Motorcycle Tour - Carpathian mountain roads

DATES :
16.06.2012 – 23.06.2012
21.07.2012 – 28.07.2012
18.08.2012 – 25.08.2012
08.09.2012 – 15.09.2012

The first and last days mentioned in the itinerary are the arrival and departure days in and from Bucharest. Book your flights accordingly!

DAYS :
8 days / 6 days riding

MILEAGE :
In total around 1400 km,
in average between 170 km and 300 km daily

Tour starts and ends:
Bucharest

PRICE / PERSON :
» Staying in a single room and ride:
BMW F650GS – 1290, -EURO
BMW R1200GS – 1590, -EURO
BMW K1200S - 1590, -EURO
SUZUKI V-Strom 1000Dl – 1390, -EURO

» Sharing a double room and ride:
Driver:
BMW F650GS – 1190, -EURO
BMW R1200GS – 1490, -EURO
BMW K1200S - 1490, -EURO
SUZUKI V-Strom 1000DL – 1290, -EURO

Passenger – 790, -EURO

» Payment required for reservation - 200, -EURO
The payment will be done by PayPal or by bank transfer.
For further information please contact us.


HIGHLIGHTS :
Bucharest, Sibiu, Transfagarasan Road, Transalpina Road Balea Lake, Bratocea Pass, Rucar Pass, Butii Pass, Predeal Pass, Vlahita Pass, Brasov, Bran Castle, Peles Castle, Sighisoara, Biertan, Urdele Pass.

ACCOMMODATION :
3*** and 4**** stars hotels and pension

Price includes:
» 7 nights accommodation in 3 or 4 star hotels and pension with safe parking for the motorcycles
» 7 x Halfboard
» Airport transfer on arrival and departure
» Experienced guide on a motorcycle
» Detailed route sheets and all maps for the region being toured
» Motorcycle rental

Price does not include:
» fuel for your motorcycle
» entrance to museums
» gratuities and tips
» beverages and meals other than those specified
» air tickets

"The most amazing road we have ever seen" said Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May from Top Gear about Transfagarasan! A great motorcycle tour on a perfect road, legends and castles!

DAY 1: Bucharest arrival
Welcome in Romania!
We will pick you up from the airport and bring you to the hotel. The hotel is situated in the center of Bucharest, a city with a vibrating culture, art galleries, museums and a busy night life. Known as ‘Little Paris’ and it’s reputation for the high life, Romania's largest city and capital Bucharest, offers a historical charm, a large number of museums, art galleries, exquisite Orthodox churches and unique architectural sites. We start our visit with the Parliament Palace (formerly called the People's Palace).Build within Nicolae Ceausescu’s vision, the Parliament Palace provides 3.76 million square feet and it is considered as the world's second largest building after the U.S. Pentagon. In the evening we will have a welcome special dinner organized by us and we will discuss the details of our tour.

DAY 2 : Bucharest – Sinaia – Predeal Pass - Bran
We live behind a cultural capital and ride our motorcycles towards a city with famous legends and castles. We continue our visit with Peles Castle build by the Kind Carol the 1st between 1866 – 1914 and decorated by the famous J. D. Heymann from Hamburg, August Bembé from Mainz and Berhard Ludwig from Viena decorators. The former royal residence is the most beautiful residences in Europe with 160 rooms, all of them opulently decorated and spend the night in Dracula’s city. We visit Bran Castel, the castle where the myth of Dracula was born and learn about inspired stories about the well known vampire, Dracula.

DAY 3: Bran – Sighisoara – Gura Raului
We continue our motorcycle tour to the old and ancient Sighisoara city. We ride on narrow streets and listen great stories about the place where Print Vlad of the Impaler, known as Count Dracula was born. We spend the night in the ancient city listening the famous legends of Dracula. We visit the ancient Sighisoara fortified citadel together with The Clock Tower, The Torture Room and The Medieval Weapon Collection.

DAY 4 : Gura Raului – Urdele Pass - Transalpina Road – Polovragi
We ride on fantastic roads and beautiful serpentines at 2145 meters, make pictures of the beautiful landscape of Transalpina road.
It is a perfect play ground for demanding motorcyclists.

DAY 5 : Polovragi – Vidra Lake– Gura Raului
A beautiful day with spectacular roads and beautiful landscape is waiting for us! We live behind a beautiful city and ride our motorcycles through a spectacular mountain road to the old Sibiu city.

DAY 6 : Gura Raului – Transfagarsan Road – Bran
We ride now through Transfagarasan road, 91 km just perfect for motor riding! Build at 2042 meters altitude over Fagaras Mountains which are the highest mountains in Romania, Transfagarasan road offers the most spectacular landscape in Europe! Open to the public only 2 months per year due to cold weather, Transfagarasan was called by Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May from Top Gear as “the most amazing road we have ever seen”! We admire at the end of the road an incredible lake called Balea Lake which is laying in the middle of the mountains and make perfect pictures...

DAY 7: Bran – Bratocea Pass – Bucharest
Another day in the mountains with beautiful landscape and spectacular roads… we continue our journey to Bucharest. We will enjoy our goodbye dinner and share our perfect moments about our motorcycle tour..

DAY 8: Bucharest departures
Flight home or drive home