Key details
• Private tour: just for you and your partner, family, or group
• In English: with a guide (other languages upon request)
• Dates: flexible, you decide the travel dates
• Services: includes accommodation, transportation, assistance, guided visits, and entrance fees
• Location: starts and ends in Bucharest
• Duration: 5 days in total
• Flights: not included
Short description
All the essential attractions in a short yet balanced tour, offering you the chance to discover authentic cities, castles, and villages.
What you will do
• Experience the most famous castles: Peles Castle in Sinaia, a fairy-tale royal residence, and Bran Castle, famously known as “Dracula's Castle”
• Explore UNESCO Heritage sites: Sighișoara, a "postcard-perfect" medieval citadel, and Prejmer, a beautifully preserved fortified church
• Visit iconic cities: Bucharest (a unique capital and rising European destination), Sibiu (European Capital of Culture in 2007), and Brasov (the historic "Crown City")
• Discover Transylvania’s charm: a landscape of traditional village houses, haystacks, and the impressive Carpathian Mountains
Advantages
Why Santiago Tour?
1. Local experts and excellent guides
2. Local prices and hand-picked services
Why a Private Tour?
1. It's flexible: you decide when and how to travel
2. It's personal: just for you and tailored to your preferences
Price
This is a private tour, adaptable to your travel dates and preferences, organized exclusively for you and your partner, family, or group.
| Number of participants |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 or more** |
Price per person* |
€989 |
€769 |
€699 |
€619 |
€569 |
* Price to be reconfirmed based on availability and rates for the exact dates, number, and type of rooms required
** For 8 or 9 participants, the price is higher than for 6 and will be communicated upon request.
Services
What is Included:
• Accommodation: 4 overnights as per itinerary, in a double room (double occupancy) with breakfast included. Economy type: mainly 3* hotels (see below).
• Transportation: Modern vehicle as per itinerary, including all related expenses and a round-trip airport transfer. Type: Car (up to 3 people), Minivan (up to 7), Minibus (up to 17), or Coach (18 or more).
• Assistance: English-speaking tour guide, as per itinerary. Type: driver-guide for car/minivan (up to 7 people) or separate guide plus driver for larger vehicles (8 or more people).
• Guided visits as per itinerary, 1 attraction with free entrance: Cozia Monastery, and 3 attractions with entrance fees included: Peles Castle (Sinaia), Bran Castle, and Prejmer Fortified Church.
Economy Accommodation: mainly 3* standard hotels, with quality services
or similar, depending on availability at the time of booking.
• Single room supplement: + €115.
What is NOT included:
• Flights and travel insurance
• Personal expenses (e.g., mini-bar, phone calls, porterage, etc.)
• Photo/video fees during the visits (if applicable)
• Any services not specifically mentioned in the "What is Included" section
• Tips for the guide and/or driver.
Options
1. Accommodation
• Smart type - mainly 3* superior hotels with quality services:
- Bucharest - Capitol 4* (center 0); Brasov - Bella Muzica 3* boutique (no lift, double rooms, center 0) / Prinz Gregor 3*+ (no lift, double/twin rooms, center 0); Sibiu - Continental Forum 4* (center 0), or similar depending on availability. Total extra charge: approx. + €50/person in a double room (double occupancy); single supplement increases to: €150. All to be reconfirmed based on availability and rates on exact dates.
• Comfort type - mainly 4* hotels with quality services:
- Bucharest - Mercure City Center 4* (center 0); Brasov - Schuster 3*++ boutique (center 0); Sibiu - Art Hotel 4* boutique (center 0), or similar depending on availability. Total extra charge: approx. + €140/person in a double room (double occupancy); single supplement increases to: €220. All to be reconfirmed based on availability and rates on exact dates.
Notes on accommodation
• Confirmed hotels can be communicated only after making the reservations on specific dates
• Center 0 / Center 1 / Center 2 indicates walking distance from the city center (main tourist area): 0-5 / 5-15 / 15-25 minutes
• Some boutique hotels involve climbing stairs. If you require enhanced accessibility, please let us know.
2. Assistance
With a tour guide
• English-speaking tour guide (other languages upon request): Providing detailed explanations, presentations, and guided tours. Your guide will also handle all necessary arrangements, including restaurant and meal recommendations.
• Staffing based on vehicle type: A tour guide who also drives (1 person, for car or minivan, up to 7 tourists), or a tour guide plus a driver (2 people, for minibus or coach, starting from 8 tourists), with fees, meal allowance, and accommodation included.
• A dedicated tour guide for the entire program: No local guides are used in general, unless otherwise specified. Should a visit to an attraction not be available in English, your guide will accompany and translate for you, or will conduct the tour personally. Note: At Bran Castle, your guide will explain everything before you enter, as local regulations do not permit external guides to conduct tours inside.
• Bran Castle offers options such as fast-track entry and guided tours in Romanian or English. These options, as well as the Torture Chamber and the "Time Tunnel" elevator, are at an extra cost. In August, the fast-track entry option is highly recommended.
