Tailor-made
Please refine your preferences for a tailored holiday and then send us an inquiry; after further clarifications we can propose a tailored itinerary.
Regions to visit
Visit Apuseni regionVisit Bucovina
Visit Danube Delta
Visit Maramureș
Visit Transylvania
Vizit Retezat Mountains Region
Tours
Transylvania Photography WorkshopArad Guided Day Trip
Guided day trips from Sibiu
Guided Day Trips from Timisoara
Guided Maramures Tour: wooden churches and traditional crafts (from 320 EUR)
Guided Tour of Timisoara
Guided Transylvania trip: A delightful 4 days experience (from 480 EUR)
Maramures Tours: Traditional Christmas Vacation (from 500 EUR)
Photo workshop in the wild Danube Delta
Private or Group Romania Photo Tour
Private Tour of Rural Romania (from 875 EUR)
Romania tour guide
Self-drive tour of Transylvania (from 750 EUR)
Tour in Transylvania: Castles and medieval towns (from 620 EUR)
Transylvania Tour from Budapest or Belgrade (from 600 EUR)
Weekend trip from Timisoara (2 days)
Winter tour of Romania & Transylvania (from 650 EUR)
Activities
Village activities
Autumn provisionsCheese and butter making
Pottery
Sheepfold visit
Traditional farming
Weaving
Wine making in September
Wood carving
Historic sites
Villages with fortified churches from TransylvaniaVisit Bran Castle
Visit Corvin Castle in Hunedoara
Visit Densuș church
Visit Peleș and Pelișor Castles
Visit Roșia Montană - the gold mine
Visit Sarmizegetusa Regia
Visit Sibiu
Visit Sighișoara
Visit Timisoara
Transylvania Photography Workshop
Capture the essence of Transylvanian lifestyle by visiting blacksmiths, charcoal-makers, shepherds in places where light, action, smoke, color and fascinating characters all come together in story-telling frames. Just waiting for the click. You'll also visit imposing UNESCO sites (Sighisoara, Viscri and Biertan) situated in wonderful settings.
Via Transylvania Tours takes you to places ordinary travelers don't have access to and provides great guidance and photography coaching from a photorapher you'll immediately appreciate!
Arad Guided Day Trip
From Arad you have several interesting options for a day trip. We are suggesting 2 ideas but other day or multi-day trips are possible to the mountains, countryside, other towns.
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Sibiu is a great base for day trips to UNESCO heritage sites, historic and medieval monuments, authentic villages and nature.
We can guide you to well-known tourist sites but also to off the beaten track places and facilitate meeting locals and get to know their way of life and fascinating stories.
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Our day trips from Timisoara take you to the Corvin castle, the most imposing gothic castle in Transylvania, Arad, wooden churches, Sarmizegetusa Regia Ulpia Traiana, the oldest church in Romania, vineyards.
On request, we can also organize multi-day trips to Transylvania, Sibiu, the Iron Gates Gorge on the Danube, Apuseni Mountains, Cluj and many other places in Romania.
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Get a feel of the quaint region of Maramures: the well preserved rural life and traditional crafts, the wooden churches, the Săpânța Merry Cemetery and the Museum of Communist Regime's Victims.
A Maramures guided tour allows you to take the best of what this region has to offer and the below Maramures tour suggestion can be easily further tailored.
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Timisoara is the best place to learn about the 1989 revolution that lead to the fall of communism in Romania, as it all started here.
During a guided tour of Timisoara you'll discover why the city is called „Little Vienna”, about its tumultuous history, European and national premieres which happened here ... all that for a city built on a swamp!
Close itGuided Transylvania trip: A delightful 4 days experience
If you can only dedicate 4 days to tour Romania, you should definitely choose this guided Transylvania trip! It takes you to the most beautiful medieval castles and towns, gives a taste of the culture and stunning nature.
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Maramures Tours: Traditional Christmas Vacation
Spend Christmas vacation in Northern Romania, with one of the most relaxing and enjoyable Maramures tours. Here people still wear traditional clothes while caroling, wooden houses are traditionally decorated and food is home made. And for sure you’ll enjoy horse-drawn sledge or narrow gauge steam train rides in the snow and then warm up around the fireplace.
