Riding Romania

Today’s ride is a great circular trip, out to one of the most famous castles in the world, Bran castle, a Gothic fairy-tale structure and the inspiration for Bram Stoker's, Dracula. In the evening there will be ample opportunity to explore Brasov to see its mix of gothic, baroque and renaissance architecture and sample the tasty local cuisine.

An hour’s train journey takes us high into Brasov County where you’ll find many fortified churches and wildflower meadows. As we ride further northwest the scenery becomes captivating and the pastel-coloured architecture and rural existence of Saxon life with all its history, can be experienced first hand. 

After a night living like a true Saxon indulging in all their traditions, we head south taking on part of the region’s best off-road cycling routes; through fields of farm animals on steep grassy banks and primeval Beech Forests. This is another excellent day’s ride taking in the sights and charm of Transylvanian. The day’s cycling ends back in Brasov before we take a longer, ‘first class’ train journey to eastern Romania, arriving in Galati for a well-deserved rest.