3. Meals
• Your guide will be able to accompany you and/or provide recommendations.
Notes on meals:
• Breakfast is included with the accommodation.
• Pre-arranged meals can be included for groups of at least 10 people.
Read the General Conditions for a Private tour by clicking here
How it is organized
• 4 Overnights: Bucharest – Brașov – Sibiu – Bucharest
• Itinerary: Bucharest (the capital) - Sinaia (Peles Castle) - Bran (Dracula's Castle) - Brasov (“Crown City”) - Prejmer (UNESCO fortified church) - Sighișoara (UNESCO medieval city) - Sibiu (European Capital of Culture 2007) - Bucharest.
• Duration: 5 days and 4 overnights; 2 days for arrival & departure and 3 days of full program, including city tours, free time, and sightseeing along the route.
Short description
Concept:
• 5 days in total and planned to take place from Wednesday to Sunday. It can be adapted to your flights and preferred dates while taking into account the visiting hours of the attractions included in the program.
• The program can be slightly customized to match your preferences and ideas, or it can be the draft for a tailor-made trip made from scratch. To calculate travel times, take into account an average speed of approx. 50 km / hour (except highways).
• This tour is designed with an English speaking driver instead of a guide. (see more in Detailed price).
Custom-made:
• Adapt: it can be reduced to 3 full days of program, removing days 1 and 5 (two nights of accommodation in Bucharest and the airport transfers)
Program
Day 1 of 5. Arrival in Romania
Bucharest ☾
Program: transfer and free time (if possible)
Arrival at Bucharest Airport and meeting with Santiago Tour’s guide or driver.
Transfer to the accommodation.
Depending on the arrival hour, free time in the city (without driver or guide). You can stroll around the old town where the capital is recovering its "belle époque" charm: the Central Bank, CEC Palace, Macca-Vilacrosse Covered Passage, and its medieval identity: the Prince Court of Vlad Tepes "the Impaler", the Old Court Church or Stavropoleos Monastery.
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Day 2 of 5. A royal castle, Dracula's Castle, and a city in the heart of the country
Bucharest – Sinaia – Bran – Brașov ☾. 205 km
Program: visit Peles Castle, Bran Castle, and Brasov
Breakfast. We leave Bucharest heading toward the Southern Carpathians and arrive in about 2h / 2h30 in Sinaia mountain resort. We visit Peles Castle (standard tour), the last royal residence in Europe built in neo-Renaissance style. Then we continue the route to Bran and discover "Dracula's Castle", where the myth of the Count-Vampire enfolds in mystery a great historical fortress. Time for lunch and then we finish this day’s itinerary in Brasov. Walking tour admiring the Council Square and its unique buildings, the Black Church, an imposing Lutheran church, and the beautiful Catherine’s Gate. Overnight accommodation and free time.
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Day 3 of 5. Medieval heritage in Transylvania
Brașov – Prejmer – Sighișoara – Sibiu ☾. 235 km
Program: visit Prejmer Fortified Church, Sighisoara, and Sibiu
Breakfast. The itinerary takes us in the morning to Prejmer, where we find the UNESCO Fortified Church - the most complete and best preserved in Transylvania. Then we continue to Sighisoara, the “postcard” town with an unforgettable collection of medieval buildings, declared a World Heritage Site. Walking tour including the Clock Tower (history museum with a panoramic view). Time for lunch and we proceed with the program arriving in Sibiu, European capital of culture in 2007. In the afternoon, a walking tour of the city, whose eye-shaped dormers give charm to a beautiful Central European architecture. While strolling, we encounter: the fortifications, the Large Square, the Small Square, the Evangelical Cathedral and the Orthodox Cathedral. Free time and overnight accommodation.
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Day 4 of 5. A byzantine monastery and return to the capital
Sibiu – Cozia – Bucharest ☾. 280 km
Program: visit Cozia monastery and Bucharest tour in the afternoon
Breakfast. We leave Sibiu heading south, returning to the capital city. En route, we visit Cozia Monastery, a splendid Byzantine-style old church on the banks of the river Olt. We cross the Southern Carpathians and finally arrive in Bucharest around midday. City tour: the Village Museum, an open air display of the country's rural architecture; Revolution Square with the Romanian Athenaeum - one of the most iconic buildings, the Art Museum - former royal palace, and the balcony of the former Central Committee - where dictator Ceausescu delivered his last speech; Constitution Square, just in front of the Palace of the Parliament (second largest building in the world); Patriarhiei Church and the Palaces of the Romanian Orthodox Patriarch. Time for lunch, during the visit, and overnight accommodation.
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Day 5 of 5. Return
Bucharest - Airport ✈
Program: free time (if possible) and airport transfer
Breakfast. Free time in the city depending on the flight and transfer to the airport. End of Santiago Tour’s services. Thank you!
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