Short Tours from Cluj-Napoca: Medieval Transylvania

Short Tours from Cluj-Napoca: Medieval Transylvania (3 days, 2 nights)

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Itinerary: Cluj-Napoca - Hunedoara - Alba Iulia - Sibiu - Sighisoara - Cluj-Napoca

Included services:
2 nights accommodation in recommended 3*-4* hotels
2 dinners (2 courses, dessert)
tour guide in the language of your choice (English, German, French)
transportation for the whole tour

Not included services:
entry fees
other services not mentioned

Day 1

Cluj Napoca - Hunedoara - Alba Iulia - Sibiu

Transfer to Hunedoara, visit the Hunyad Castle (Corvin Castle) the most important Gothic style secular building in Transylvania. Even though the castle is built in Gothic style, it has also Baroque and Renaissance influences, and was the place where Vlad Dracul (commonly known as Dracula, courtesy of Bram Stoker's novel) was held prisoner for seven years. The Hunyad Castle, a legacy of the Transylvanian Hunyadi dynasty, was included in the "10 most fascinating castles and palaces" list.

The tour continues with Alba Iulia.
Short city tour with the visit of Alba Carolina fortress (Guard Changing Ceremony - every day at 12:00 pm), the Roman Catholic church, the Reunification cathedral.
Alba Iulia's landmark is represented by the Vauban-style fortress with seven bastions, star-shaped. It was built in the early XVIIIth century, after the plans of two architects: Visconti and Doxat de Demoret (the "Austrian Vauban"), who radically transformed the medieval fortress based on the former Roman castrum into a seven-bastion baroque fortress.

Transfer to Sibiu. Along with Luxembourg, Sibiu was designated European Capital of Culture in 2007, primarily due to the multiculturalism that defines it.

Dinner and accommodation Sibiu.

Sibiu Evangelical Church

Day 2

Sibiu - Sighisoara

Tour of the medieval centre of Sibiu, one of Romania’s most charming cities: the Large Square with Brukenthal Palace, Haller House, the Catholic Church and the Council Tower - symbol of the city; the Small Square with Luxembourg House, the Liar's Bridge, the House of Arts; Huet Square with the Evangelical Church; the Fortress street; the Orthodox Cathedral.

Transfer to Sighisoara (Schässburg in German), one of the most visited cities in Transylvania, offering an outstanding testimony of the local Saxons culture.

The best preserved medieval citadel in Romania, Sighisoara displays a genuine feeling of a medieval fortress; one special feature is that its houses have been permanently inhabited since its settlement.

Dinner and accommodation in Sighisoara.