28 Jul 2022
The tour guide/driver, Bogdan, was enthusiastic and helpful in every possible way. He was knowledgeable and explained the historical aspects of places we were visiting sufficiently well for us to enjoy them fully.
Bogdan collected us from our hotel in Bucharest every day at 9 am and returning us to our hotel at around 5 pm. The Hotel in Brasow (Jacob’s Hotel where we stayed was clean and comfortable and the breakfast and customer service was excellent.
Myself and my partner spent four wonderful days seeing a variety of interesting sights and places including Peles and Bran castles, a bear sanctuary and Lippizanner horse farm, as well as the breathtaking Carpathian mountains surrounding the medieval town of Brasov in Transylvania where we were based.
One of the highlights of the tour for me was the medieval town of Sighasoara where we could easily have stayed the night or several days. The only day I felt was not 100% satisfied with was the third day where we visited two traditional Romanian villages with water wheels and wool manufacturing plant and the fortified church and village which did not come up to otherwise high standard of all other places on the tour itinerary.
On our way back to Bucharest we passed through the stunning area of Azuga with tooth shaped peaks towering over the small ski resort town.
In summary, I would highly recommend this tour and guide to anyone wishing the see the “real” Romania as well as enjoying popular tourist sights such as Dracula’s castle and the birthplace of Vlad the Impaler.