million, while nearly 1.7 million people live within the administrative limits of the City of Belgrade (which encompasses almost all of its metropolitan area), a quarter of the total population of Serbia.
Duration: 12 hours
No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.
Day 10: From Belgrade to Timiศoara a big city in Romania
Stop At: Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Vojvodina
Novi Sad is the second largest city in Serbia and the capital of the autonomous province of Vojvodina.
It is located in the southern portion of the Pannonian Plain on the border of the Baฤka and Srem geographical regions.
Lying on the banks of the Danube river, the city faces the northern slopes of Fruลกka Gora.
Novi Sad was founded in 1694 when Serb merchants formed a colony across the Danube from the Petrovaradin Fortress, a strategic Habsburg military post. In the following centuries, it transformed into an important trading and manufacturing centre as well as a centre of Serbian culture, earning it the nickname Serbian Athens.
The city was heavily devastated in the 1848 Revolution, but was subsequently rebuilt and restored. Today, along with the Serbian capital city of Belgrade, Novi Sad is an industrial and financial centre important to the Serbian economy.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Timisoara, Timisoara, Timis County, Western Romania, Transylvania
Timiศoara is the 3rd largest city in Romania and the main social, economic and cultural centre in western Romania.
Nicknamed the Little Vienna or the City of Flowers, Timiศoara is considered the informal capital city of the historical Banat.
The countryโs third most populous city is the economic hub of the region, with 319,279 inhabitants as of the 2011 census, home to almost a half-million inhabitants in the metropolitan area, as well as ca. 50,000 students from over 50 countries.
Duration: 12 hours
No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.
Day 11: From Timiศoara to Sibiu
Stop At: Castelul Corvinilor, Strada Castelului 1-3, Hunedoara 331141 Romania
Corvin Castle, also known as Hunyadi Castle or Hunedoara Castle is a Gothic-Renaissance castle in Hunedoara, Romania.
It is one of the largest castles in Europe and figures in a list of the Seven Wonders of Romania.
Built in a Renaissance-Gothic style and constructed over the site of an older fortification on a rock above the smaller Zlaศti River, the castle is a large and imposing structure with tall towers, bastions, an inner courtyard, diversely coloured roofs, and myriads of windows and balconies adorned with stone carvings.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Sibiu, Sibiu, Sibiu County, Central Romania, Transylvania
Sibiu is a city in Transylvania, Romania, with a population of 147,245.
Located some 275 km (171 mi) north-west of Bucharest, the city straddles the Cibin River, a tributary of the river Olt.
Now the capital of Sibiu County, between 1692 and 1791 and 1849โ65 Sibiu was also the capital of the Principality of Transylvania.
Sibiu is one of the most important cultural centres of Romania and was designated the European Capital of Culture for the year 2007, along with the city of Luxemburg.
Formerly the centre of the Transylvanian Saxons, the old city of Sibiu was ranked as "Europe's 8th-most idyllic place to live" by Forbes in 2008. The city also administers the village of Pฤltiniศ, a ski resort located 35 kilometres to the south.
Duration: 12 hours
No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.
Day 12: From Sibiu to Bucharest the capital of Romania
Stop At: Transfagarasan Highway, Dn 7C Sibiu and Arges County, Curtea de Arges 115300 Romania
This is the best road in the world โ said Jeremy Clarkson in a Top Gear episode while comparing it to a race track. Still, Transfagarasan offers so much more besides the amazing driving experience, connecting the south of Romania with Transylvania, going straight across the massive Fagaras Mountains through five tunnels and winding roads that needed 6,500 tons of dynamite to be built.
Duration: 3 hours
Stop At: Poienari Castle, Transfagarasan On the Transfagarasn Road, just after you pass the village Corbeni., Arefu 117040 Romania
The ruins of Poienari Fortress stand high on a cliff overlooking the Arges River, at the foothills of the Carpathian Mountains. Built at the beginning of the 13th century by the first Walachian rulers, the castle changed names and residents a few times over the decades; eventually, it was abandoned and left in ruins.
Vlad Tepes ( Vlad the Impaler) recognized the potential of the location and upon taking over the throne, he ordered that the structure be repaired and consolidated, turning it into one of his main fortresses. When the Turks attacked and captured the castle in 1462, Vlad escaped via a secret passageway leading north through the mountains.
Although the castle was used for many years after Vlad's death in 1476, it was eventually abandoned again in the first half of the 16th century and left to the ravages of time and weather.
In 1888, a major landslide brought down a portion of the castle which crashed into the river far below. The castle underwent repairs and the remnants of its walls and towers stand to this day.
You will need stamina to climb the 1,462 steps to reach the castle ruins, perched high above the surrounding area like an eagle's nest.
Duration: 2 hours
No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.
Tour leaving from Bucharest
Bucharest, the capital of Romania, is a vibrant city full of history. With its impressive architecture, lively nightlife, and delicious food, Bucharest offers a unique experience for travelers. Explore the Palace of the Parliament, stroll through the Old Town, and indulge in traditional Romanian cuisine. Don't miss the Village Museum to immerse yourself in the country's culture.
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