Guided tour of Transylvania from Bucharest to Budapest

Day 1: Bucharest

At 9:00, we departure from the hotel to visit the famous Parliament Building, the second largest administrative building in the world after the Pentagon. You will also visit the historical center and the village museum, founded by a renowned Romanian sociologist in the 1930s

Day 2: Bucharest – Sinaia – Bran – Brasov

After breakfast, we depart to Sinaia, where we will visit the Peles Castle, considered among the most beautiful castles in Europe. After visiting the renowned Castle Bran, known as Dracula Castle and related to the legend of Vlad the Impaler, we head to Brasov, a beautiful city with baroque, neoclassical and Renaissance buildings, rich in important religious buildings, such as the Black Church

Day 3: Brasov – Sighisoara – Sibiu

In the morning we depart to the beautiful and ancient Sighisoara, in the heart of Transylvania. Here it was born the famous Vlad Dracula in 1431, in fact the prince lived in Sighisoara the early years of his childhood. In the evening we will arrive in Sibiu, Romania’s most fascinating medieval city, with its three magnificent squares, the big square, which houses a large market, a small square with important museums, Huet Square, where you can see the most important sight of Sibiu, the ancient and imposing gospel cathedral, with a tall tower. In front of this Gothic building we will see the statue of the bishop. Entitled the European Capital of Culture in 2007, Sibiu enchants the visitor for its superlative palaces

Day 4: Sibiu – Alba Iulia – Corvini Castle – Timisoara

During the morning of the fourth day we will go to Alba Iulia to visit this city which is very important from the historical point of view. It is here, in fact, that the event of Great Romania was held on December 1st, in 1918. Then we head to the famous Castle of the Corvini, the most beautiful in Eastern Europe, a city in Gothic style, where there were celebrated historical movies just for its beauty. We will thoroughly know the Corvini family and its history. We will then see the wonderful scenery surrounding the castle. After Hunedoara we will go to Timisoara, in Banat, a region partly in Romania, partly in Serbia and in a small part in Hungary. Timisoara is an important university city with many eclectic and impressive buildings

Day 5: Timisoara – Arad – Budapest

In the morning we depart to Arad and when we arrive we will take a stroll to visit this fascinating city and buildings with very special facades. We will observe the Union Square, with its historic palaces, the Liberty Square, the Neo-Gothic Palace of Culture, the Victory Square and the Red Church in its special secessionist style. After lunch we depart to Hungary. We will then leave Romania to reach the other extraordinary European capital, Budapest