Itinerary !
The following is a suggested itinerary. Please note that it is possible to curtail the programme to individual preferences with any ratio of walking, site seeing or additional activities.
Please see the additional list of activities available.
For our suggested walking itinerary click here.
Suggested itinerary
Day 1
Arrival and transfers from Cluj Napoca airport by Land Rover. Lunch at the house and then a chance to relax and explore our pretty village, local Fortified Church and surrounding area. Dinner in the Barn Dining Room or on the Terrace, weather permitting.
Drinks in the bar or complimentary transport into Sibiu.
Day 2
Choice of Full English or Continental Breakfast.
A walk from the village to the mountain cabin at Rosengarden. Picnic lunch enjoying the spectacular scenery of the Carpathian Mountains. The walk is moderate but it may be possible to make the assent by Landrover and descent on foot.
An evening stroll up to our local Fortified Church. Enjoy complementary Champagne, Canapés and splendid views as the sun sets over the Valley. Evening meal on the terrace.
Drinks in the bar or complimentary transport into Sibiu.
Day 3
Choice of Full English or Continental Breakfast.
A morning visit to the Astra Museum. Set in over 80 acres of forest, surrounding two lakes, the Astra Museum has 360 reconstructed dwellings from every era and area of Romania and is the jewel in the crown of tourism in Sibiu.
A trip on the ‘Cheese Express Tram’ to Rasinari, the local shepherd’s village, to enjoy a lunch of bread, cheese and tuica (homemade plum brandy) in a Traditional Village House.
An afternoon to relax in cosmopolitan Sibiu before an evening meal in a Traditional Cellar Restaurant.
Complementary Russian Coffees in the Bar.
Day 4
Choice of Full English or Continental Breakfast.
A day at the Salt Mines. Spa’s and Mud Baths Romanian style. No more information but bring a swimming costume, you will want to join in!
Time to relax before an evening stroll around the village and up to the amazing ‘Frog Rock’.
Evening B-B-Q in the Orchard to watch storks nesting on the old school house above views of the village at sunset.
Drinks in the bar or complimentary transport into Sibiu.
Day 5
Choice of Full English or Continental Breakfast.
A morning in Sibiu with a guided tour of the old city wall, museums and historical monuments. Or time to relax and shop if you prefer.
Picnic lunch on route to Sighisoara, birth place of Count Dracula. Evening walk around the spooky old citadel culminating in a tour of the Hill Top Church and Graveyard which houses the only Crypt in Transylvania.
Evening meal in the medieval house where Dracula was born…if you dare!
Day 6
Choice of Full English or Continental Breakfast.
Full day’s mountain walking in either Paltinis, Cibin Gorges or Fagaras depending on your ability and fitness!
Or why not choose something from the list of alternative activities.
Picnic Lunch and Mountain Barbeque, weather permitting.
Drinks in the bar or complimentary transport into Sibiu.
Day 7
Choice of Full English or Continental Breakfast.
Sibiel – Glass Icon Museum and historic Fantanele. Visit the Glass Icon Museum then enjoy a stroll around the pretty neighbouring villages of Sibiel and Fantanele, untouched by time and modern ways.
After a lunch of ‘Googosi’ (traditional hot corn doughnuts with cheese or jam filling) a chance for any last minute shopping or sightseeing in Sibiu.
Four course dinner in the Barn Dining room.
Drinks in the bar with slideshow of the week’s events or complimentary transport into Sibiu.
Day 8
Choice of Full English or Continental Breakfast.
A morning to relax in the village, then Traditional Cakes and Coffee before transfers to Cluj Napoca.
Prices are fully inclusive of all meals and drinks with meals (including local wine, beer, spirits and mixers) and other drinks where stated. In addition the Village House Bar stocks a wide range of wines and other alcoholic drinks at very competitive prices.
Café Coffees and ‘Pub’ drinks in Sibiu are not included.
A personal laundry service is available for all accommodation.