Motorcycle Tour - Famous Dracula Castle

DATES :
12.06.2010 – 20.06.2010
10.07.2010 – 18.07.2010
06.08.2010 – 14.08.2010
28.08.2010 – 05.09.2010

DAYS :
9 days / 7 days riding

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

PRICE :
» Sharing a double room – 780, - EURO
» Staying in a single room – 940, - EURO
» Advance payment – 150 , - EURO
The payment will be done by bank transfer.
For further information please contact us.

HIGHLIGHTS :
Cluj Napoca, Sibiu, Transfagarasan Road,Balea Lake, Brasov Black Church, Bran Dracula Castle, Sinaia (Peles Castle), Bucharest Old City Center, Bucharest Parliament Palace, Sighisoara The Clock Tower, The torture room and the Medieval Weapon Collection, Biertan Citadel Church, Jidvei Vineyard

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

Price includes:
» 8 nights accommodation in 3 or 4 star hotels and pensions with breakfast and safe parking for the motorcycles
» 4 dinners, including welcome and farewell dinners in traditional local restaurants
» 8 complete breakfasts
» airport transfer on arrival and departure
» experienced guide on a motorcycle
» detailed route sheets and all maps for the region being toured
» a Romanian GSM phone, which you can use to receive calls from home free of roaming charges or make emergency calls in any situation.

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 Transfagarasanu! A great motorcycle tour on a perfect road, legends and castles!

DAY 1: Cluj Napoca
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 Cluj Napoca , a city with a vibrating culture, art galleries, museums and a busy night life. In the evening we will have a welcome special dinner organized by us and we will discuss the details of our tour.

DAY 2 : Cluj Napoca – Alba Iulia - Sibiu
We continue our perfect motorcycle tour to city of Sibiu, founded by the Saxon colonists and called once “Hermannstadt”. Voted in 2007 together with Luxemburg the “European Cultural Capital, “The Music City” offers us a great number of cultural monuments, a diversity of museums and various artistic events. We spend the night in beautiful and old Sibiu…

DAY 3: Sibiu – Transfagarasan – Fagaras – Brasov - Bran
We ride now thru 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.. We finish our beautiful day in Bran.

DAY 4 : Bran – Sinaia – Bucuresti
We start our visit with the Bran Castel, the castle where the myth of Dracula was born and learn about inspired stories about the well known vampire, Dracula. Known for his sadist execution methods and the number of the peoples he killed (around 100 000 peoples), Dracula gain fast a reputation all over the world. We continue our motorcycle tour with the visit of Peles Castle build by the King 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 one of the most beautiful residences in Europe, with 160 rooms, all of them opulently decorated.

DAY 5 : A day for leisure and walks in Bucharest
Take a walk on the narrow streets in the Old City Center of Bucharest.
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.

DAY 6 : Bucuresti – Cheia - Sighisoara
We live behind a beautiful city and ride our motorcycles thru a spectacular mountain road to the old Sighisoara city. We ride on narrow streets and listen great stories about the place where Print Vlad of the Impaler was born.We spend the night in the ancient city listening the famous legends of Dracula.

DAY 7: Sighisoara – Biertan – Medias – Tarnaveni
We visit the ancient Sighisoara fortified citadel together with The Clock Tower, The torture room and the Medieval Weapon Collection .We continue our motorcycle tour with Biertan Citadel church. In the afternoon we arrive at the largest Vineyard in Transilvania and have a spectacular wine taste of the most famous Jidvei wine, a place where wine has been cultivated for thousand years. We will be expected with a show of great traditionally food dinner.

DAY 8: Tarnaveni – Cluj Napoca
We live behind the famous wine Vineyard and ride back to Cluj Napoca. We will enjoy our good bye dinner and share our perfect moments about our perfect motorcycle tour..

DAY 9: Cluj Napoca
Flight home or drive home