Best of Transylvania: castles, villages & fortifications (3 days, from Cluj)

Itinerary

Day 1: Cluj - Turda - Alba Iulia - Hunedoara - Sibiu

Stop At: Salina Turda, Aleea Durgaului 7, Turda 401200 Romania
You will descend into the underground where you'll completely be surrounded by salt. Walk on a man-made gallery, visit three mining chambers, learn about mining techniques and local urban legends and, nevertheless, take a boat or a Ferris-wheel ride. The visit of the mine involves climbing and descending some stairs. In total there about steps to go up and down, but most of them can be avoided by taking two different elevators.
Duration: 2 hours

Stop At: Citadel of Alba Iulia, Calea Motilor, nr. 5A, Alba Iulia 510134 Romania
Visit the Vauban style fortress, built during the 18th century on top of two previous fortresses.
Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Castelul Corvinilor (Corvins' Castle), Strada Castelului 1-3, Hunedoara 331141, Romania
Visit the most impressive Gothic castle from Transylvania. Learn about medieval defense architecture, legends connected to the Dracula story and the Hunyad family.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes

Stop At: Sibiu, Romania
Free time for an evening walk and dinner.
Duration: 9 hours

No meals included on this day.
Accommodation included: overnight in a 3* hotel in Sibiu

Day 2: Sibiu - Bran - Brasov

Stop At: Sibiu, Romania
Visit Sibiu, the best defended medieval fortress in Transylvania, the ancient capital of all Transylvanian Saxons, the so called European Capital of Culture in 2007.
Duration: 2 hours

Stop At: Bran Castle (Dracula's Castle), Str. General Traian Mosoiu nr. 24, Bran 507025 Romania
Built on a cliff during the Middle Ages and modernized at the beginning of the 20th century, Bran castle is now one of the most visited places in Romania. You will get the chance to find out what is it’s connection with the famous character Dracula.
Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Black Church (Biserica Neagra), Curte Honterus Johannes nr. 2, Brasov 500025 Romania
Brasov, originally a Saxon town, called Kronstadt in German and Stalin for a short period during the communist regime. Here you will visit the Black Church, hiding the largest collection of Ottoman carpets in Europe, and some medieval towers and bastions (if it’s on a Monday, the visit to the Black Church will be substituted with another visit).
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes

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

Day 3: Brasov - Viscri - Sighisoara - Cluj

Stop At: Viscri Fortified Church, Viscri 507039 Romania
This rural establishment will unveil us the best preserved and restored traditional Saxon village in Transylvania, one of the few where the community is still very much alive, where small rural businesses are surviving in a modern world, and, nevertheless, where HRH Prince Charles of Wales owns a traditional Saxon household. Visit the 13th c. fortified church (UNESCO patrimony).
Duration: 2 hours

Stop At: Sighisoara Historic Center, Piata Cetatii Nr.1 Center of Sighisoara, Sighisoara 545400 Romania
Sighisoara medieval fortress is one of the few of it’s kind still inhabited in Europe. Surrounded by 9 of the initial 14 defense towers, each one belonging to a local guild, the fortress shelters not only beautiful medieval architecture, but also medieval legends, such as the one connected to Vlad the Impaler ‘Dracula' birthplace.
Duration: 2 hours

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