Bike in Time

With a natural network of forestry and unpaved roads and having UNESCO World Heritage sites just along the routes, Romania is becoming a paradise for the bike&photo travellers. The idea of this tour comes to us after a few trips organized with journalists and photographers. For the cyclists passionate by photo, we prepared a bikepacking photo tour crossing the authentic forest of Romania and historical and architectural treasures. The „back in time” ingredient is present every day, during the cycling trip, and in the accommodation places.

Experience the cultural and historical life of the region, including the everyday symbols of the local community – is a new lesson for each of us.

Our tour includes spectacular landscapes and rides through endless forests, as well as visits to local manufacturers and historical sites.

Highlights

• Visit old manors, fortified churches, and handcrafts
• UNESCO World Heritages included
• Experience the wilderness of Romania

Maramures is the region where the traditional life and the culture are the best preserved in Romania. Its unique landscapes, the wooden churches and the old traditions are the real treasures of Maramures. This experience is ideally for travelers looking for riding in remote places, average difficulty level, and with lot of “back in time” moments.

In our tour we want to include the most important of them, for offering you a sample of the “enchanting way”, together with the local gastronomy, the rural architecture, and the beauty of people.

• Trip occurs from spring till late autumn
• Visit the most important sites and hidden places
• Experience local gastronomy, traditional crafts and local culture

A journey in the land of monasteries with lot of “back in time” moments. Moldova and Bucovina are the most religious regions in Romania, and their treasures are their painted monasteries included in the UNESCO World Heritage. Our aims is to lead you along this route for offering you more than this: breathtaking landscapes, traditional crafts lost in time and local culinary delights. Bucovina and Moldova routes are suitable for average distances with lot of stops for visits.

• Trip occurs from spring till late autumn
• Visit the most important sites and hidden places
• Experience local gastronomy, traditional crafts and local culture

The most recent volcano activity in Romania ended “only” few thousand years ago – which offers for this region perfect conditions for mineral water sources. Our tour is a unique mix of experiences: we are following the mineral water springs, but also the historical manors in the region, currently back to life after the end of communist era.

Drinking mineral water from natural springs, tasting and smelling the various minerals of the water might be a great experience for us.

Experience the cultural and historical life of the region, including the everyday symbols of the local community – is a new lesson for each of us.

Our tour includes

• Visits to local crafts, culinary experiences, as well as spectacular landscapes and rides through endless forests.
• Visit old manors and fortified churches
• Experience local gastronomy

Our hosts are reliable local wine makers, always happy to present their cellars. The routes are suitable for all kind of cyclists, from kids to professional cyclists. We stop visiting few local historical sites and museums.

• Short bike route through the vineyards of Dealu Mare
• Three guided winery visit and wine tasting
• Kids friendly, educational, gastronomic tour

By bicycle, using bike lanes and park lanes, we can offer you the main attractions of the city and additional info for a unique experience.

Standard tour route: Piata Presei – Herastrau Park – Kissellef Boulevard – Victoria Square – Victoria Boulevard – Revolution Square – University Square – Old city center – Victoria Boulevard – Aviatorilor Boulevard – Arch of the Triumph – Piata Presei. The tours includes stops at the main sites of the city with short presentation. On the route we will stop for a coffee/drink on a terrace

Experience a two days cycling adventure, visiting two curiosities of the region: the muddy volcanoes and the eternal flame. Each of them is a rare phenomenon. The riding roads are asphalted and are suitable for average/good cyclists. In our tours we want to offer the chance for the kids to join, so we will have additional assistance on the route for bringing them on both sites.

The Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve is included in the UNESCO World Heritage and it is probably the wildest territory in Europe. More than half of its territory is still intact, with difficult access for visitors. It is the 3rd largest Biosphere Reserve in the world and hosts more than 5,500 species of flora and fauna. The Danube Delta is a paradise for wildlife enthusiasts and those who enjoy wildlife photography.

Close to the Danube Delta is the old region of Dobrogea, hosting the oldest mountains in Europe – Macin. Dobrogea is hosting a mosaic of culture and civilization, as this place has been visited throughout the ages by Greeks, Romans, Turks, Russians, Tatars, Italians, and other civilizations. Visiting the Dobrogea region and the Danube Delta should be one of the most unexpected experiences in Europe for a tourist.

Our trip occurs in spring and autumn – the best season for visiting the place. In our program we will combine the hiking, the cycling experience and the boat trip for offering you a visit to a unique natural place where you will also experience the local culture, cuisine and lifestyle. Our hosts are local families living in fishermen villages, cooking for us and leading us with their boats in the heart of this unknown place.

• Boat trip and bird watching in the Danube Delta
• Experience life in a fishermen village in the heart of the Danube Delta
• Hiking in Macin Mountains
• Cycling in Dobrogea hills

The Saxon heritage of Transylvania is currently one of the most appreciated experiences for our visitors. Our will is to offer not only the most important sites, but also the hidden treasures of the middle age heritage. Fortresses, churches, and museums are part of this valuable heritage, but in our tour we would like to show you the local artisans, the landscapes, the gastronomy and the living traditions, having similar importance.

We are looking forward to guide you in a unique journey through the Transylvanian wilderness, showing you the hidden treasures we want to keep only for our guests.

Our tour includes visits to local crafts, culinary experiences, as well as spectacular landscapes and rides through endless forests

• Visit the most important fortified churches and cities
• Experience local gastronomy, traditional crafts and local wines

Experience two days cycling adventure, crossing two times the Carpathians from South to North and from North to South across the most spectacular roads. One night accommodation in Curtea de Arges – former Wallachian capital, one night in Sibiu – former European Cultural Capital in 2006 and one night in Horezu – UNESCO World Heritage city.