Golden Circle of Transylvania

Salt Mine And Hike. The tour starts at 9 am with pick up from your accommodation in Cluj-Napoca. The. first stop on the Transylvania Golden Circle route is Turda Salt Mine, where we. will go 120 m deep underground to discover a science fiction theme park. Listen the salt mine story from your Curly Guide while you. admire the salt stalactites in Rudolf mine. At the base of the mine, we. will take a canoeing boat tour on an underground lake to navigate to the. heart of Transylvania. After that, we will go to Turda Gorges, where. we will make a 9km long hike through and over the gorge from where we will. have a spectacular view over the Transylvania landscape. During the hike. we will identify plants and animals specific to the area. The third stop will. be in a Transylvanian village, where we will take time to visit and have lunch. in a traditional way. At the end of the day we will visit Coltesti. fortress, and then head to our accommodation in Alba Iulia.

Culture and nature in a unique way. The second day combines culture with nature in a unique way. The second day starts. with a tour of Alba Carolina Citadel to find out the complex history of. this Vauban style Citadel. Afterwards we will go to Balea waterfall via. Transfagarasan road. By cable car we will reach the most beautiful. glacial lake in Romania, Balea Lake, from where we will start the hike. up to 2311 m. The hiking trail is medium-level with an elevation gain of. 300m. We will enjoy the nature and the beauty of Carpathian Mountains, we. will have a picnic and then we will start the journey to Brasov city where. we will stay for the night. We will visit the main attractions of the medieval. city and enjoy dinner.

Myth and Legend. After a generous breakfast, we will go to the famous castle of Dracula where we will follow the footsteps of Count Vlad the Emperor, and learn about the Romanian Royal Family. Our next stop will be at a bear reservation, where we will meet the 100 bears that are protected in this place. We will make a tour of the reservation with a local guide who will teach us all about brown bears and how they protect this species. In the afternoon we will head to Rasnov, to visit one of the best-preserved rustic citadels from Transylvania. The sunset will catch us on the way to Sighisoara.

Relaxing day. On the 4th day, we will talk more about the tradition and culture of Romania by visiting rural places, as well as Viscri, Saschiz, and Biertan. We will have a traditional meal with a family from a village, we will listen to their story and then we will head to Cluj Napoca, the city where this adventure began.