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The Enchanting Tour of Maramures and Bucovina
Private Tour in 6 or 8 days
Private Tour in Bucovina and Maramures for 6 or 8 Days
Only your group will attend the tour
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895 EURO / person
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Overview
Experience Romania and learn about its' rich heritage
Prices in EURO / person
1 person
2.495 EUR
2-3 people
1.495 EUR
- Price per person
- Single room occupancy extra 65 EUR/night
4-5 people
995 EUR
- Price per person
- Single room occupancy extra 65 EUR/night
6+ people
895 EUR
- Price per person
- Single room occupancy extra 65 EUR/night
Price is based on the 6 day Private Tour starting in the city of Cluj Napoca (in Transylvania) and completed in Suceava city (in Bucovina).
If you want to start from Bucharest, at least 2 additional days are needed, so the price will increase. Please contact us for a quote.
The title of this private tour is inspired from the book "Along the Enchanted Way" which is probably one of the best books about Romania. And also about a great, but so unique love story.
Inclusions
What's included
- Transfer from / to the airport or your accommodation in Cluj Napoca
- All overnight accommodation in central 3* hotel/guest house with breakfast included (accommodation in 4* hotel/guest house is possible for extra 15 Euro/night/person)
- Air conditioned private car or minivan, fuel cost and parking fees
- Licensed, private English speaking guide/driver for the whole trip
- Entrance fees and guided tour for the sights mentioned in the program
Exclusions
What's excluded
- Other meals than mentioned
- Optional: it is possible to organize a horse drawn carriage ride (cost for the trip is 40 Euro at your own expense)
- Optional: we can visit a Coppersmith authentic Roma family (please ask us for details regarding costs)
- Optional: traditional village accommodation is possible (please ask for details regarding costs)
- Optional: a traditional lunch with a local family, with local produce (at your own expense approx. 18 Euro/pers/meal)
- Photo & video fees
- Individual travel insurance
Discovering Romania
Short intro about the private tour: it was September 2018 when Wendy Driver, a travel journalist from UK and her friends Cathy Cooper – a professional photographer, Laura and Maggie landed in the city of Cluj Napoca to meet me and start our 6 day private tour in Maramures and Bucovina.
This tour is inspired from the private tour with Wendy and her friends. In January 2019 Daily Mail from UK published Wendy’s article “In the heart of Romania – where life has changed little over the centuries” on their online website Travel news. You can read the full article – which is actually a complete description of the private tour: click here.
Cathy Cooper was very kind to provide and allow me to use her professional photos from our private tour which you can find in the gallery of the tour.
The 6 day private tour starts from Cluj-Napoca and ends in Suceava, as these were the two cities where Wendy and her friends landed into and flew out of Romania.
NOTE: The private tour can be customized to start and end in Bucharest, with few stops in Transylvania. The minimum length would be 8-9 days for this option. For this option the price will increase. Please check the details at the end of the full description of the tour.
Day 1
Visit the impressiveTurda Salt Mines and exploreMaramures
After picking you up from your hotel or airport in Cluj we head towards Maramures.
Our first stop is in Turda for the Salt Mine, one of the most impressive Salt Mines in the world. Now we get ready to experience Maramures and on the way to Breb village, our base for this first part of the trip, we will visit the beautiful Wooden Church in Surdesti, part of UNESCO World Heritage list.
The traditional centuries-old village of Breb will be our base for the first part of our tour. We will accommodate in a traditional Wooden House. Also we will be able to enjoy few traditional meals prepared by locals including one visit to a Shepherd’s place where we get to meet his family.
Breb village is that special place that served as inspiration for William Blacker's book "Along the Enchanted Way".