The vacation can be organized for a family or a small group and the duration is flexible.
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Europe’s best preserved Delta is a heaven for nature photography with over 300 bird species (i.e. cormorants, pelicans, swans, stork) and wild animals (otter, horses, weasel).
The local Lipovans have a fascinating life, living from fishing and keeping their traditions as centuries back - very picturesque.
This 4 days photography workshop in the Danube Delta allows you to discover this wonderful place and to work on your photography skills.
Private or Group Romania Photo Tour
Via Transylvania Tours organizes a private or group Romania photo tour, which will give you an in-depth perspective of the country's culture, traditions and people.
During our tours in all regions, we have discovered many of the most picturesque spots of our country, and we can take you there or help you explore the best of Romania!
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Private Tour of Rural Romania
Discover the country at your own pace by choosing one of our private guided tours of Romania!
Visit imposing medieval castles and fortifications, wooden churches, painted monasteries, UNESCO World Heritage sites, gorgeous mountains and quaint countryside, all while getting to know the local culture and history!
Your tour guide will help you meet local families and people who still perform traditional occupations. You can also enjoy traditional home-cooked meals, while sharing stories and legends about our country.
The tour is offered by Via Transylvania Tours, a reputable Romanian tour operator which consistently receives positive reviews.
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As a private, English-speaking Transylvania and Romania tour guide, Daniel Roșca helps you discover the local culture one level deeper in one of his guided tours of Romania. He'll bring you in contact with locals, suggest home-stays, visit both tourist sights and off-the beaten track spots and answer your questions about history, social life, ethnic groups and the current situation of Romania.
His tours are featured in the National Geographic Traveler Romania magazine and he was the main subject of a program on the national TV channel about promoting Romania's authenticity as a tourist attraction.
Self-drive tour of Transylvania
Uncover the rich heritage and enchanting beauty of Transylvania at your own pace during this self-drive tour of Transylvania.
You will visit imposing castles and fortresses, explore charming medieval towns and discover local traditions. Stopping at a bear sanctuary, going down in a salt mine or riding a horse cart to a sheepfold are some of the most interesting activities you’ll take part in.
The tour starts in Bucharest and ends in Cluj Napoca, but the itinerary can be easily tailored to meet your needs and interests.
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Tour in Transylvania: Castles and medieval towns
Embark on a Tour in Transylvania and discover the best of the local culture and history! Visit Transylvania's most famous castles (Corvin, Bran and Peleș), the medieval citadels of Brașov, Sibiu and Sighișoara and quaint villages with fortified churches (Biertan and Viscri).
This guided Transylvania tour also offers you the chance to meet locals, learn about their life, stay in traditional rural guesthouses or charming boutique hotels and have traditional dishes.
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Visit the best of Transylvania, starting either from Hungary or Serbia! The Bran, Peleș and Corvin castles, the citadels of Timișoara, Sibiu, Brașov and Sighișoara, as well as fortified churches are all included in this Transylvania Tour from Budapest or Belgrade!
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During a 2 days trip from Timisoara you can have a quick escape to Transylvania or explore the Banat region.
In Transylvania you can visit an imposing gothic castle in Hunedoara, the largest fortified town having a star shape (Alba Iulia), and Sibiu, a charming medieval town.
Banat region in Western Romania offers some unique experiences: a boat ride on the spectacular Danube gorge and a visit to a village which still has 20 functioning water mills where people still grind their flour.
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This self-drive winter tour of Romania offers you the unique experiences of staying inside an ice hotel, going on horse or dog-pulled sledge rides and visiting Transylvania’s castles while covered in snow.
We have not included any skiing, winter hiking or snowshoeing but we can easily adjust the tour to include it if that interests you.
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It's a tradition that in early autumn families gather provisions that will see them through the cold season.
