Timeless Romania

Fly from London (regional connections available) to Bucharest with British Airways. Check in to your hotel and in the evening join the rest of your tour party for a welcome dinner.

Meals: dinner

In the morning, transfer to Sibiu, a pretty Romanian city on the banks of the Cibin river that once served as the capital of Transylvania. Stop en route to enjoy lunch at your leisure, and later also enjoy a free evening in the city.

Meals: breakfast

In the morning, enjoy a tour of Sibiu’s old town, taking in the Romanian Catholic Cathedral and entrance to Brukenthal National Museum, among other sights. In the evening, visit the picturesque village of Sibiel. Enjoy dinner in a local family home, and see a cooking demonstration, preparing traditional meat and cabbage rolls. Later, return to Sibiu.

Meals: breakfast, dinner

Transfer to Sighisoara, via Biertan Fortified Church, one of the finest examples of late medieval architecture in Transylvania. Continue to Sighisora, pausing en route to tour Viscri, a picturesque village visited regularly by King Charles III.

Meals: breakfast

Tour the UNESCO-listed old town of Sighisoara, with its well-kept lanes and buildings. Its walls encircle cobbled streets lined with colourful 16th-century Burgher houses. Visits include the citadel and the clock tower. Explore the medieval town of Bistri?a, with its colourful merchants’ houses, Gothic church and squares that reflect centuries of Saxon heritage. Later, continue to Bucovina.

Meals: breakfast, dinner

Take a tour of the area’s painted monasteries, which are among Europe’s greatest artistic works and recipients of UNESCO World Heritage status. Later, enjoy dinner and a folklore demonstration.

Meals: breakfast, dinner

Head south to Brasov, via the Agapia monastery, a Romanian Orthodox nunnery dating back to 1649. Continue to Bicaz Gorges for lunch and on to Brasov.

Meals: breakfast, lunch

Take a short drive through the beautiful Transylvanian countryside to Bran Castle, which is famously associated with Dracula, the legendary character from Bram Stoker’s Gothic novel. Later, take a walking tour of Brasov’s old city, seeing such sights as the Council Square and the entrance to the Black Church, and visit Brasov Museum.

Meals: breakfast

After breakfast, travel to Sinaia, a beautiful Carpathians mountain town, to visit the neo-Renaissance Peles Castle and the Art Nouveau Pelisor Castle. Later head on to Bucharest for an afternoon at leisure.

Meals: breakfast

Take a walking tour of Bucharest, seeing Victoria Avenue, Stavropoulos Church and Saint Anton Church, among other landmarks. Eat lunch at Manuc’s Inn, the oldest in the city.

Meals: breakfast, lunch

Visit the Palace of Parliament, a vast architectural relic from the Ceau?escu era. Transfer to the airport and fly to London, or begin your extension.

Meals: breakfast