The Perfect Bicycling Vacation

Especially designed for those with a passion for trails and bicycling, the 14 day-long tour of Romanian legendary landscapes and architectural artifacts is a must this summer. A wonderful opportunity to take your bike on the unique trails of Romania, and ride through some of the most fascinating sites in Transylvania, Maramures and Bucovina for 14 epic days.

Bucharest, Romania (PRWEB) June 22, 2006 -- Especially designed for those with a passion for trails and bicycling, the 14 day-long tour of Romanian legendary landscapes and architectural artifacts is a must this summer. A wonderful opportunity to take your bike on the unique trails of Romania, and ride through some of the most fascinating sites in Transylvania, Maramures and Bucovina for 14 epic days.

This Romanian bicycling journey is an extended one, which gives our guests the possibility to choose the region they want to ride to.

Romania doesn’t have an infrastructure dedicated to biking trips so our guests will either ride on main roads or secondary roads, recommended for their safety. Long distances will be covered by bus in order to reach the destinations in the program.

Although this might look like a bit of a nuisance, riding on a secondary road gives you the chance to go through unspoiled Romanian villages and get a glimpse of real life, in some places that have been virtually untouched for 40 or 50 years.

The whole journey is based on a mixture of biking and cultural trips, and our guests have the chance to see the most beautiful sites of Romania.
   
DAY 1 Arrival in Bucharest. Dinner and accommodation at 4* Hotel.
   
DAY 2 Departure to Sibiu, through Curtea de Arges, the first capital of Walachia in the 14th century; visit to the monastery with the same name, considered one of the most precious treasures of Romanian medieval art and architecture. Lunch on the way. Arrival in Sibiu, one of the famous Saxons’ Transylvanian old Cities; Sibiu tour. Dinner and accommodation at a 3* Hotel in Sibiu.
   
DAY 3 After breakfast, departure to Sibiel - a small Romanian village host of the biggest Romanian glass icons exhibition. We ride by bike 25 km to this village through a picturesque mountain road. We will have a typical Romanian lunch, visit the village, and do some extra activities like visiting the shepherds fall, 10 km away. We will come back to our hotel by bus, have dinner and prepare for the next day.
   
DAY 4 After breakfast, we go by bus to Sighisoara. On the way we visit the Saxon city Medias with its beautiful Margarethen church, with the “shiff tower” resembling the famous one in Pisa, and then go by bus to Biertan and visit one of the most famous Saxon fortified churches. We will have a nice picnic and then go by bicycle to Sighisora through several old Saxon villages (approximately 25 km). After accommodation in the Hotel we visit the best preserved medieval Saxon citadel in Eastern Europe, and finally have dinner at ’Dracula’s House’.
   
DAY 5 After breakfast we will go by bus to Cluj. On the way we will visit the Hungarian minority capital in Romania, Tirgu Mures, with its beautiful city hall, and Teleki Library (one could say a copy of the one in Saint Gallen – Switzerland) and after lunch, the journey continues to Cluj. We will drive about 200 km, part of them can be covered by bicycle (from 25 km to 50 km according to your preference) in the afternoon we will visit Cluj and have a typical Hungarian dinner. Accommodation at a 3* Hotel.

Part 2: Maramures   
   
DAY 6 After an early breakfast, we go to Maramures, through Baia Mare. We will arrive around lunch time by bus to the Surdesti wooden church, visit this outstanding church, have lunch with the priest and in the afternoon go by bicycle on the Mara valley (30km or more), to see the beautiful villages and the famous wooden churches of Maramures. We will overnight at local families on the Iza or Mara valley. Obviously we will have a special dinner with the families.
   
DAY 7 Departure to Moldavia, by bus over the Prislop Pass and arrival in Bucovina. We will drive by bicycle for part of the road (25km), and visit a few sites. Lunch on the way. We will arrive in Campulung Moldovenesc where we stay for 2 nights.

Part 3: Bucovina
   
DAY 8 After breakfasts, we will go by bus half way to the Moldovita monastery, and then by bicycle (aprox 20km). After we visit the first of the 5 monasteries belonging to the UNESCO heritage, we will go by bus to the second one, Sucevita, where we will have lunch. In the afternoon, on the way back we will again ride by bicycle part of the road (25km) and arrive back in Campulung late in the afternoon. Specific Moldavian dinner with folk show near our hotel.
   
DAY 9 After breakfast, we will go by bus to the last and the most beautiful monastery, Voronet. The journey continues to Tirgu Neamt, where we will have lunch and go by bicycle (25km) to the most important monk monastery, the Neamt monastery. We will be accommodated for 2 days. Dinner with the monks.
   
DAY 10 The entire day will be by bicycle! We will go by bicycle to Sihastria and Secu monastery, 2 very interesesting monasteries and you can also walk to Sihla up in the mountains. Lunch might be a picnic or together with the monks. We return late in the afternoon to the Neamt monastery where we will have dinner with the monks. The bus will follow us but we will have to ride 25 – 30 km by bicycle and also walk for about 2 hours.

Part 4: Transylvania   
   
DAY 11 We will go by bus and drive along the Bicaz Lake, part of the trip can be done by bicycle. The sites are very beautiful and the journey continues through the most beautiful gorges in Romania, Bicaz gorges, where we will have a lunch based on trout at Murder Lake. In the afternoon we will ride by bicycle (20km) and arrive in Miercurea Ciuc, a Hungarian city where we will overnight in a 4* Hotel.
   
DAY 12 In the morning we will ride by bicycle to the only Franciscan monastery of Romania (20km), at Sumuleu, have lunch and in the afternoon we will continue our journey by bus to Brasov. Dinner and accommodation in Brasov at a 4* Hotel where we will stay for 2 days. Special dinner with folk music or classical music.
   
DAY 13 After breakfast we will go by bus to the Dracula Castle in Bran. Part of the trip can be made by bicycle. We will ride 10 km by bicycle to a very nice restaurant in the neighborhood and have a special lunch. In the afternoon we will return to Brasov through the best ski resort in Romania, Poiana Brasov, and the last 15 km from Poiana Brasov to Brasov will be done by bicycle. Dinner and accommodation in the same 4* Hotel.
   
DAY 14 After breakfast, we will go to Bucharest through Sinaia where we will visit the former residence of the Romanian royal family, Peles Castle. Lunch will be near the castle and the journey continues to Bucharest where we will arrive around 4.00 pm so we will have enough time for a small city tour through the old city of Bucharest. Farewell dinner in a special restaurant. Accommodation at a 4* Hotel.

About Cultural Romtour

We are a professional travel company, our personnel have more than 15 years experience, and we are introducing a new meaning in the concept of Romanian tourism.

We focus our interest on the person (or group) who intends to visit Romania, customizing the tours to the specific request of the tourist. This type of tour is organized to fulfill all the expectations of a small or a large group considering common hobbies or interests (music, history, art, culture, folklore, mountain bike, fishing, hiking, old steam locos ...).

We know that nowadays just traveling; just visit the attractions is not anymore enough. We thought about that and that’s why we created a few trips with different themes to bend forward the wishes of the future tourists. A few examples, that you can also find on our website www.culturalromtour.com are:

Every new idée is a challenge for us because you need options!

Web: http://www.culturalromtour.com

Address:
108A Popa Nan street,
030583, Sect. 3, Bucharest
Romania

Tel: +40 (21) 323 14 31
Fax: +40 (21) 322 16 50

Alin G Zainescu
newmedia PR

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