Discover Bukovina in another way

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In this trip you’ll mix the hiking opportunities with Moldavian traditions and you’ll have the opportunity to see the most beautiful cultural sites of Romania – the painted monasteries from Bucovina part of the world heritage and the UNESCO patrimony.

1 ^st Day

Discover baroque Transylvania

Included highlights:

Arrival to Cluj. At the airport/bus station you will meet your local guide and driver.
Transfer to the hotel and check-in.
Lunch.
If time permits we will have a walking city tour of Cluj Napoca, the only baroque city in Romania and the former capital of Transylvania.
Visit St. Michael Cathedral,
the Orthodox Cathedral
the Memorial House of Matei Corvin, where the most important Hungarian King, was born as well as other interesting places.

Included meals:

Lunch

2 ^nd Day

Discovering Bukovina

Included highlights:

Departure to Moldova - the heart of Romanian Orthodoxy.
Pass through Maramures, one of the most traditional regions in Romania.
See different wooden churches (such as those from Surdesti, Birsana)
Have a typical Maramures lunch in a local family’s house.
Drive along the Bistrita River, admiring painted houses with geometric motives.
Arrival at Vama, (in the heart of Bucovina) where we’ll stay for the following days.
The first short sightseeing tour of the village.

Included meals:

Breakfast
Lunch

3 ^rd Day

Painted Monasteries

Included highlights:

Depart to the Moldovita monastery where we’ll meet a nun who will explain us all about the paintings of the orthodox world, specifically those from the Bucovina area.
Next visit - Sucevita monastery.
Lunch will be served near the monastery in a picturesque place.
Visit the famous ceramic center from Marginea and return to our host.
Special dinner together with the family.

Included meals:

Breakfast Lunch Dinner

4 ^th Day

Light day

Included highlights:

Visit a sheepfold by carriage.
Have a lunch that you will never forget.
Afternoon free for activities: badminton, football, volleyball and other games. A very light dinner will help us have a good night.

Included meals:

Breakfast
Lunch
Dinner

5 ^th Day

Hardworking day

Included highlights:

Walk in the Rarau Mountains, this means we will cover the first 20 km of the road by bus and then hike to the Rarau chalet. The hiking part takes about 3 to 4 hours.
Lunch at the chalet
Return late in the afternoon to our host.
In this evening we will learn how to paint Easter eggs. It will be a unique experience.

Included meals:

Breakfast
Lunch

6 ^th Day

Cultural bomb

Included highlights:

Visit Dragomirna Monastery
Walk for one hour to the lake and have a picnic there
Visit the bishop church from Suceava, the former capital of Moldavia
Visit Voronet and Humor monasteries
Typical Moldavian lunch
A small folk band sing and dance for you.

Included meals:

Breakfast
Lunch
Dinner

7 ^th Day

On Dracula's footsteps

Included highlights:

Departure to Cluj.
Drive through Borgo pass, the famous pass mentioned in Bram Stoker’s book “Dracula“
Lunch at Dracula Motel /or “Coroana de Aur” in Bistrita, also mentioned in the book.
Arrival in Cluj and overnight in the same 4* Hotel as in the first day.
Farewell dinner.

Included meals:

Breakfast
Lunch
Dinner

8 ^th Day

Departure home

Included highlights:

Check out
Transfer to the airport/bus station

Included meals:

Breakfast

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Dear Victoria,

Please accept the endosed as a token of my thanks and appreciation. I have been lucky enough, over the years, to have traveled to many destinations, and to have experienced every sort of guide. In my opinion you are right at the top, one of the select very few who manage to “get it just right”.

Like any skilled job, guiding is something that, when done well, it looks easy! You and I know that is not the case; it’s a tough, demanding profession that few individuals do adequately, and even fewer, well. Hardly any do such a great job that their clients feel cared for, safe, valued and special. You, in my view, are one of those rare tour leaders.

Please, accept my small token of gratitude. You have been kind, lightful, knowlageble (extremly), considerate, tolerant, efficient, reliable… I could go on, but to spare your blushes I will end by saying I cannot find a single criticism (this is a rare thing for me – I have very high standards!).

Your company depends for its success on your delivering what they promised. You have done professionaly this with a smile, a sense of humor, and grate dignity.

I wish you all the luck in the world for the future & thank you for leaving me with not only happy memories but with a positive impression of Moldova.

With very best wishes, Veronica.

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!

Natalia, a very knowledgeable guide, has beaten my expectations by far!!! I am a frequent traveller, always trying to find good guides. But up till now Natalia is my absolute favorite. It's the information she gave us in between you never can expect from a normal tour guide. Everything was well organized. One can feel that she loves her job. She has wide-ranging skills. Thank you!