Cox and Kings Timeless Romania

• Direct international flights
• 4- & 5* accommodation
• Selected Meals: 9 breakfasts, 1 lunch, and 4 dinners
• Welcome drink
• Experienced local tour manager
• Guided sightseeing & entrance fees included

• Spend a full day exploring northern Romania’s painted monasteries
• Visit the royal palaces of Peles and Pelisor
• Visit the village of Viscri, frequented by Britain’s King Charles III
• Dine in a local family home
• Traditional dinner and dance show

Day 1: To Bucharest
Fly from London (regional connections available) to Bucharest. Transfer to your hotel and enjoy a welcome dinner
(Dinner)

Day 2: Bucharest – Sibiu
Tour Bucharest, taking in its boulevards and belle époque buildings. Visit the Old Princely Court and the Royal Palace before travelling to Sibiu where you’ll stay for 2 nights.
(Breakfast)

Day 3: Sibiu – Sibiel
In the morning, tour the old town, before enjoying some time at leisure. Perhaps take the opportunity to visit the Brukenthal Museum. In the evening, visit the village of Sibiel for dinner in a local home, including a cooking demonstration. Return to Sibiu
(Breakfast and dinner)

Day 4: Sibiu – Biertan – Sighisoara
Transfer to Sighisoara via the Biertan Fortified Church, an fine example of late medieval architecture. Continue onto Sighisoara.
(Breakfast)

Day 5: Sighisoara – Targu Mures – Gara Humorului
Tour the UNESCO listed town of Sighisoara, a medieval settlement whose cobbled streets are lined with colourful houses. You’ll visit the citadel, the Church on the Hill and the clock tower. Travel north to Gura Humorului via Targu Mures, a Hungarian stronghold. Enjoy a traditional dinner and dance show this evening.
(Breakfast and dinner)

Day 6: Gura Humorului
Tour the area’s painted monasteries, some of Europe’s greatest artistic monuments.
(Breakfast and dinner)

Day 7: Agapia – Lacu Rosu – Brasov
Head south to Brasov, via the Agapia monastery, a Romanian Orthodox nunnery. Continue to Lac Rosu for lunch and then on to Brasov. The rest of the day is at leisure.
(Breakfast and lunch)

Day 8: Brasov – Bran Castle – Sinaia
Drive through the beautiful Transylvanian countryside to Bran Castle, famously associated with Dracula, where you’ll have a tour and a coffee stop. Then, drive to Sinaia to visit the palaces of Peles and Pelisor, the former royal residences of King Carol I. Return to Brasov.
(Breakfast)

Day 9: Brasov – Bucharest
This morning, tour Brasov and view the Piata Sfatului, one of the finest baroque squares in Romania. Visit the Black Church to see its collection of Ottoman rugs and St Nicholas Church. Return to Bucharest for a farewell drink, pausing to tour Viscri, a village visited regularly by King Charles III
(Breakfast)

Day 10: Fly to London
Visit the Palace of Parliament before transferring to the airport for the flight back to London.
(Breakfast)