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Biking
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Biking on earth roads from transylvania and other regions of Romania takes you to the most pristine nature and countryside a region can offer. Where these go, few other people but locals go. It is quiet, relaxing and intriguing to find out what we’ll encounter next.
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Caving in Romania is for both the un-initiated but also for the professionals.
Cheese and butter making
Cows, goats and sheep in Transylvania should feel lucky with all the nutritious grass they have for grazing. The milk they produce is very creamy, ideal for making butter and cheese.
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Garana Jazz Festival is one of the best jazz festivals in Romania.
Hiking
You can hike in many parts of Transylvania as it is actually surrounded by the Carpathian mountains.
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Pottery
Pottery might be your next hobby if you are looking for something calming and rewarding. Turning simple clay in something really useful can be a very empowering feeling.
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Rafting & canyoning
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In Romania there a few good rivers for rafting and most of them are in the wider Transylvania region: Aries, Jiu, Nera, Cerna.
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Sheepfold visit
Visit a traditional sheepfold in Romania and see how shepherding is practiced these days in Romania.
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Sibiu International Theatre Festival
Sibiu International Theatre Festival is the third most important performing arts gathering in the world, as it gathers guests from over 70 countries and holds more than 300 events annually, hosting on average 30,000 visitors each day.
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Traditional farming
Traditional farming has ensured that for centuries peasants were self-sufficient, trading excess goods for others they didn’t have.
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Villages with fortified churches from Transylvania
The villages with fortified churches from Transylvania were developed between 13th and 16th centuries to protect Southern Transylvania from invaders.
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Visit the famous Bran castle and found out the real story about Dracula.
Visit Corvin Castle in Hunedoara
Visit Corvin Castle in Hunedoara and you will definitely step back to medieval times.
The Castle stands grand with tall walls and towers next to a river over which a long entrance bridge was built to protect it from invaders.
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Visit Densuș church
Densuș church is veiled in mystery having possible origins as a pagan temple and later on dedicated to Mars.
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Visit Peleș and Pelișor Castles
Surrounded by picturesque scenery and nestled in the Carpathians Mountains, Peleş Castle is a place where the royal family definitely enjoyed living.
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Visit Roșia Montană - the gold mine
At Roșia Montană, gold has been mined since the time of Roman occupation in the second century or earlier, the Latin name being Alburnus Maior.
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Visit Sarmizegetusa Regia
A visit to Sarmizegetusa Regia will provide you with a better understanding of Romanians' origins from more than 2 millenia ago before Romans conquered Dacia.
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Visit Sighișoara
Visit Sighișoara, one of the best-preserved and most beautiful medieval towns in Europe, the citadel being fully inhabited.
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Visit Timisoara
Visit Timisoara, the largest city in Western Romania and the 2021 European Capital of Culture.
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Weaving
Having a dowry was so important for girls when they wanted to marry that they had to learn weaving at an early age to prepare textiles attractive and in enough quantities to appeal to potential mates.
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Wine making in September
Romanians have produced wine for 3000 years and in medieval times, wine was the most common beverage. Nowadays many rural families still have a small vineyard for making home-made wine.
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Wood carving
The relationship between humans and nature in Transylvania is well expressed by the wood carving craft.
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Visit Apuseni region
A region with mild mountains, many caves, beautiful traditions and a community which lives in harmony with nature.
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Visit Bucovina
Visit Bucovina, set in a wonderful mountainous setting, the homeland of the painted monasteries and where Easter eggs are still decorated in a traditional manner.
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Visit Danube Delta
A heaven for birds, animals and fish with an endless labyrinth of channels which finally all flow in the Black Sea.
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Visit Maramureș
Visit Maramures and you will find a truly rural region which preserves its traditions and lifestyle, famous for its wooden churches, UNESCO heritage sites.
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Visit Transylvania
Visit Transylvania and discover medieval cities still having their fortresses and 150 villages their middle ages fortified churches.
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Vizit Retezat Mountains Region
A mountainous region which sheltered the old Dacian Kingdom capital, nearby we can find the oldest standing Romanian church and the most beautiful castle in Transylvania.
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