Culture and wine in Old Saxon Land

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Here we’ll enjoy the Saxon culture, cuisine, winemaking and their way of living. We’ll visit cities, villages, vineyards, citadels, different elements that describe as a whole this region of south and central Transylvania.

1 ^st Day

Arrival in Sibiu

Included highlights:

Meeting with your local guide.
Transfer to the hotel. Check-in.
Short city walking tour
Short presentation of the journey about Transylvania and its things to offer.
Dinner and wine tasting.

Included meals:

Dinner

2 ^nd Day

Castle life

Included highlights:

City tour of Sibiu
Depart to Tirnaveni,
Stop in Medias,
Visit of Blaj.
The extraordinary Greek Catholic cathedral.
Lunch in an old castle at Jidvei vineyard, and obviously we’ll enjoy a special wine tasting. Jidvei is the most important vineyard for dry white wines, their famous brand being the "Riesling from Jidvei".
Return to Sibiu.
Dinner.

Included meals:

Breakfast
Lunch
Dinner

3 ^rd Day

Full day in the Old Saxon area

Included highlights:

Visit Biertan
Special Saxon type lunch at Viscri - Weisskirch.
Talk to the mayor who is a Saxon lady and her mother.
See Prince Charles Foundation charity activity in this region to save this civilization.
Tasting an exceptional plum brandy and local wines.
Stop and visit Sighisoara, the only inhabited medieval citadel, the Rothenburg of Eastern Europe.
Dinner.

Included meals:

Breakfast
Lunch
Dinner

4 ^th Day

Saxon villages

Included highlights:

Visit some Saxon villages
We’ll stop and perhaps manage to have a chat with a famous Saxon writer in Germany and not only, the Lutheran priest Eginald Schlattner.
Lunch in Agnethen, one of the 7 "Sieben Burgen" or in Cincu in the local restaurant.
Stop wherever will be possible and try to visit several Saxon fortified churches.
Dinner.

Included meals:

Breakfast
Lunch
Dinner

5 ^th Day

Sibiu and its Surroundings

Included highlights:

See the surroundings of Sibiu - cultural capital of Europe in 2007.
The biggest and well preserved village museum just outside from Sibiu;
The basilica from Heltau
Saxon lunch in the basilica from Heltau
Free time for last shopping possibility
Farewell dinner outside Sibiu at the Romanian family’s home, and again we’ll enjoy wine.

Included meals:

Breakfast
Lunch
Dinner

6 ^th Day

Departure

Included highlights:

Transfer to the airport with your guide.

Included meals:

Breakfast

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Hello Victoria, Thank you again so much for the tours last week! I had a lot of fun, and you are an excellent guide. Orheiul Vechi was really beautiful, and some of the photos came out very nice. I also really liked Chateau Vartely, so thank you for coming up with the idea to visit there.

Tiraspol was quite interesting and bizarre, and I'm glad we went, even with the cold and rain. The Kvint distillery was very good. I had to resist finishing the whole bottle. I hope I'll be able to visit Moldova again sometime before too long. I will also let you know whenever I come to Romania.

Natalia is an excellent guide, full of interesting information about the places we went, recommended a very good hotel, a good van and driver. She is everything else you want/expect from a tour guide, and she was also a hard-working, intelligent and caring member of our team. Without her skills, flexibility and perseverance, our trip would not have been as successful as it was. She really cares about her clients, and has the willingness and ability to make whatever needs to happen, happen. She was great!

Dear Victoria,

Please accept the endosed as a token of my thanks and appreciation. I have been lucky enough, over the years, to have traveled to many destinations, and to have experienced every sort of guide. In my opinion you are right at the top, one of the select very few who manage to “get it just right”.

Like any skilled job, guiding is something that, when done well, it looks easy! You and I know that is not the case; it’s a tough, demanding profession that few individuals do adequately, and even fewer, well. Hardly any do such a great job that their clients feel cared for, safe, valued and special. You, in my view, are one of those rare tour leaders.

Please, accept my small token of gratitude. You have been kind, lightful, knowlageble (extremly), considerate, tolerant, efficient, reliable… I could go on, but to spare your blushes I will end by saying I cannot find a single criticism (this is a rare thing for me – I have very high standards!).

Your company depends for its success on your delivering what they promised. You have done professionaly this with a smile, a sense of humor, and grate dignity.

I wish you all the luck in the world for the future & thank you for leaving me with not only happy memories but with a positive impression of Moldova.

With very best wishes, Veronica.