Culture and wine in Old Saxon Land

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Here we’ll enjoy the Saxon culture, cuisine, winemaking and their way of living. We’ll visit cities, villages, vineyards, citadels, different elements that describe as a whole this region of south and central Transylvania.

1 ^st Day

Arrival in Sibiu

Included highlights:

Meeting with your local guide.
Transfer to the hotel. Check-in.
Short city walking tour
Short presentation of the journey about Transylvania and its things to offer.
Dinner and wine tasting.

Included meals:

Dinner

2 ^nd Day

Castle life

Included highlights:

City tour of Sibiu
Depart to Tirnaveni,
Stop in Medias,
Visit of Blaj.
The extraordinary Greek Catholic cathedral.
Lunch in an old castle at Jidvei vineyard, and obviously we’ll enjoy a special wine tasting. Jidvei is the most important vineyard for dry white wines, their famous brand being the "Riesling from Jidvei".
Return to Sibiu.
Dinner.

Included meals:

Breakfast
Lunch
Dinner

3 ^rd Day

Full day in the Old Saxon area

Included highlights:

Visit Biertan
Special Saxon type lunch at Viscri - Weisskirch.
Talk to the mayor who is a Saxon lady and her mother.
See Prince Charles Foundation charity activity in this region to save this civilization.
Tasting an exceptional plum brandy and local wines.
Stop and visit Sighisoara, the only inhabited medieval citadel, the Rothenburg of Eastern Europe.
Dinner.

Included meals:

Breakfast
Lunch
Dinner

4 ^th Day

Saxon villages

Included highlights:

Visit some Saxon villages
We’ll stop and perhaps manage to have a chat with a famous Saxon writer in Germany and not only, the Lutheran priest Eginald Schlattner.
Lunch in Agnethen, one of the 7 "Sieben Burgen" or in Cincu in the local restaurant.
Stop wherever will be possible and try to visit several Saxon fortified churches.
Dinner.

Included meals:

Breakfast
Lunch
Dinner

5 ^th Day

Sibiu and its Surroundings

Included highlights:

See the surroundings of Sibiu - cultural capital of Europe in 2007.
The biggest and well preserved village museum just outside from Sibiu;
The basilica from Heltau
Saxon lunch in the basilica from Heltau
Free time for last shopping possibility
Farewell dinner outside Sibiu at the Romanian family’s home, and again we’ll enjoy wine.

Included meals:

Breakfast
Lunch
Dinner

6 ^th Day

Departure

Included highlights:

Transfer to the airport with your guide.

Included meals:

Breakfast

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Victoria, Just a short note to say thank you very much for everything on Sunday. Despite the long and tiring journey caused by the road closure in Ukraine, we thoroughly enjoyed our day, and learned so much about Moldova, Transnistria and Ukraine. We particularly enjoyed discovering Tiraspol, as it's such an unusual place and gave us a glimpse of how life was under the former Soviet regime. Because British history is relatively simple, with few invasions and no changes of borders, we struggle to understand the complexities of European history.

We were very impressed with your understanding - and with your excellent English language skills in explaining it all to us. It certainly brought to life our visit to your country. I hope your journey back home was a little easier than the one to Odessa. Please give our thanks to our driver on the day - I'm afraid we do not recall his name but we appreciated all he did to negotiate the way through the border crossings for us and to get us to Odessa as quickly as he did despite the obstacles. Good luck for future success in your career. If you are ever in England and are able to visit our area, do not hesitate to give us a call. We could show you the historic city of Winchester and the busy port and waterside areas of Portsmouth, which I'm sure you would find interesting. Thanks again for everything.

Dearest Viorica,

I really want to thank you enough for being the most amazing guide and introducing me to your tremendous country. What a priviledge it has been to travel back in time and catch the enduring presence of Moldovans through the centuries. I couldn’t imagine being transported through song and hear the love of family, hope & blessings being passed on. Family, food, friendship, sharing of thoughts and ideas connect us in real time and across time as well.

This may not have been a clear chosen career path bat I must say you excel at it!!! Your ability to be flexible and accommodating is beyond the norm! I totally loved the book you helped create and will use it to dig deeper and continue to learn more about this country.

The cooking, clothing weaving, embroidery, people have captured a part of my heart. The pictures we’ve taken will remind us of our time together for a lifetime & these stories you have shared will be retold and shared with many many others.

Thanks so much again,

Pat.

Dear Victoria,

I personally want to thank you for such a great trip through these beautiful places. I enjoyed seeing the changes and modernization of Romania but I found that Moldova has a special charm and I enjoyed the atmosphere and the people. I was very happy with the way you introduced the tour to us and everything was wonderful the food, wine, accommodation.

Thanks again for everything you did to make our trip so nice.