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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What a wonderful holiday. Everything was well organised and went well.

The guide, Cristina, was excellent, good English and very knowledgeable and keen that we should see every cultural and characteristic aspect of Moldova.

The visit to the Roma "family" was fascinating-not a "family" visit but a meeting with the Roma head of family in his huge house ornate and wealthy and we had a delicious home make cherry juice and had a question and answer session with him. He,Robert, is a relative of the Roma king; This was very informative as I am very interested in everyone and everything but tourists need to be interested in the Roma people and way of life otherwise input wouldn't be so fascinating!!

The visit to the "old believers" village was just great-tea from a samovar and cakes and a very pleasant woman the librarian and museum custodian.

In Gaugazia we met the Museum curator and again a fascinating insight into Gaugazian history.

Much of our enjoyment and insights was enhances by Cristina who translated everything so well.

The visits to the wineries were an eye opener and the wine tasting too. I recommend tourists who go to the Cricova winery to to wear warm clothes and a scarf as we go deep down into the underground "city" to see the stored wine.

We loved the food (and all the wine).

Natalia is an excellent guide, full of interesting information about the places we went, recommended a very good hotel, a good van and driver. She is everything else you want/expect from a tour guide, and she was also a hard-working, intelligent and caring member of our team. Without her skills, flexibility and perseverance, our trip would not have been as successful as it was. She really cares about her clients, and has the willingness and ability to make whatever needs to happen, happen. She was great!

The trip was really organized to the fullest. Facilities, vehicle, driver and above all the guide Cristina really good! Moldova is very pleasant, especially the monasteries. We have come back indeed from a gastronomic journey a little tipsy. The wines and cuisine really good!

Thanks again!