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.
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Arrival in Sibiu
Enthaltene Höhepunkte:
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.
Inbegriffene Mahlzeiten:
Dinner
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Castle life
Enthaltene Höhepunkte:
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.
Inbegriffene Mahlzeiten:
Breakfast
Lunch
Dinner
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Full day in the Old Saxon area
Enthaltene Höhepunkte:
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.
Inbegriffene Mahlzeiten:
Breakfast
Lunch
Dinner
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Saxon villages
Enthaltene Höhepunkte:
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.
Inbegriffene Mahlzeiten:
Breakfast
Lunch
Dinner
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Sibiu and its Surroundings
Enthaltene Höhepunkte:
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.