DAY 1 / BUCHAREST – HOREZU – CRAIOVA ( or TARGU JIU )
After breakfast , at 07 : 45 meet your tour-guide in the hotel lobby and get ready to leave the hotel at 08:00 on route Pitesti – Ramnicu Valcea
The first stop for a visit is in Horezu, a small village from Wallachia, famous all around the world for its inhabitants handicraft – Ceramics. (Craftsmanship of Horezu ceramics was inscribed in 2012 on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity –UNESCO site ) All colours you can imagine, painted plates like you’ve never seen before and a unique tradition will make Horezu Village one of the most interesting places you have ever visited before We will visit: Hurezi Monastery ( UNESCO Site ) – the most comprehensive ensemble of medieval architecture preserved in Wallachia and a Ceramical Workshop. After the lunch continue your trip to Craiova the most important city from Oltenia ( Little Wallachia ) Arrival and accommodation in 4 star hotel arround 18 : 00
IMPORTANT : Upon request, instead of driving to Craiova we will drive to Trgu Jiu ( same distance and time ) As we entry the city you will see a famous sculpture of Constantin Brancusi- The Endless Column Accommodation in the best hotel in town ( 3 star superior boutique hotel / no elevator ) arround 18 : 00 Before dinner you will have a short walk in the park in order to see two ( Poarta Sarutului / The Gate of the Kiss and Masa Tacerii/ The Table of Silence) of the most famous symbolic sculptures of Constantin Brancusi ( the most famous sculptor of Romania )
DAY 2 / CRAIOVA ( or TARGU JIU ) – IRON GATES – BELGRADE
After breakfast , at 07 : 45 meet your tour-guide in the hotel lobby and get ready to leave the hotel at 08:00 on route Drobeta Turnu Severin – Orsova –Iron Gates. Arrival at Orsova / Iron Gates around 10 : 45 The most spectacular scenery must surely be the dramatic gorge of the IRON GATES, a narrow passage dividing Europe’s Alps in the northwest from the Carpathians in the southeast and forming a natural border between Serbia and Romania.
Weather permitting (otherwise the same itinerary it will be done by bus instead of boat ) , enjoy a BONUS / FREE 75 minute cruise on the Danube Gorges (the longest of Europe 134 km / 83 miles ) The cruise will take you in the heart of the cauldrons ( small and big ) and you will see the tallest and impressive rock sculpture (42.9 meters in height and 31.6 meters in width) from Europe – Decebalus’s face (Decebalus was the last King of Dacia, who fought against the Roman Emperors Domitian and Trajan to preserve the independence of his country, which corresponded to modern Romania ) , Tabula Traiana ( the ancient Trajan’s Plaque), Ponicova Cave and Mraconia Monastery.
After lunch you will enter Serbia by crossing the famous Iron Gates (Portile de Fier / Djerdap) dam. Continue on route Kladovo – Tekija–Mosna–Dobra–Golubac–Pozarevac. Arrival in Belgrade arround 18 : 00 and accommodation
Overview
TOUR STARTS
Bucharest
TOUR ENDS
Belgrade
DISTANCE COVERED
aprox. 700 km. / 435 miles
What’s included
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Private tour – guide
- Private transport by air-conditioned car / minivan /van with separate driver ( ensures your tour -guide full attention throughout the days )
- 1 night accommodation in 4 star hotel in Craiova ( or in a 3 star superior boutique hotel with no elevator in Targu Jiu )
- 1 night accommodation in 4 star hotel in Belgrade
- 2 ( buffet ) breakfasts
- 2 ( three course menu ) lunches
What’s not included
- Dinner
- Drinks during the lunches
- Expenses of private nature like souvenirs
- Gratuities (appreciated but optional /entirely at clients’ discretion)