We are pleased to invite you to an exceptional encounter with adventure in Transylvania!
During this travel, the adventure will be our permament companion: hikes, off-road, descends in gold mines and amazing speleological expeditions will engage us body and soul. We will take part in amazing experiences, we will see magical places and unique historical vestiges.
You will discover places energetically alive and active, portals or "star gates" into other dimensions. The history of Romania is beyond Time and Space - where sacred places, new discoveries, vast tunnel systems and rich traditions of Immortals and Magical Inner Beings merge into a new paradigm of Truth.
On this journey you will learn about the Dacians, the people of ancient times, called the Immortal Ones. An amazing history which you will discover step by step. The Thracian tribes were great throughout all the Antiquity, and famed because of their physical resistance and their overall skills regarding traditional medicine and known for their ancient language that may predate sanscript. The Dacians are part of the Thracians and according to the ancient historian Herodotus: Thracians were the second numerous people in the Ancient World. Some Thracians gods as Dionissius, Bendida, Asklepius etc. were worshiped by ancient Greeks and Romans.
Through our journey we intend to explore the sacred spaces of Transylvania land, alongside an important part of The Apuseni Mountains. The red spots of The Fibonacci Spiral represent centers of power, Earth vortexes, chakra points of the living Gaia, or a congruence of planetary leys or ley line. As we can see, many of these are in Romania.
ITINERARY - SHORT VERSION
Day 1 Friday, the 10th of July - GATHERING DAY- Bucharest
Arrival in Bucuresti at Henry Coanda airport. Multiple transfers.
Accommodation at a 4* hotel, situated in the old city center. Welcome dinner.
Day 2 Saturday, the 11th of July
After breakfast (9.00), departure by bus to The Secuiesc Manor, in Transylvania.
2 hours (free time) - lunch and visits in Sibiu.
Departure to Trascau’s Fangs.
Dinner and overnight at a 4* exclusive Manor. H.B.
Day 3 Sunday, the 12th of July
After breakfast (8:00) we depart to Ramet Monastery and visit Rimetea village.
Picnic lunch.
Dinner and overnight at Secuiesc Manor. F.B.
Day 4 Monday, the 13th of July
After breakfast (9.00), hike to Piatra Secuiului (3 hours, medium difficulty).
Picnic lunch. Return at the manor. Dinner and overnight at Secuiesc Manor. F.B.
Day 5 Tuesday, the 14th of July
After breakfast (9.00), visit the spectacular Turda salt mine.
Hike for 1 hour (medium difficulty) in The Turda Gorge.
Picnic lunch. Return at the manor. Dinner and overnight at Secuiesc Manor. F.B.
Day 6 Wednesday, the 15th of July
After the breakfast (9.00 am), through Gardisoara Gorges we continue towards The Lost World Karst Plateau.
The Black Pothole and The Gemanata Pothole.
The Fortresses of Ponor. Hike a couple of hours, medium difficulty.
Picnic lunch.
Dinner and overnight at a 3* pension in Padis. F.B.
Day 7 Thursday, the 16th of July
After breakfast (9.00) we go hiking The Yellow Gorges.
Picnic lunch.
Accommodation and overnight at a 4* pension in Arieseni, The Natural Park of Apuseni Mountains. F.B.
Day 8 Friday, the 17th of July
After breakfast, free day.
Optional, trip to Pisoaia waterfall or an off-road trip to the Bihor Peak (1850 m). This can be done with a cost of 25 euro. For those who choose one of the optional activities the lunch will be a picnic.
Accommodation at a 4* pension. F.B., in Arieseni.
Day 9 Saturday, the 18th of July
After breakfast (9.00 am), departure to Scarisoara Cave (Glacier).
Cross The Ordancusei Keys - a Natural Reserve.
Visit The Ionele’s Cave. Next stop Izbucul Tauz, Big Coiba and Small Coiba.
We also visit The Vartop Glacier (The Wonderful Cave).
Picnic lunch. Dinner and overnight a 4* pension. F.B.
Day 10 Sunday, the 19th of July
After breakfast (9.00 am), departure to Alba Iulia.
Stop in Rosia Montana .
In Alba Iulia we visit Alba Carolina Fortress. Attend the changing of the guard at the gates of the city.
2 hours (free time) for lunch and visits in the Old Center of Alba Iulia.
We travel on Transalpina route and cross The Carpathians.
Arrival in Bucharest , accommodation at a 4* hotel, situated in the old city center. B&B.
