5 Day Dracula Motorcycle Tour Romania - 2 wheel adventure

Itinerary

Day 1: Cluj - Turda

Stop At: Salina Turda, Aleea Durgaului 7, Turda 401200 Romania
Welcome to Romania! Our English speaking guide, a motorcycle enthusiast and a 100% Transylvanian, collects you from Cluj Napoca Airport. To better capture the essence of the area enjoy the local cuisine, a traditional Romanian lunch is strongly recommended. From Cluj transfer to Turda, a small town with an intimate atmosphere founded by the Romans under the name Potaissa. Prepare to descend to the heart of one of the biggest salt mines in the country – Turda Salt Mines, with impressive halls named after kings and queens.
Duration: 1 hour

No meals included on this day.
Accommodation included: overnight in Turda in a 3* Hotel

Day 2: Turda – Alba Iulia – Sugag – Ranca - Horezu, about 270 km – 6 hours riding

Stop At: Citadel of Alba Iulia, Calea Motilor, nr. 5A, Alba Iulia 510134 Romania
Ride to Alba Iulia Citadel, a fortress with seven bulwarks, a star shaped citadel, common to Vauban fortresses.
Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Transalpina, Parang Mountains Romania
An incredible ride for you – Transalpina Road, one of the most spectacular roads of the Carpathian Mountains and the highest mountain road in Romania. With its highest point at Urdele Pass – 2,145m above sea level, the road is also called The King's Road by the locals, the road was built under the rule of King Carol II of Romania and rebuilt during World War II by German troops.
Duration: 2 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: overnight in a 3* Hotel in Horezu

Day 3: Horezu – Curtea de Arges – Balea Lac – Brasov, about 230 km – 6 hours riding

Stop At: Curtea de Arges Monastery, Bulevardul Basarabilor 1, Curtea de Arges 115300 Romania
Curtea de Arges is your next destination with its beautiful Monastery built in Byzantine style, with Moorish arabesques. Find out the legend of the monastery and continue your journey riding up to the mountains.
Duration: 45 minutes

Stop At: Transfagarasan Highway, Dn 7C Sibiu and Arges County, Curtea de Arges 115300 Romania
An incredible ride for you today – Transfagarasan Highway – the most crooked and challenging of Europe's roads for motorcyclists. Built between 1970 and 1974 as a military route, by communist dictator Ceausescu (after the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968) it snakes up into the Carpathians. Continue your journey with the medieval city of Brasov.
Duration: 2 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: overnight in a 3* Hotel in Brasov

Day 4: Brasov – Bran – Rasnov – Sighisoara, about 190 km – 4 hrs riding

Stop At: Bran Castle (Dracula's Castle), Str. General Traian Mosoiu nr. 24, Bran 507025 Romania
Continue your journey riding Bogatii Forest to reach Transylvania’s symbol, Bran Castle. Unrightfully called Dracula’s Castle, Bran owes its fame both to its unique charm and to the myth Bram Stoker created around Dracula. A former fortress guarding a commercial road, Bran dates back to 1377. In 1920, Queen Mary, the niece of Queen Victoria of Great Britain, turned the castle into a beautiful summer residence.
Duration: 1 hour

Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Evening in the medieval citadel of Sighisoara, the place where Vlad Dracula was born. overnight in a 3* Hotel.

Day 5: Sighisoara – Biertan – Medias – Turda, about 200 km – 5 hrs riding

Stop At: Biertan Fortified Church, Central Square, Biertan 557045 Romania
Continue riding to Biertan, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, one of the finest Saxon fortified churches in Transylvania.
Duration: 45 minutes

Stop At: Aiud Citadel, Piața Cuza Vodă, Aiud 515200, Romania
Ride the natural reservation of Aiudului Gorges and the beutiful white village of Rimetea to arrive to Cluj Napoca for the return flight.
Duration: 40 minutes

Meals included:
• Breakfast
No accommodation included on this day.