Romania and Bulgaria

Arrival in Bucharest and meet the guide that will remain at your disposal during the entire tour in Romania. According to the arrival time, departure by coach for a brief panoramic tour of the Romanian capital, admiring its great roads, the glorious Bell´Epoque buildings, the Arc de Triomphe, the Romanian Athenaeum, the Revolution Square, the Plaza de la University, admiring the Stavropoleos church, considered a masterpiece of Romanian architecture. Dinner in a typical restaurant and accommodation.

Breakfast at the hotel. Departure to Sibiu, European cultural capital of 2007, crossing the beautiful Olt river valley. Stop to visit the 14th century Cozia monastery. Known as one of the oldest historical and art complexes in Romania, the Cozia monastery is located on the right bank of the Olt river. The elements of the Byzantine architectural style are explicitly declared on the facades of the central church, in the bands that alternate large pieces of brick and stone. Arrival to Sibiu andfree lunch. Visit the old town of Sibiu, the European capital known at the time for its system of fortresses considered the largest in Transylvania with more than 7 km of wall tape of which important remains are preserved today. You can admire the Plaza Grande with the peculiarity of the city, the roofs with “the eyes that follow you”, the small square with the bridge of lies and the imposing evangelical church of the 14th century gothic style, which keeps a peculiar fresco that presents Jesus in 7 different images. The church is known for its organ, considered the largest in Romania, 10,000 tubes. Departure to Sighisoara, hometown of the famous Vlad The Impaler, known to all as Count Dracula. Dinner and accommodation.

Breakfast at the hotel. Guided tour of Sighisoara, the most beautiful and best preserved medieval city in Romania. It goes back largely in the fourteenth century, when the construction quickly completed and reinforced after the destruction of the Tartars in 1241 was extended and reinforced. 9 of the 14 have been preserved  Original towers: the blacksmiths 'tower, the shoemakers' tower, the butchers 'tower, the tailors' tower, the tanners 'tower, boilermakers' tower, etc. We will admire the most beautiful and well-known monument of the city is the Clock Tower, which was built in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries and until 1556 was the seat of the City Council.Free lunch We continue to Targu Mures. Brief panoramic tour of the city of Targu Mures, famous for its squares surrounded by Secession buildings, including the most impressive: the prefecture and the Palace of Culture. We continue towards Bucovina, the Moldova region whose name results in 1774 meaning “the village covered with beech forests”. Famous for its beautiful landscapes, Bucovina is even more known for its monasteries with frescoes built between the 15th and 16th centuries under the main Moldovan princes such as Esteban the Great and his son Petru Rares. Dinner and accommodation.

Breakfast at the hotel. We continue in Bucovina, visit Moldovita Monastery, 1532, surrounded by fortresses and with external frescoes. The external frescoes enhance the Moldovan footprint to obtain maximum realism in the scenes of daily life, humanizing the characters. Visit of the Sucevita monastery, (1582-84) known for the important fresco“The Ladder of Virtues” and for its imposing wall tape. Free lunch In the afternoon, visit the Voronet monastery of 1488, named the Sistine Chapel of Eastern Europe and considered the jewel of Bucovina for the famous cycle of external frescoes that decorate the church, the most famous being “The Universal Judgment”. At the end of the visits we continue towards Piatra Neamt. Arrival in Piatra Neamt, a city that due to its beauty and position in the Neamt district is also called “Pearl Moldovei” (the pearl of Moldova)Dinner and accommodation.

Breakfast at the hotel. Departure to Brasov. We pass the Carpathian chain across the Gorges of Bicaz, the most famous canyon in the country, 10km long, formed in 300-400m Mesozoic limestone rocks, passing by the Red Lake, a lake that originated by natural saying due to landslide of a mountain in 1837; Pietrified trunks of pines leave the water. We visit Bran Castle, known under the name of Dracula's Castle, one of the most picturesque in Romania, built in the 13th century by the Teutonic knight Dietrich and restored in successive times. As of 1920, Bran Castle becomes the residence of the kings of Romania. They reigned for a long time Queen Maria of Sassonia-Coburg-Gotha, accompanied by her daughter Princess Ileana of Romania, the queen massively restructuring the inmates according to the style of the time art and craft Romanian In 1948, when the Romanian royal family was expelled from the communist occupation forces, the castle was occupied. Continue to Brasov. Free lunch . Once you arrive in Brasov, visit one of the most fascinating medieval towns in Romania, in the course of which you can admire the Schei District with the St. Nicholas Church and the first Romanian school (XV century), Black Church ( Biserica Neagrã) , the largest Gothic church in Romania, the old fortifications of the city with the bastions of artisan guilds. Dinner and accommodation.

Breakfast at the hotel. We continue to Sinaia, named Pearl of the Carpathians, the best known mountain town in Romania . Visit Peles Castle, former royal residence, built at the end of the 19th century in the neo-Gothic style of the Bavarian castles. The interior of Peles Castle contains 160 rooms, arranged and decorated in every possible way, with wooden decorations prevailing. Departure to Bucharest. Free lunch . We spend the entire afternoon in view of the Romanian capital, admiring its great roads, the glorious Bell'Epoque buildings, the Arc de Triomphe, the Romanian Auditorium, the Revolution Square, the University Square. Visit on foot through the old town of Bucharest, visiting the old part with the Patriarchia ( Spiritual Center of the Romanian Orthodox Church ) and admiring the Stavropoleos church, considered a masterpiece of Romanian architecture. Built in 1724, it has a three-lobed floor, a tower in the nao and a beautiful marble portal with five poly-lobed arcades, with a finely sculpted balustrade with floral motifs and figures; the upper part is baked by medallions designed with the technique of fresco. Visit the Palace of Parliament, the second largest building in the world after the Washington Pentagon. Dinner in a restaurant with folkloric show. accommodation

Breakfast at the hotel. Departure by coach and continue to Bulgaria, crossing the Bulgarian border of Russe. Continue to & nbsp; Veliko Tarnovo. Visit the town of Arbanassi, a splendid city-museum, notable also for its splendid church & ldquo; The birth of Jesus & rdquo; of the XVI-XVII centuries. Free lunch . In the afternoon, guided tour of the city of Veliko Tarnovo - the old Tsarevetz fortress also named the Tsar's hill. Dinner and accommodation.

Breakfast at the hotel and departure to visit the monastery of Troyan & ldquo; The Assumption of the Virgin & rdquo ;, the third as a measure and one of the most beloved by the Bulgarians. Free lunch . Follow-up to Sofia and visit the center of the Bulgarian capital with the Alexandre Nevski neo-Byzantine building, the Santa Sofia church and the Saint George roundabout. Dinner and accommodation.

Breakfast at the hotel. Departure to the monastery of Rila. Free lunch. In the afternoon visit the Rila monastery, the most important and largest in Bulgaria. After the visit, return to Sofia. Dinner and overnight at the hotel.

Breakfast at the hotel and transfer to the airport.