Day 11 Monday, the 20th of July
Free day, B&B
Departure day. Multiple transfers to Henry Coanda Airport
This Journey Includes:
- Multiple transfers to and from Airport
- Accommodation for 10 nights
- Most meals as indicated: 1 day half-board(HB), 7 days full-board(FB), 2 days breakfast(B&B), including welcome dinner and farewell dinner
- Entrance fees when needed
- Deluxe bus transportation
- Guide and translator
The itinerary does not include:
- Airfare from/to your home location
- Drinks with Meals
- Personal Items, Laundry, Tips for your own room, etc.
- Travel insurance highly recommended.
- Tips and gratuities
- The required equipment for hiking: regular hiking boots, hiking clothes, mountain backpack (rucksak) for water and snacks, flashlight, sunglasses and sun cap, raincoat (just in case).
The price for this journey is 1250 euro (place in double room) and a 300 euro supplement for single room.
Contractual conditions – for firm reservations, a prepayment amount of 600 euro is necessary until the 15th of May 2015. The prepaid amount is nonrefundable. The remaining is to be paid until the 19th of June 2015.
Persons who pay the whole amount until the 15th of May 2015, benefit of a 10% discount.
Cancellation Policy: Deposits are nonrefundable. No refund 2 weeks prior to departure. All cancellations must be in writing. We advise all clients to secure Travel Insurance.
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ITINERARY
Day 1 Friday, the 10th of July - GATHERING DAY- Bucharest
Arrival in Bucuresti at Henry Coanda airport. Multiple transfers.
Accommodation at a 4* hotel, situated in the old city center. Welcome dinner.
Day 2 Saturday, the 11th of July
In the morning after breakfast, at 9.00 am, we depart by bus to The Seckler Manor, in Transylvania, almost 400 km. We shall have a 2 hours break (free time) for lunch and visits Sibiu, a beautiful medieval city in the heart of Transylvania, European Capital of Culture in 2007.
We continue our last part of the travel to Trascau’s Fangs, a spectacular mountain.
Here we dine and overnight at a 4* exclusive Manor, that offers you a living representation of the rich rural traditions, rooms with painted furniture, folk stitch, embroidery and traditional local cuisine in the restaurant. H.B.
Day 3 Sunday, the 12th of July
After breakfast (8:00) we depart to Ramet Monastery, near by Trascau’s Fangs, a true outdoor sanctuary with a very high energy and a place that makes you dream, situated at about 30 km from Alba Iulia. There we participate at The Sunday Liturgy, so that the prayers and wishes we have during these days could be blessed once more. We will visit Rimetea, the village with white houses, some of which are architectural monuments from the 19th century.The localty received from European Commission The Europa Nostra Award, for preserving the cultural heritage. There is also an etnography museum with a collection of objects that exemplify the villager’s activities and chores as well as their traditional costumes.
We serve a picnic lunch
Accomodation at Seckler Manor,FB.
Day 4 Monday, the 13th of July
Today we can hike to Piatra Secuiului (3 hours, medium difficulty), a beautiful place that gives us the chance to witness a fascinating and relaxing sunset. You will be definitely awarded with an unforgettable memory. The breath-taking landscape from above is worth the 3 hour hiking. It is said that in Rimetea the sun rises twice because of the position of The Seckler Rock.
We serve a picnic lunch.
Accomodation at Seckler Manor, FB.
Day 5 Tuesday, the 14th of July
After breakfast, 9.00 am, we visit the spectacular Turda salt mine, whose existence was already mentioned in an official document in 1271 and then, we hike for 1 hour (medium difficulty) in The Turda Gorge. Turda Gorges stretch for a length of 1300 m and a height of 200 m. Formed by the erosion of the limestone rock by the Hasdate river, it offers a magical landscape with high and steep cliffs, sharp ridges, stone towers, arches and caves. As a mixed reservation, it contains over 1000 species of plants, animals and butterflies. In this wonderful glade we serve a picnic lunch.
We return at the Seckler Manor and have dinner, FB
Day 6 Wednesday, the 15th of July
After the breakfast, 9.00 am, we start a new and full day. On the route to The Fortress of Ponor we stop a few times to see other spectacular places.
Through Gardisoara Gorges we continue towards The Lost World Karst Plateau, which hides in the underground a network of galleries, accessible through two vertical impressive cavities, The Black Pothole and The Gemanata Pothole.
The Fortresses of Ponor, natural monument and reserve, is a karst complex composed by three large rocks formations (sinkholes), placed in a forested valley. A magnificent landscape can be seen above the sinkholes, from The Balconies. The first is The Fortress of Ponor Cave, the largest portal 70 m high and 30 m wide, and the main gallery, crossed by a powerful underground river forming waterfalls and whirlpools.
