Best Of Transylvania's Urban Heritage (5 Days, From Budapest)

Itinerary

Day 1: Budapest – Oradea – Cluj

Stop At: Oradea, Oradea, Bihor County, Northwest Romania, Transylvania
Your guide will meet at your hotel in Budapest in the morning. Departure for Romania. After a 3 hours drive across Eastern Hungary, you shall arrive in Oradea, a beautiful city with most of it’s central buildings raised in Art Nouveau style. Stop for lunch and a city tour.
Duration: 2 hours

Stop At: Cluj-Napoca, Cluj-Napoca, Cluj County, Northwest Romania, Transylvania
Continue onwards to Cluj-Napoca, along the Western Carpathians and immersing into the countryside. Arrive in Cluj in late afternoon. City tour and free time to enjoy dinner in a local restaurant.
Car transfers: approx. 6h; ~ 465 km / 289 mi
(no meals included)
Duration: 2 hours

No meals included on this day.
Accommodation included: Overnight in a 3* accommodation in Cluj.

Day 2: Cluj – Turda – Biertan – Sighisoara – Brasov

Stop At: Salina Turda, Aleea Durgaului 7, Turda 401200 Romania
Breakfast and departure towards Saxon Transylvania. Stop in Turda and tour one of the most amazing man made underground open spaces in Eastern Europe: Salina Turda. With a history going back in time at least to the Middle Ages, the salt mine is now a hot spot, both for its historic and modern sides.
*It is not recommended to visit the salt mine if you have heart, lungs, digestive and other health conditions.
Lunch in a restaurant on the way.
Duration: 2 hours

Stop At: Biertan Fortified Church, Central Square, Biertan 557045 Romania
Transfer to Biertan village and visit the impressive fortified church. Nominated as UNESCO site, it is the biggest of its kind in Transylvania. Chance to learn why churches got to be fortified in medieval times.
Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Sighisoara Historic Center, Piata Cetatii Nr.1 Center of Sighisoara, Sighisoara 545400 Romania
Afternoon arrival in Sighisoara. Roam through the charming narrow-streeted fortress which came into beeing in the 14th century, now also a UNESCO site. Catch on stories about the German speaking communities of medieval Transylvania.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes

Stop At: Brasov, Brasov, Brasov County, Central Romania, Transylvania
In late afternoon you shall finally arrive in Brasov, the ‘Crown city’ of the Saxons. Free time for shopping and restaurant dinner.
Car transfers: approx. 5h; ~ 302 km / 187 mi
(breakfast included, lunch and dinner not included)
Duration: 30 minutes

Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Overnight in a 3* accommodation in Brasov.

Day 3: Brasov – Sinaia – Bran – Sibiu

Stop At: Brasov Historical Center, Piazza Sfatului, Brasov Romania
After breakfast, before leaving Brasov, tour the city center and visit the biggest Gothic church eastwards of Vienna: the Black Church.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes

Stop At: Peles Castle, Str. Pelesului 2, Sinaia 106100 Romania
Transfer to Sinaia for the visit of Peles Castle, the first castle built by the Romanian Monarchy during the 19th century. Chance to admire the personal arts collections of the royal family.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes

Stop At: Bran Castle (Dracula's Castle), Str. General Traian Mosoiu nr. 24, Bran 507025 Romania
Lunch in a restaurant and departure for Bran, taking a scenic little road across the mountains. Arrive in Bran and tour the so called ‘Dracula’s Castle’. Built in the Middle Ages and yet modernized at the beginning of the 20th century, Bran castle is now the most visited places in Romania. Will you find Dracula inside?
Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Sibiu, Sibiu, Sibiu County, Central Romania, Transylvania
In late afternoon, arrive in Sibiu, the best defended medieval fortified town in Transylvania, named European Capital of Culture in 2007. Free time for dinner and a relaxing walk.
Car transfers: approx. 4h30 min; ~ 234 km / 145 mi
(breakfast included, lunch and dinner not included)
Duration: 30 minutes

Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Overnight in a 3* accommodation in Sibiu.

Day 4: Sibiu – Alba Iulia – Hunedoara – Timisoara

Stop At: Sibiu, Sibiu, Sibiu County, Central Romania, Transylvania
Breakfast and tour the four defensive walls of the old city of Sibiu and the main three medieval squares.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes

Stop At: Citadel of Alba Iulia, Calea Motilor, nr. 5A, Alba Iulia 510134 Romania
Departure for Alba Iulia, the city Romanians love the most. Lunch in a restaurant. Visit Alba Carolina Vauban fortress and discover all its inside stories: all about the ancient Romans, the Hungarian kings, the union of Transylvania with Romania.
Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Castelul Corvinilor, Strada Castelului 1-3, Hunedoara 331141 Romania
Continue the journey to Hunedoara, where you shall tour the largest Gothic castle in Romania, Corvin Castle (also known as Hunyadi Castle) which, as it’s name already says it, belonged to the Hunyadi family, one of the most famous members of which was King Matthias the Just.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes

Stop At: Timisoara, Timisoara, Timis County, Western Romania, Transylvania
Late in the afternoon, arrive in Timisoara. It was this city that inspired the entire country, in 1989, to ask for freedom against the communist regime. Throughout 2021, Timisoara will be European Capital of Culture. Free time for admiring the beautiful Art-Nouveau and Baroque architecture.
Car transfers: approx. 4h30 min; ~ 325 km / 202 mi
(breakfast included, lunch and dinner not included)
Duration: 30 minutes

Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Overnight in a 3* accommodation in Timisoara.

Day 5: Timisoara – Budapest

Stop At: Timisoara Historical Center, Timisoara 300003 Romania
Breakfast and tour of the old city center of Timisoara. Lunch in a restaurant and head back to Budapest.
Arrival in Budapest in late afternoon. End of the tour.
Car transfers: approx. 4h; ~ 326 km / 202 mi
(no meals included)
Duration: 2 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
No accommodation included on this day.