In the late afternoon we will get ready for our first special experience, a traditional meal and visit to a Sheep Station - a moderate amount of walking is involved. Please take a quick look at this video click here CLICK HERE
OVERNIGHT in Breb in Maramures
In the late afternoon we will get ready for our first special experience, a traditional meal and visit to a Sheep Station - a moderate amount of walking is involved. Please take a quick look at this video click here CLICK HERE
OVERNIGHT in Breb in Maramures
DaY 2
Delve more in the authenticity of Maramures
Next day while in Maramures, we shall visit the Wooden Churches included in UNESCO World Heritage list from Budesti and Barsana. Also, while in Breb we shall visit the Wooden Church – one of the oldest in Romania itself.
The Merry Cemetery from Sapanta is one of the weird but very funny attractions of entire Romania. People in this area considered death as a beginning and this faith has been reflected on the carvings.
On our way back to Breb, visit a local farmers market – where both Romanians and Ukrainians come to sell their products.
OVERNIGHT in Breb in Maramures
OVERNIGHT in Breb in Maramures
DaY 3
Interact with the Real Maramures
We will have a relaxing walk in the village of Breb and then we get ready for another interesting experience over a local that still weaves the wooden loom for carpets and warm cloths for the cold winters, but also produces the local plum brandy in their own distillery. And this is the double distiled one, called "horinca", no less than 56 degrees alchool.
We shall have a perspective over the ancient ways of doing things by visiting a wooden craft workshop. Except the Wooden Churches, the most impressive are surely the traditional wooden gates. Some people own a home atelier where they craft their wood works and are very proud and willing to show you the way it is made.
We drive now towards Viseu de Sus town to get ready for the Steam Train trip next morning and on the way we visit the most impressive Orthodox Wooden monastery complex in Maramures, Barsana monastery.
OVERNIGHT in Viseu de Sus
OVERNIGHT in Viseu de Sus
DaY 4
Enjoy Mocanita and start Exploring Bucovina
Today we have another special experience, a ride in the Steam Train “Mocanita” (9.00 am – 14.30 pm) – one of the few steam trains still operating in Europe.
Mocanita was born more than 100 years ago and it is called also a narrow gauge steam train used for the Romanian forestry. Please take a quick look at this video about Mocanita CLICK HERE
Continue our private tour to the second part, the holy land of Bucovina with its UNESCO Painted Monasteries We will have a stop in the special village of Ciocanesti – the Romanian village where the traditional patterns are imprinted on the walls of the houses. The whole village is considered a museum, the only one in Romania of this kind. The famous "Lonely Planet" featured Ciocanesti village in their online article: "Places that pop: 10 of Europe's most colourful destinations"
In Ciocanesti we shall visit also the National Museum of the Painted Eggs and also serve an early dinner in a local lady’s house
OVERNIGHT in Ciocanesti or Fundu Moldovei village
Continue our private tour to the second part, the holy land of Bucovina with its UNESCO Painted Monasteries We will have a stop in the special village of Ciocanesti – the Romanian village where the traditional patterns are imprinted on the walls of the houses. The whole village is considered a museum, the only one in Romania of this kind. The famous "Lonely Planet" featured Ciocanesti village in their online article: "Places that pop: 10 of Europe's most colourful destinations"
In Ciocanesti we shall visit also the National Museum of the Painted Eggs and also serve an early dinner in a local lady’s house
OVERNIGHT in Ciocanesti or Fundu Moldovei village
DaY 5
Learn more aboutBucovina and the Painted Monasteries
We continue to Voronet UNESCO painted monastery which is often called the Sistine Chapel of the East
Visit one of the most impressive fortresses in Romania, Neamt Fortress
Very close by is Agapia Monastery – where the second largest number of nuns for any monastery in Romania (over 300 of them ) still live. Some of the beautiful paintings of Nicolae Grigorescu - one of Romania’s famous modern painters – are in Agapia. Visit the Vivant museum in Agapia to see how the nuns live.
Drive you to Suceava city, from where you have the flight next day to UK
OVERNIGHT in the city of Suceava
OVERNIGHT in the city of Suceava
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