We’ll have a few hours of medium difficulty hiking trip.
We serve a picnic lunch.
Accommodation and overnight at a 3* pension in Padis. F.B
Day 7 Thursday, the 16th of July
Today, after breakfast, we go hiking The Yellow Gorges, a protected area, where we’ll stop for a break in Meadow Flowers. Formed of clusters of beech, evergreen oak and ash, the glade has a special effect during the summer when hundreds of species of colourful florwers cover the sunbathed hills. The Yellow Gorges are probably the most spectacular and naturally preserved gorges of the country. The high cliffs eroded by the water, the grottos, the caves and the waterfalls are only a few of the wonderful works of nature that attract the turists even though the track is a difficult one.
We serve a picnic lunch.
Accommodation and overnight at a 4* pension in Arieseni, The Natural Park of Apuseni Mountains, F.B
Day 8 Friday, the 17th of July
After breakfast we have a free day, to enjoy more relax.
Optional, we can go to the magic Pisoaia waterfall which has 18 m height and 25 m width and is located in the woods. Nearby the waterfall is the hill with the fossilized snail shells. 65-70 million years ago, snails of different sizes and shapes petrified in this unique geological area.The other possibility is an off-road trip to the Bihor Peak (1850 m). This can be done with a cost of 25 euro. For those who choose one of the optional activities the lunch will be a picnic.
Accommodation at a 4* pension. F.B, in Arieseni
Day 9 Saturday, the 18th of July
After breakfast, 9.00 am, we depart to Scarisoara Cave or Glacier, situated at 1150 m altitude, with a length of 700 m, houses the largest underground glacier in Romania and one of the few existing in Europe, with a volume of 75000 mc and over 3500 years old.
To reach the Scarisoara we cross The Ordancusei Keys, stretched over 2500 m in Ordancusei Valley. Being declared a Natural Reserve, The Keys are guarded by high walls of limestone in which we find many caves and grottoes. Visit The Ionele’s Cave whose entrance gate is carved in stone and has a height of 22 m. Inside the cave a lake is formed during the rainy season.
Next stop is Izbucul Tauz, a spring with intermittent activity that works on the principle of the siphon. Izbucul Tauz is a natural monument of national interest.
Situated next to a high wall of limestone, the hidden waters go out in two caves, Big Coiba and Small Coiba.It has a depth of at least 87 m and, because of its remarkable beauty, it is a very interesting place for both speleologists, not being explored at all, and tourists. This place is known as an energetical portal.
We also visit The Vartop Glacier, named The Wonderful Cave. Small-sized, but very beautiful and famous due to the traces of the Neanderthal that were found there.
In this expedition we take a picnic lunch.
Accommodation at a 4* pension. F.B, in Arieseni. Farewell dinner.
Day 10 Sunday, the 19th of July
In the morning, after breakfast, 9.00 am, we depart to Alba Iulia. On the way we have a stop in Rosia Montana, the oldest documented mining settlement (dated year 131) and known since the Roman period by the name Alburnus Maior. However but it is believed that the gold extraction activity was begun hundreds of years before. We visit Dealul Cetatii, the galleries and shafts of the former Roman gold mines, the old houses from the XVIII-XIX centuries (monuments of popular architecture). Then, we go to Alba Iulia, one of the most beautiful medieval cities of Transylvania, where we will visit Alba Carolina Fortress, a place full of history and the first capital of the three Romanian Principalities, united in 1600 under the scepter of Michael the Brave. It is a sacred symbol of unity.
Here we witness the changing of the guard at the gates of the old city (12.00), an impressive ceremony where the soldiers are dressed in the medieval Austrian army uniformes, mounting Frisian breed horses. After the ceremony, the guard continues the ritual on the artillery platform, and gun salutes are drawn to the delight of the tourists.
You will have a break of 2 hours (free time) for lunch and visits in the Old Center of Alba Iulia, with small pubs and taverns, medieval restaurants and nice coffee-shops. You can also buy interesting souvenirs. In the area there are 2 beautiful Gothic Cathedrals.
In the last part of this day we travel on the Transalpina route, "the best driving road in the world" (Top Gear), an astonishing road which crosses The Carpathians. The spectacular view from over 2500 m above will give us the unique feeling of being on the top of the world. We can also visit a beautiful Monastery, included in UNESCO heritage, named Polovragi and a spectaculare cave, near by, with the same name.
Accommodation at a 4* hotel, situated in the old city center. B&B
Day 11 Monday, the 20th of July
Free day, B&B
Departure day. Multiple transfers to Henry Coanda Airport
