Two Of The Oldest Civilizations In Europe Romania & Bulgaria

Transfer from the airport, welcome dinner and overnight in the hotel. 

After breakfast inside visit of Parliament Palace – the second largest building by surface area in the world after the pentagon in USA. We drive towards Brasov via Sinaia. The Royal Family`s favourite city (Sinaia) will be our next target. The gateway to wild nature is possible here, a mountain resort known also as „The Pearl of the Carpathians “. This place impresses everyone by the beauty of its landscapes, guarding a treasure of the Romanian history: The Peles Castle, used as a summer residence for the royal family, this monument represents a symbol of elegance and nobility. Accommodation and dinner in Brasov. 

After breakfast - City tour of Brasov - a medieval city, founded in 12-th century. Sightseeing tour of the really good preserved historical city center with the big square, the old city-hall, and the Black Church - the main Gothic style monument in the country. We will drive through the Carpathians mountains to Bran, where we will discover the castle of Dracula and the truth behind the legend. The castle was built in 1377 to safeguard the trading route between Transylvania and Wallachia, enlarged and restored a few times to become a royal residence in the 1920s under Queen Marie of Romania. Then we drive to Sighisoara (Schässburg) one of the most beautiful medieval towns in Romania – a UNESCO city. City tour of Sighisoara with visit of the Citadel - a 12th century Saxon edifice located in the historic center of the city. Still occupied, the citadel is listed as a World Heritage Site. Here we visit the city and see the main touristic objectives of the so called "Rothenburg ob der Taube from Transylvania": The Clock Tower (inside visit too), the Covered Staircase, Dracula's birth house, the Church on the Hill. Lunch at the famous restaurant «Vlad Dracula», located in the same house where the popular character of the British writer Bram Stoker was born. On our way to Sibiu we will stop in Biertan - one of the most important Saxon villages with fortified churches (XV-XVI century) in Transylvania, having been on the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites since 1993. In the afternoon, we arrive in the biggest medieval city in Romania – Sibiu. Accommodation and dinner in Sibiu.