Tour Of Romania'S Unesco Sites - Winner Of The Best Program

Welcome to Romania! Your throughout guide and driver greets you at the Bucharest Airport upon your arrival. From here you travel to your centrally located hotel, admiring the sixth largest European Capital city along the way. You will see the House of the Free Press, the Arch of Triumph, the Victory Avenue, the Revolution Square and the Palace of the Parliament, the largest administrative building in the World. After your check-in and free time at the hotel, enjoy a welcome dinner at a historic restaurant in the Old Town. Overnight in Bucharest. 

In the morning drive towards your first UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Horezu Monastery, a masterpiece of "Brâncovenesc style", known for its architectural purity and balance, the richness of its sculpted detail, its treatment of religious compositions, its votive portraits, and its painted decorative works. Time at leisure for lunch. Continue your journey towards Sibiu, the 2007 European Cultural Capital. Upon arrival you take a tour of the Old Town, divided into the Large Square and the Small Square. Discover here the Catholic Church, the Council Tower, the Bruckenthal Palace, the Liar’s Bridge and the Lutheran Church. Check-in at the hotel. Overnight in Sibiu. 

You leave Sibiu after breakfast and travel towards your second UNESCO site – the Sarmisegetuza Regia Archaeological site. One of the six fortresses that formed the defensive system of Decebalus, Sarmisegetuza Regia was created between the 1st centuries BC and AD as protection against Roman conquest and played an important role during the Roman-Dacian wars. Free time for lunch and depart towards Turda, where you will find one of the world’s oldest salt mines, dating back to the Middle Ages. Now a defunct salt mine, the area has been transformed into an amazing underground theme park with a ferris wheel, mini golf course, bowling lane, boating on the underground lake and a sports arena. Arrive in Cluj Napoca in the afternoon, the largest city in Transylvania, and check-in at your hotel.