Description - What to expect

Start your Sibiu day trip with a convenient pick-up from your hotel in Bucharest and then head northwest toward Pitesti. Enter the Olt River Valley, one of the most beautiful river valleys in Romania, and witness an impressive architectural and historical monument, the Cozia Monastery, built in 1388 by Mircea the Elder, the Grandfather of Vlad the Impaler.



The next stop will be Sibiu, the European Cultural Capital in 2007 along with the city of Luxembourg when Romania joined the European Union. Sibiu was also voted as Europe's 8th most idyllic place to live by Forbes. With its Large Square, Small Square, and Huet Square was the largest fortified city of Transylvania in medieval times. Take a walking tour and discover why the city is so famous admiring beautiful landmarks including the Brukenthal Palace, Jesuit Church, Old City Hall tower, Evangelical Church, and Liars Bridge - the first iron cast bridge in the country.



Your next stop of the day will be made in the village of Sibiel where locals teamed up and restored most of the houses. Here also you will find the largest glass icons museum in Transylvania and have the opportunity to learn about how this tradition started in the area. Then late in the day follow the Olt River Valley back to Bucharest.