YOLO TOURS
ROMANIA

​Highlights

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• Private 3 day trip in Transylvania from Bucharest

• Visit the famous UNESCO fortified churches of Transylvania

• Travel through the beautiful Transylvania countryside

• Learn about the history from an expert local guide

• Visit Peles Castle - the most beautiful castle in Romania

• Explore the famous Bran Castle and learn about the legend of Count Dracula

 

 

          

Itinerary

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Day 1. Bucharest - Peles Castle - Bran Castle aka Dracula's Castle - Brasov Tour & Accommodation

 

Your private guide will meet you at your hotel in Bucharest. Afterwards you will start your journey to Transylvania.

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Peles Castle - Located in Sinaia (44 km from Brasov), it is considered by many one of the most beautiful castles in all Europe. In the natural back drops of the Carpathian Mountains the castle is a masterpiece of German Renaissance architecture.

 

Next stop is Bran, where you will visit the Castle of Dracula. Surrounded by an aura of mystery and legend and perched high atop a 200-foot-high rock, Bran Castle owes its fame to its imposing towers and turrets as well as to the myth created around Bram Stocker’s Dracula.

 

In the afternoon enjoy a tour of Brasov medieval town. Highlights: Black Church, Citadel of Brasov, Ecaterina's Gate, White Tower, Black Tower, The Blacksmiths Bastion, The Weavers Bastion, The Ropemakers Bastion, The Drapers Bastion.

 

 

Day 2. Brasov - Prejmer Fortified Church (UNESCO) - Rupea Fortress - Sighisoara Tour (UNESCO) & Accommodation

 

Fortified Church of Prejmer - One of Eastern Europe’s best preserved fortified churches lies 16km northeast of Brasov. Surrounding a cross-shaped church (originally built by the Teutonic knights) are walls 12m high and 4m thick that protected the church and Prejmer’s inhabitants during times of war, when each family would retreat into its own room.

Rupea Fortress - is one of the most interesting medieval castles in Romania.  Starting the 14th century, the citadel is guarded by thick strong walls, the fortress is located on top of a hill near the Carpathian Mountains.

 

Sighisoara is one of the few inhabited fortified towns in the world and it provides a splendid example of medieval town planning. Here, all the elements of the medieval world have been perfectly preserved.
Tour highlights: The Clock Tower & History Museum, The Church on the Hill, House of Dracula, The pupils roofed stairways, German cemetery.

 

 

Day 3. Sighisoara - Biertan Fortified Church (UNESCO) & Walk in the village - Bucharest

 

Fortified Church of Biertan - The architectonic ensemble from Biertan impresses by a harmonious matching in position, by its aesthetic and historic value and especially by the original substance preserved since the end of the 15th century and the beginning of the 16th century, characteristics which determined its inclusion on The UNESCO List of World Patrimony.

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Transfer to Bucharest.