Day 1 
Arrival in Romania
Welcome to Romania !
Meet your guide/ private driver at Bucharest Airport. 
Transfer to your hotel.  If time allows, (walking) tour of Bucharest city center.
Bucharest highlights/ landmarks:  the Romanian Athenaeum one of Europe’s most beautiful classical music venues, former Royal Palace, Library of Bucharest University,
National Bank of Romania, the Savings Bank – Romania’s finest example of Eclecticism.  
Overnight in Bucharest
Day 1 in brief:
Distance traveled:  20 km (airport to your centrally-located hotel)
Approx. travel time:  40 - 45 minutes (normal traffic)
Sights/ Activities: historical buildings, city-life, local gastronomy, shopping. 

Day 2
Bucharest --- Curtea de Arges --- Sibiu
After breakfast, departure to Sibiu – one of the seven walled-towns in Transylvania. 
Stops/ visits:
~ Curtea de Arges /  Monastery Curtea de Arges,
one of Romania’s most impressive Byzantine-style structures (Christian church w Islamic motifs).
~ Calimanesti – Arutela, Roman Castrum (Castra)
Sightseeing in Sibiu.
Overnight in Sibiu
Day 2 in brief:
Distance traveled: 280 km  
Approx. travel time:  4 hours and 15 minutes (normal traffic, without stops)
Sights/ Activities: 
historical buildings, Byzantine architecture, Transylvania medieval town, local cuisine. 

Day 3  
Sibiu --- Alba Iulia --- Turda --- Sibiu
Day-trip to Alba Iulia and Turda salt mine
After breakfast, departure from Sibiu to Alba Iulia
Walking tour of Alba Iulia and its Vauban-style fortifications (star-shaped).
Continue to Turda to visit Turda salt mine, arguably the most spectacular in Europe.
Visit Turda salt mine.
Return to Sibiu, overnight in Sibiu.
Day 3 in brief:
Distance traveled:  295 km
Approx. travel time:  4 hours and 15 minutes (normal traffic, without stops)
Sights/ Activities: 
historical buildings, medieval architecture, salt mine/ underground amusement park. 

Day 4
Sibiu --- Medias --- Biertan --- Sighisoara
After the breakfast,
departure to Sighisoara – the best preserved medieval town in Europe and a World Heritage Site
(„An outstanding testimony to the culture of the Transylvania Saxons” – attribution: UNESCO). 
Stops/ Visits:
~ Medias / Old Town Medias 
~ Biertan / impressive Fortified Church
Meidas and Biertan are two of the oldest Saxon settlements in Transylvania
that are offering fine examples of medieval architecture. 
Walking tour of Sighisoara.
Overnight in Sighisoara.
Day 4 in brief:
Distance traveled:  185 km
Approx. travel time:  3 hours and 30 minutes (normal traffic, without stops)
Sights/ Activities: 
historical buildings, medieval architecture, UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Day 5
Sighisoara --- Crit --- Rupea --- Brasov
After breakfast, departure to Brasov. 
Stops/ visits:
Crit – Saxon village and its fortified church
Rupea – Saxon fortress
Sightseeing in Brasov.  
Overnight in Brasov.

Day 5 in brief:
Distance traveled:  120 km
Approx. travel time:  2 hours and 5 minutes (normal traffic, without stops)
Sights/ Activities: 
historical buildings, medieval architecture, rural Romania. 

Day 6
Brasov --- Rasnov --- Bran --- Sinaia --- Bucharest
After breakfast, travel from Brasov to Bucharest, via Rasnov – Bran - Sinaia
Stops/ visits:
Rasnov / Old Town and hill-top fortress
Bran / Bran (Dracula’s) Castle
Sinaia / Peles Castle – Romania’s royal family summer retreat – one of the most beautiful in Europe.
Continue to Bucharest. 
Sightseeing in Bucharest.
Overnight in Bucharest.
Day 6 in brief:
Distance traveled:  220 km
Approx. travel time:  3 hours and 30 minutes (normal traffic, without stops)
Sights/ Activities: 
historical buildings, two castles and – optional (sparkling) wine tasting in Azuga / Hallewood Cellars. 

Day 7 – option 1
Extra day in Bucharest 
Sightseeing in Bucharest / visits to places of possible interest such as:
Palace of Parliament – the second-largest administrative building in the world,
the Village Museum (an unique open-air museum featuring Romania’s numerous rural architectural styles), National Museum of Art, Museum of the Romanian Peasant
or any other of the city’s over 30 museums.
Overnight in Bucharest

Day 7 in brief
option 1:
Distance traveled:  40 km
Approx. travel time:  90 minutes (without stops)
Sights/ Activities: 
Museums, City Landmarks, local life-style.

or
Day 7
option 2
Bucharest --- Giurgiu --- Ruse --- Veliko Tarnovo 
After breakfast, travel from Bucharest to Veliko Tarnovo, via Giurgiu - Ruse.
Stops / visits:
Giurgiu / right bank of Danube River
Ruse – sightseeing in Ruse
Walking tour of Veliko Tarnovo – medieval capital of Bulgaria.
Overnight in Veliko Tarnovo.
Day 7 in brief - option 2:
Distance traveled:  190 km
Approx. travel time:  3 hours and 15 minutes
(normal traffic, without stops plus border-crossing wait time, if any)
Sights/ Activities:
Danube River, old bridge over Danube, Ruse landmarks, local/ medieval architecture. 
Did you know?
Europe's first curved bridge "Podul Bisetz" was built in Giurgiu, in 1905.
(a technical innovation of two Romanian engineers: Anghel Saligny and Ion Ionescu Bisetz).
After 100 years of rail and car traffic, the bridge is now reserved for pedestrians only.

Day 8
Veliko Tarnovo --- Rose Valley --- Plovdiv
After breakfast, travel from Veliko Tarnovo to Plovdiv, via Rose Valley / Kazanlak
Stops/ visits:
~ Rose Valley / Kazanlak (small town founded by the Turks)
Continue to Plovdiv. 
Plovidv is the second largest city in Bulgaria and an European Capital of Culture in 2019.
Sightseeing in Plovdiv.
Overnight in Plovdiv.
Day 8 in brief:
Distance traveled:  205 km
Approx. travel time:  3 hours and 5 minutes (normal traffic, without stops)
Sights/ Activities: 
Balkan Mountains Vistas, rose fields, historical buildings. 

Day 9
Plovdiv  --  Sofia
After breakfast, travel from Plovdiv to Sofia
Sightseeing tour of Sofia – Bulgaria’s capital city.
Overnight in Sofia
Day 9 in brief:
Distance traveled: 150 km
Approx. travel time: one hour and 50 minutes (normal traffic, without stops)
Sights/ Activities:
Historical buildings / Sofia architecture, Mt. Vitosha. 

Day 10  
Sofia  --  Bucharest
or travel from Sofia to your next destination
After breakfast,
travel from Sofia to Bucharest
or transfer to Sofia airport / or train station for travel to your next destination.
Day 10 in brief:
Distance Sofia – Plevna/ Pleven – Bucharest:  390 km
Approx. travel time: 5 hours and 30 minutes
(normal traffic, without stops plus border-crossing wait time, if any).
Sights/ Activities: historical buildings, rural Bulgaria, city of Pleven in Bulgaria.