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Transylvanian Castles Walk
8 Days Excluding Flights From
8 Days from
1 105 €
Walking & Trekking
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Moderate See our Activity Level Guidelines to check if this holiday is right for you
Ways to Travel :
Self-Guided Holidays
Activity :
Walking & Trekking
Ages :
18+
Trip Code :
W07RM
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Enjoy self-guided walking in Romania

‘Every known superstition in the world is gathered into the Carpathians, as if it were the centre of some sort of imaginative whirlpool.’ So says the narrator of Dracula, the late 19th century English novel of Victorian superstitions that used this area of Romania to represent something on the edge of civilisation.

A trip to this part of the world is to enter a maelstrom of natural sensation. There is everywhere a bewildering mass of flora and fauna. Profusions of trees and flowers and grasses are barely touched by agricultural exploitation. Be alert, however, for roe deer and chamois and hedgehogs and rodents, plus the sight and sound of the area’s 190 bird species. Transylvania is a region full of beauty of every kind, sometimes little towns or castles on the top of steep hills.

This trek rises daily through Carpathian lower reaches, a green land full of forests and woods, with here steep hills crowned with clumps of trees, and there villages newly built in a riot of colour and style. Smile and say Boo Naa (Hello) and you’ll meet open-faced strangers who say all the country people show ‘hospitality, flexibility, honesty’. The message is that tourists are welcome.

Highlights

  • Visit historic old towns with many intriguing castles, including Dracula`s Castle itself
  • Walk along the impressive Zarnesti gorge, carved through the solid limestone
  • Rise through the Carpathian lower reaches, a green land full of mysterious woodlands

Key Information

  • Hotel-to-hotel accommodation in a mix of *** and **** hotels
  • All breakfasts and 2 dinners
  • Luggage transfers between hotels
  • Headwater Navigation App
  • Countries visited: Romania

What's Included

  • Hotel-to-hotel accommodation in a mix of *** and **** hotels
  • All breakfasts and 5 dinners
  • Luggage transfers between hotels
  • Headwater Navigation App

What's Not Included

  • Travel insurance
  • Visas or vaccinations

6 Days of Walking & Trekking

Terrain:

You mostly follows tracks and paths through forest and meadows. On most days the walks will start and finish on country roads as you depart and arrive in the villages, these are sometimes tarmacked but more often are gravel.

Day 2

17 km / 10.6 miles

Day 3

13 km / 8.1 miles

Day 4

18 km / 11.2 miles

Day 5

15 km / 9.3 miles

Day 6

8 km / 5 miles

Day 7

16 km / 9.9 miles

Sustainability and Impact

As a certified B Corp, we’re on a mission to improve our social and environmental impact across all our adventures.

We do this through our innovative Thriving Nature, Thriving People plan.

This ‘nature positive’ approach is designed to help nature and communities thrive in harmony through practical solutions, such as reducing carbon and waste on our trips, supporting conservation projects through the Exodus Adventure Travels Foundation, and rewilding 100 square metres for every Exodus traveller.
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Transylvanian Castles Walk

8 Days Excluding Flights From
8 Days from
1 105 €