City tour of Brasov

Brasov – full day tour

Tour: Brasov, the                               Overview:Brasov one of the oldest Romanian towns has one of the

Transylvanian spirit                       best historical centre witnessing a centuries’ long history. The

Type: city tour                              traditional ethnical mix is still present here with Romanians, Germans

Duration: half-day / 3h                and Hungarians sharing sharing a common past and a nice future.

Price: – 69 &euro / - 47 &euro             

/ - 35 &euro                                      Located just at the foot of the Tampa mountain and in the vicinity of the

Included features:                     Romanian most famous alpine resort of Poiana Brasov, the city of

 Guiding services:                 Brasov has a centuries-long history and an exciting past and present, all

exclusive services of a guide/     in a beautiful environemnet.

tour leader all throughout                  We will visit the most relevant sections of the city, including the

the trip.                                           Town Hall Square, an area were the Saxon community of the city

 Transportation: car /             mostly lived and organized their town administration. Few steps away

minivan: high quality / AC /             from the square we can find the Black Church, which is the largest

fridge / DVD-LCD / Internet          Gothic connstruction in Europe East of Vienna. We will visit the

connection (upon request)           church learn about the turbulent past and the reason for which it

                                                     was nicknamed “black” but also see the traces of the latest latest fights

                                                      that affected the church during the Romanian revolution of 1989.

     Away from the downtown, we will discover a culturally rich neighbourhood featuring old stylish houses from the Middle Ages, one of the narrowest street of Europe, the “Rope” street where a person can hardly fit, but also a small but outstanding Synagogue belonging to the active Jewish community of the city.

      After a nice lunch, in a local restaurant, sampling some special Transylvanian dishes we will continue with touring the Romanian section of the city, the “Schei” where we will visit the first Romanian school and other sites. At the end of a nice and easy full day tour we will drive up to the top of one of the neighbouring

hills to admire a bird-eye view of the whole

city old section.