Bucovina and Maramures in 5 days
Joined 2025
Tailored tour including the must-see places of Bucovina and Maramureș. Visit the most important tourist attractions, including no less than 4 UNESCO sites (painted monasteries and wooden churches).
Discover the cultural blend of Romanians with the Ukrainians, Saxons, Hungarians, and Jews, go off the beaten track, meet the locals at their homes, at market or out on the fields, walk through the best preserved hay fields in Europe, and others.
Itinerary
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Meeting Point
Cluj-Napoca Airport
- Meet at Arrival Gate
Day 1
Start from Cluj-Napoca. Cross Bistrița, a former Saxon city, with its Main Square and the Evangelical Church, with the tallest medieval tower of Transylvania, and climb Tihuța Pass (Borgo Pass from „Dracula” novel, great viewpoint), entering in Bucovina, a stronghold of Romanian traditional culture. Visit Voroneț Monastery (a UNESCO monument, known as ”the Sistine Chapel of the East,” with the famous Last Judgment fresco). Overnight in Gura Humorului.
Day 2
Visit the 18000+ painted eggs collection of Vama Egg Museum. If is working, visit a traditional blacksmith workshop. See Moldovița Monastery (UNESCO, one of the best preserved and most colorful). Stop on the scenic Palma Pass (famous zip line). Visit Sucevița Monastery (UNESCO), the largest in Bucovina, looking like a mighty fortress. Stop at Marginea pottery workshop, See the oldest church of Bucovina and Moldova, Bogdana, from Rădăuți. Overnight in Gura Humorului.
Day 3
Cross Ciocănești village with its painted houses; climb Prislop Pass and enter in Maramureș. Along the way, meet farmers and craftspersons. Optionally, see the Museum of the Peasant Woman from Dragomirești, or Ieud-Deal UNESCO church. Walk around beautiful Bârsana Monastery, then discover a wood carving workshop (where the skilled workers create from gates and furniture, to churches). Overnight in Breb.
Day 4
Visit the food market and the Memorial of the Victims of Communism (a political prison in the ancient regime, one of the main memorial sites of the continent), both from Sighetu Marmației. Optionally, see Elie Wiesel Memorial House (the Jewish museum). Get to Săpânța, famous for its unique „Merry Cemetery“, where the painted wooden crosses carry stunning epitaphs about the deceased’s life. Discover the wood shingle makers and meet locals in Breb. Overnight in Breb.
Day 5
On Cosău Valley, meet a loom weaver and see Sârbi alcohol distillery, mills and whirlpool (still used by the local women to wash heavy blankets or to press the wool felt). Visit Budești church (UNESCO) and an astonishing optical illusion. Stop in Baia Mare, where stroll around the medieval Old Square (including an artist’s workshop), with St. Stephen Tower (from 14 century, quite a view from the top). Drive back to Cluj-Napoca.
Ending Point
Cluj Napoca Airport
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Inclusions & Exclusions
The guiding fee
The entrance tickets
The accommodation for 4 nights with breakfast, at a 3-star or equivalent facility, based o a 2 people sharing a double room.
Private transportation (with a 5-seat Skoda Octavia, AC, gasoline, parking and toll fees included).
The pick up/drop off from Cluj-Napoca Airport
Other meals except breakfast for day 2 and 3 (a lunch or dinner cost 10-15 dollars/person).
Drinks and snacks
Travel insurance
Tour Important Information
This tour is not recommended for those with severe back/knee problems.
This tour is not wheelchair accessible.
Please let me know in advance if you have any pollen or food allergies but also if have other dietary restrictions.
Cancellation Policy
- Free cancellation - 8 days prior to meeting time
- 50% Refund - 3 to 7 days prior to meeting time
- No Refund - Within 2 day(s) prior to meeting time
Joined 2025
About Tour Guide Teofil I.
I work as a licensed tour guide and travel consultant.
During the last 20 years, I have guided people from 50 countries on 6 continents.
I have a Master’s degree in tourism, but I am a former journalist. I still research and write a little (articles, papers and even books), when I find time to do it.
I am passionate about history, nature, traditional life, and ethnic minorities.
Portofolio (selection): Rick Steves Europe, Lonely Planet, National Geographic Magazine, The Guardian, Le Figaro, Travel Channel.
$2,490/ per group
