Premium Dubrovnik to Bucharest

Discover the beauty and history of the Balkans on this 19-day tour that travels from Dubrovnik in Croatia through Bosnia and Herzegovina and onto the lively nightlife of Belgrade in Serbia, through the heart of Transylvania and on to Bucharest. Along the way you’ll sample excellent wines, learn about the war years, stop by the famed Old Bridge of Mostar, discover Tara National Park’s spectacular scenery, and traverse medieval fortresses and fairytale castles. This tour combines battle zones, mountain scenery, bunkers and bars and melds the past with the present, the historic with the euphoric, to create an adventure that ticks all of the boxes.

Activities

• Dubrovnik - Cavtat Tour
• Mostar - Guided Tour with Coffee Experience
• Stolac - Town Visit
• Trebinje - Tvrdos Monastery Wine Tasting
• Trebinje - Walking Tour
• Konjic - Armijska Ratna Komanda ARK D-0 (Tito’s Bunker) tour
• Sarajevo - Walking Tour
• Sarajevo - Cooking Demo and Home-made Dinner
• Višegrad - Town Visit
• Tara National Park - Hike
• Tara National Park - Steam Train
• Belgrade - Walking Tour
• Timisoara - City Tour
• Sibiu - Evening Walking Tour
• Sarmizegetusa Regia - Guided Tour
• Sibiu - ASTRA Village Museum
• Alba Lulia - Citadel Tour
• Turda - Salt Mines Tour
• Malancrav - Village Stop
• Medias - Town Stop
• Biertan - Town Stop
• Sighisoara - Walking Tour
• Rupea - Fortress Stop
• Bran Castle - Tour
• Brasov - Walking Tour
• Peles - Castle Visit
• Brasov - Chimney Cake Tasting
• Azuga - Winery Tour and Tasting with Lunch

Highlights

• Take a scenic steam train ride through Tara National Park’s forests and mountains on a historic railway that forms part of the famous Ciro trail connecting Belgrade and the Adriatic Sea, a Premium Exclusive Experience.
• Explore Balkan history, discovering Saxon villages with fairytale scenery, mideivel Old Towns with pretty market squares, and Orthodox monasteries where you'll taste the famous Tvrdos wine made by its monks.
• Stay in 2 Premium Feature Stays to connect with local culture: an Ethno Village created by a famed Serbian film maker, and a bucolic Romanian mansion in the countryside.
• Dive deep into one of the oldest salt mines in Europe, in use for about 2,000 years. Spanning more than 43 kilometers Turda Salt Mine contains a huge array of attractions - from an amusement park to a contemporary art museum to an underground lake.
• Tour one of the best-kept secrets in former Yugoslavia, Tito's nuclear bunker, which was built to protect Yugoslav President Josip Broz Tito and his top military advisors.