Family holiday in Romania, tailor made
| country: | Romania |
| location: | Transylvania |
| departures: | This trip can be tailormade at a time to suit you and can be adapted to suit your interests, budget and requirements as necessary |
| price: | From €649 (4 days) excluding flights. Price includes English speaking guide, accommodation, welcome dinner, transfers from and to airport, trip to Bran and Brasov, entry fees to tourist attractions in Sighisoara, Brasov and Bran. |
the amazing things you'll be doing
What makes Romania a perfect family destination is the fact that it has everything: impressive mountain landscapes, fortified medieval citadels, magnificent castles, an incredible nature sanctuary Danube Delta and the lively Black Sea. The diversity of its relief is brilliantly complemented by the legends, traditions and customs turning each of Romania’s regions into a fairy tale realm.
Our knowledge of Transylvania and Romania allows us to design some of the best tailor made itineraries to give you a superb travel experience, allowing real insight in a particular region, such as Transylvania, Maramures, Bucovina, Danube Delta, Black Sea, Seklers land, Saxon land, at a time that suits you, to your own comfort levels and within your own budget.
Whether luxury or adventure, leisure or active trips, we can design any itinerary to suit both your taste and budget!
Our strongest recommendation for families with children is to discover Romania through its traditions: celebrating Easter in the magical and traditional area of Maramures, Christmas in Bucovina or Halloween in Transylvania will provide a one in a life time experience not only for the children but as well for the parents. Enjoying summer in Europe’s last great wilderness destination Danube Delta, admiring a great variety of species of birds or learning about fish while gently cruising along Delta’s many channels is also a must not miss experience.
To provide our guests with a truly relaxing holiday we always conceive the tailor made packages taking into account a few simple rules that will guarantee the success of the holiday: minimizing long journeys, search for the best value direct domestic flights, make sure that the chosen accommodation provides children with an entertainment area and that there’s plenty of time at their disposal to relax on the beach or enjoy an enticing excursion in the mountains.
Our knowledge of Transylvania and Romania allows us to design some of the best tailor made itineraries to give you a superb travel experience, allowing real insight in a particular region, such as Transylvania, Maramures, Bucovina, Danube Delta, Black Sea, Seklers land, Saxon land, at a time that suits you, to your own comfort levels and within your own budget.
Whether luxury or adventure, leisure or active trips, we can design any itinerary to suit both your taste and budget!
Our strongest recommendation for families with children is to discover Romania through its traditions: celebrating Easter in the magical and traditional area of Maramures, Christmas in Bucovina or Halloween in Transylvania will provide a one in a life time experience not only for the children but as well for the parents. Enjoying summer in Europe’s last great wilderness destination Danube Delta, admiring a great variety of species of birds or learning about fish while gently cruising along Delta’s many channels is also a must not miss experience.
To provide our guests with a truly relaxing holiday we always conceive the tailor made packages taking into account a few simple rules that will guarantee the success of the holiday: minimizing long journeys, search for the best value direct domestic flights, make sure that the chosen accommodation provides children with an entertainment area and that there’s plenty of time at their disposal to relax on the beach or enjoy an enticing excursion in the mountains.
day-by-day itinerary
| Day 1: | Welcome to the capital city of Bucharest! You are met at the airport by our guide and transferred to the medieval citadel of Sighisoara, one of the best preserved and still inhabited medieval citadels in Europe, UNESCO World Heritage Site but maybe most important... Vlad Dracula’s birth place! Accommodate in a 3* hotel located in the heart of the citadel. Have a nice afternoon walk in what it is considered the most beautiful medieval citadel in Europe. Enjoy a unique welcome dinner in Vlad Dracu House Restaurant, the very place where Vlad the Impaler was born, turned today into a cosy restaurant. |
| Day 2: | For today’s programme we recommend the following attractions for you to visit. Start with a walk to the most monumental tower, The Clock Tower, the symbol of Sighisoara. The tower houses a museum depicting the cities history. Visitors can even venture into the former prison of the citadel called the Torture Room. You should visit the Church of the Dominican Monastery with its oriental carpets and other items of great value. Try a delicious lunch of Deer on a Tray with red cabbage or a Meat roll a la Sighisoara in The House with Stag Restaurant. Experience the medieval Sighisoara from a Saxon schoolboy’s point of view by climbing the 175 stairs of the Stair Passage. Once on the hill you could visit the Church on the Hill. Going around the citadels 1 km long wall stop and admire the nine towers that are still preserved today. Optional: have an interesting dinner and carriage ride to the Cris Castle a renaissance architectural monument which belongs to the Bethlen family. |
| Day 3: | Enjoy a trip to Brasov, once the strongest fortified city in Transylvania. From here you should take a trip to visit the famous Bran Castle, used as the summer residence of the Royal family. Once returned to Brasov you should visit the most renowned architectural monument in the city, the Black Church. It was once named the Saint Mary’s Church but it was renamed after the Habsburgs burned down the city in 1689 and the exterior of the church was “painted” black by ash and smoke. The Gothic style church is known as the biggest religious building with Gothic elements in South-East Europe. Hungry? Step into the Carpathian Stag Restaurant for a delightful lunch with wine tasting. After lunch you could walk around the citadel and visit the Old City Hall. Walking around the oldest part of the city (Schei district) stop and admire the Ecaterina's Gate one of the oldest original entrance gates in Brasov, next to it you’ll find the St. Nicolae Church that dominates by its impressive size this part of the city. In the evening return to Sighisoara. |
| Day 4: | After breakfast depart from Sighisoara to Bucharest Airport. |
travelling with a local operator
This holiday is operated by a company based in the holiday destination and they will be able to provide expert local knowledge. They will be able to tailor make your holiday to suit your requirements not only concerning the dates of travel but also typically the standard of accommodation, and thus price. It is rare for local operators to be able to help with the booking of your flights.how this holiday makes a difference
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When designing a tailor made family holiday we always try to bring into the spotlight the genuine Romanian character. Be it a festival, a visit to a traditional rural community or a home cooked meal; we try to include in the itinerary items to reveal the genuine Romanian culture.
To make sure the money stays within the visited community we’re only using local suppliers, from the guide services to transportations and accommodations. We encourage our guests to purchase locally produced goods and include in the itinerary meetings with genuine characters such as craftsmen, artists, visit to rural communities and accommodations in country-inns or other small family run business. Apart from these, we’re making financial contributions for every persons who books one of our tours or programmes in the amount of £1 per person to support Saint Daniel’s Foundation programme entitled “A grand father for a nephew – A nephew for a grandfather”, helping elderly and orphans, people most in need. We encourage our guests do a little reading before coming to find out more about their host communities and the environment so that they would connect better with the locals. We provide suggestion on how best to support the local economies and communities, as well as the surrounding environment. Guests will receive a pre-trip information pack via e-mail, to minimise the use of paper, which will inform them about issues relating to the place they will travel, some language tips and general advice. Furthermore, our tour guides are well-educated multilingual people who can offer guests their skills as an interpreter and offer up-to-date details on current national and regional issue |
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