Booking fee
The booking fee includes the costs of booking your tickets such as charges for payment processing. It also covers the provision of our customer care center for processing your order, and all charges imposed by our suppliers.
* This tour requires at least one of the following per booking: Adult, Senior
Highlights:
- scenic road across the Carpathian Mountains
- amazing haystacks landscape
- 2 UNESCO heritage wooden churches
- Merry Cemetery in Sapanta.
- lunch with a local family
- visit a traditional dowry room
- meet some craftsmen (if available)
The small-group format ensures a personalized experience.
1 lunch with the locals
hotel pick up and drop off
entry tickets (two UNESCO wooden churches, the Merry Cemetery)
services of a professional English speaking guide/driver
TripAdvisor Experiences brokerage fee
all transportation by private vehicle or minibus (gas, road tax and parking fees included)
your meals and drinks (other than the ones mentioned above)
photo / video entrance fees (where required)
personal expenses
Departure Point
Traveler pickup is offered
Pick up available from your accommodation in Cluj or any other spot in the city.
At the time of booking, please give us the address at which we can meet you.
We'll keep you informed about the pick up time.
Surdesti Wooden Church, Surdesti, Romania Your first visit will be that of the 18th century wooden church of Surdesti, the tallest of all eight wooden churches of Maramures included in the UNESCO world heritage list. 30 minutes
Breb, Breb, Romania Lunch in the most famous village of Maramures. Short walk in the village after lunch. 90 minutes
Church of the Holy Paraskeva, Desesti, Romania Visit the 18th century wooden church of Desesti, UNESCO heritage. This church shelters some of the best preserved interior painting. 30 minutes
Merry Cemetery, Sapanta, Romania The unavoidable attraction in Maramures is the Merry Cemetery in Sapanta, an unusually colorful place, unexpectedly reflecting the love of life of the locals – that’s what you’ll discover in the late afternoon. You cannot leave the region before entering the house of a villager eager to show you their traditional dowry room. 30 minutes
Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
Not recommended for pregnant travelers
Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
May be operated by a multi-lingual guide
Please advise any specific dietary requirements at time of booking
The duration of the tour is approximate, the exact duration will depend on traffic conditions and your personal interests.
The order of the visits may differ.
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.
This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.
GUSTAVO_R
28 Sep 2023
It was an amazing tour, we got to visit lots of spots in Maramures and Geta is a superb guide, highly recommended!
Vydas_C
04 May 2023
Since we were the only tourists (late April is not a high tourist season) it was more a private tour rather than a small group tour. As expected wooden churches looked nice outside and had impressive naive paintings inside. Unexpected were beautifully carved gates and barn doors in the local village. Traveling on Sunday had its own benefits: we were lucky to see local people attending Orthodox church dressed in their traditional clothes (flowery short skirts, furry vests and high heels - that was quite a view). Add sunny day, numerous blossoming cherry trees, tasty lunch, knowledgeable guide and quite good roads and You have a perfect one (long) day tour.
sebastianbH3656HJ
20 Sep 2019
Iosef is really the bust guide ever ! He explain everything super clear and it’s open to talk abut other diferente subjects !!
This tour in
Transylvania
is organized by
SC CARPATINO TOURS SRL
We always double-check the availability with our local partners for each booking. Even though this is usually a swift process, it can take up to 24 hours. Once this process is completed you will receive your voucher or ticket by email. If our local partner is not able to confirm your booking we will offer you the best possible alternative. If the new date and/or time doesn’t fit your itinerary, we will reimburse the full amount paid.
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