Discover the orthodox world by living in it

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About Tour

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We will visit many monasteries, some of them not so well- known, but each of them having something interesting to show. We will see new and old churches/monasteries, we will see that life and tradition didn’t change here since many centuries, that even now the life is almost the same as 1000 years ago. You will overnight in monasteries, you will eat with the nuns and monks, you will talk to them, you can ask any questions you want, and so, by living, hearing, seeing you will understand a little bit of the beauty of the orthodox world, and enjoy living simple, eating well and healthy, and also relaxing your body and soul from the stressful life. It will be NOT an excursion, it will be an EXPERIENCE. May be not so impressive from art and history point of view, but for sure extremely impressive from the experience we will have interacting with local people and people from these monasteries.

Despite the fact that 50 years of hard communism destroyed some of the Romanian churches and monasteries, the fact that Ceausescu in the 80’s had a strong campaign against the church and everything related to it, many of them survived in good or worse conditions and many have been reopened after 1990.

1 o giorno

Arrival

Visite comprese:

Arrival in Iasi
Direct transfer to Neamt area,
Dinner and accommodation either at Varatec convent (nun) or Neamt monastery (monk).

Pasti compresi:

Dinner

2 o giorno

Between monasteries

Visite comprese:

Neamt area is one of the most important monasteries/orthodox region in Romania, if not THE MOST IMPORTANT. The jewels of the crown are two monasteries. One is Neamt monastery, to which all important leaders of the Romanian ortodox are linked. The next jewel is AGAPIA and VARATEC, two sister monasteries, convents, having together almost 1000 nunes. You will see what they do in their workshops, how they live and learn about their belief.

The Varatec Convent
The Agapia Convent
The Neamt Monastery
The Sihla Monastery
The Sihastria Monastery
The Secu Monastery
Free lunch
Dinner with some of the high ranked people in the monastery

Pasti compresi:

Breakfast
Dinner

3 o giorno

Bucovinean Monasteries

Visite comprese:

Voronet Monastery, said to be the most impressive of them all, as it displays a special colour, the Voronet blue, which is considered an original one, next to Tiziano’s red and Veronese’s green
Humor Monastery, renowned for the unique, colourful exterior frescoes on the walls
Free lunch
Dinner with the nun abbot of Vorona Monastery
Overnight in a new monastery, Vorona. The experiences you will have, and the interesting discusions with the nun abbot in Vorona will be one of the highlights of the trip.

Pasti compresi:

Breakfast
Dinner

4 ° giorno

Discover the monasteries in Iasi region

Visite comprese:

Visit Probota Church
Visit Miclauseni Monastery
Lunch at the Micleuseni Monastery with the nun abbot
Visit Vladiceni monastery
Discover a small Neo-Gothic castle, built by one of the most important noble families in Eastern Romania, Strudza. The Castle was the summer residence of Alexandru Ioan Cuza, famous for unifying two Romanian provinces: Wallachia and Moldavia under the name of Romania.
Dinner and accommodation.

Pasti compresi:

Breakfast
Lunch
Dinner

5 ° giorno

Exploring Iasi

Visite comprese:

City Tour of Iasi, the most important historical, economic,and cultural center in Northeast Romania
The Metropolitan Cathedral,
Culture Palace,
The Three Holy Hierarchs Monastery, unique architectural masterpiece
Same accommodation
Enjoy blessed meal at farewell dinner with the abbot in the monastery of Vladiceni
Surprise!! We will have the opportunity to hear Byzantine Church music sang by a student’s choir from the Theological University of Iasi.

Visite opzionali:

Visit of a monastery next to Iasi.

Pasti compresi:

Breakfast
Dinner

6 ° giorno

Departure home

Visite comprese:

Departure home

Pasti compresi:

Breakfast

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Grazie mille! È stato un grande piacere per me!

Cara Victoria!

Sono stata piacevolmente sorpresa dalla qualità e dal gusto dei vini rumeni e moldavi. Sono stata sorpresa dalla diversità dei vini e delle regioni da cui provengono. Il viaggio in Romania e il viaggio in Moldavia sono stati sia divertenti che educativi. Non solo ho imparato a conoscere i vini, ma anche i paesi. La Romania e la Repubblica di Moldavia sono paesi di sfida che più persone dovrebbero sperimentare. I servizi forniti erano eccezionali.

I piccoli extra che hanno aggiunto al tour hanno fatto la differenza e la nostra guida Victoria è stata la migliore! Il momento clou per me è stata la Vinia Winery di Iasi. Il viaggio in carrozza trainata da cavalli fino alla vigna, la raccolta della propria uva, la produzione del proprio succo, la tranquillità della terra e l'ascolto della banda di zingari è stata un'esperienza di una vita.

Durante la mia recente vacanza in Moldavia, ho avuto la fortuna di avere Miss Victoria Odobescu come guida e autista in due occasioni. Un giorno andammo a Orheiul Vechi e un altro a Soroca, la fortezza del XV secolo che sorvegliava la traversata del fiume Dnistre. Miss Odobescu parla un ottimo inglese colloquiale, la sua gamma è ampia ed è un'autista sicura. Victoria, era eccezionalmente ben informata sulla storia, la cultura e la gente della Moldavia. Inoltre, era molto sensibile ai miei bisogni e desideri. Consiglio vivamente i servizi forniti da Victoria Odobescu. Sono sicuro che avrà successo nella sua carriera nel turismo.