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Viscri village
Sighisoara Clock Tower
Alba Iulia fortress
Turda salt mine
Brasov, Black Church

Best of Transylvania (3 days, from Cluj)

By Get a Cluj Tour
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Overview

Highlights:
• Turda salt mine
• Alba Carolina Vauban fortress
• Corvin Castle in Hunedoara
• Sibiu medieval city
• Bran ‘Dracula’ castle
• Brasov medieval city
• one Saxon fortified church (Viscri or other, UNESCO heritage)
• Sighisoara fortress (UNESCO heritage)

Activity location

  • Salina Turda
    • Aleea Durgaului 7
    • 401200, Turda, Romania

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Piața Avram Iancu
    • Piața Avram Iancu
    • Cluj-Napoca, Județul Cluj, Romania

Multiple meeting/redemption points available, see location information for full list

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What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's includedaccommodation in a 3* hotel, on a double room basis (optional)
  • What's includedWhat's includedall transport by private vehicle or minibus (gas, road tax and parking fees included)
  • What's includedWhat's includedservices of an English speaking guide / driver (all expenses included)
  • What's includedWhat's includedentry tickets (Turda salt mine, Corvin & Bran Castle, Viscri fortified church, Brasov Black Church)
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedyour meals and drinks (other than the ones mentioned above)
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedtickets for the theme park (inside Turda salt mine)
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedsingle room supplement (if booking a tour with included accommodation)
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedyour personal expenses

Know before you book

  • Not recommended for travellers with spinal injuries
  • Not recommended for pregnant travellers
  • Not recommended for travellers with poor cardiovascular health
  • Travellers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
  • Not recommended for travellers with mobility problems
  • In accordance with EU regulations about consumer rights, activities services are not subject to the right of withdrawal. Supplier cancellation policy will apply.

Activity itinerary

Day 1: Cluj - Turda - Alba Iulia - Hunedoara - Sibiu
  • 4 stops
  • Meals: Not included
  • Accommodation: overnight in a 3* accommodation in Sibiu (optional)
Salina Turda
  • 2h
  • Admission ticket included
You will descend into the underground where you'll completely be surrounded by salt. Walk on a man-made gallery, visit three mining chambers, learn about mining techniques and local urban legends and, nevertheless, take a boat or a Ferris-wheel ride. The visit of the mine involves climbing and descending some stairs. In total there about steps to go up and down, but most of them can be avoided by taking two different lifts.
Cetatea Alba Iulia
  • 1h
Visit the Vauban style fortress, built during the 18th century on top of two previous fortresses.
Castelul Corvinilor (Corvins' Castle)
  • 1h 30m
  • Admission ticket included
Visit the most impressive Gothic castle from Transylvania. Learn about medieval defence architecture, legends connected to the Dracula storey and the Hunyad family.
Sibiu
  • 12h
Free time for an evening walk and dinner.
Day 2: Sibiu - Bran - Brasov
  • 3 stops
  • Meals: breakfast
  • Accommodation: overnight in a 3* accommodation in Brasov (optional)
Sibiu
  • 2h
Visit Sibiu, the best defended medieval fortress in Transylvania, the ancient capital of all Transylvanian Saxons, the so called European Capital of Culture in 2007.
Bran Castle (Dracula's Castle)
  • 1h
  • Admission ticket included
Built on a cliff during the Middle Ages and modernised at the beginning of the 20th century, Bran castle is now one of the most visited places in Romania. You will get the chance to find out what is it’s connection with the famous character Dracula.
Black Church (Biserica Neagra)
  • 1h 30m
  • Admission ticket included
Brasov, originally a Saxon town, called Kronstadt in German and Stalin for a short period during the communist regime. Here you will visit the Black Church, hiding the largest collection of Ottoman carpets in Europe, and some medieval towers and bastions (if it’s on a Monday, the visit to the Black Church will be substituted with another visit).
Day 3: Brasov - Viscri - Sighisoara - Cluj
  • 2 stops
  • Meals: breakfast
  • Accommodation: Not included
Viscri Fortified Church
  • 2h
  • Admission ticket included
This rural establishment will unveil us the best preserved and restored traditional Saxon village in Transylvania, one of the few where the community is still very much alive, where small rural businesses are surviving in a modern world, and, nevertheless, where King Charles III of Great Britain owns a traditional Saxon household. Visit the 13th c. fortified church (UNESCO heritage).
Centrul Istoric Sighisoara
  • 2h
Sighisoara medieval fortress is one of the few of it’s kind still inhabited in Europe. Surrounded by 9 of the initial 14 defence towers, each one belonging to a local guild, the fortress shelters not only beautiful medieval architecture, but also medieval legends, such as the one connected to Vlad the Impaler ‘Dracula' birthplace.

Location

Activity location

  • LOB_ACTIVITIESLOB_ACTIVITIESSalina Turda
    • Aleea Durgaului 7
    • 401200, Turda, Romania

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLEPiața Avram Iancu
    • Piața Avram Iancu
    • Cluj-Napoca, Județul Cluj, Romania
  • PEOPLEPEOPLEPiața Unirii
    • Piața Unirii
    • Cluj-Napoca, Județul Cluj, Romania

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