Eight regions, each with its own landscape, flavours and stories. Choose the one calling you — each has its own page, with places, experiences, the best time to go and the journeys that include it.
Fortress towns, green hills and roads that ask you to slow down
Transylvania is the Romania most people picture before they arrive: clock towers above red roofs, fortified churches on the hilltops, and horse-drawn carts sharing the road with the occasional car.
Wooden churches, carved gates and villages that keep their own time
Maramureș sits in Romania's northern corner, cut off enough by its hills that older ways of life have simply carried on. Wooden gates are still carved by hand, hay is still turned with a fork, and Sunday still means best clothes and church.
Painted monasteries set among gentle, unhurried hills
Bucovina is known for its painted monasteries, and rightly so — biblical scenes cover the outside walls of churches built five centuries ago, their colours still holding after generations of weather. It is a rare, striking sight, and one best seen slowly, monastery by monastery.
High roads, alpine meadows and forests that stretch for miles
The Carpathian Mountains curve through the heart of Romania, and much of their drama can be reached without a serious hike. Scenic roads climb into the clouds, alpine meadows open up above the tree line, and villages tuck into valleys that few visitors ever find.
Channels, reed beds and birdsong at the edge of Europe
The Danube Delta is where the river finally lets go, spreading into a maze of channels, lakes and reed beds before reaching the Black Sea. Travel here happens by boat, at boat speed, and the reward is a landscape that feels genuinely wild.
Rolling vineyards and long lunches, close to the capital
Dealu Mare is Romania's best-known wine region, a line of south-facing hills not far from Bucharest where vines have been grown for centuries. It makes an easy, rewarding day away from the city, or a gentle first stop on a longer countryside trip.
A capital of contrasts, better explored with someone who knows it
Bucharest rarely gets the time it deserves. Most visitors pass through on the way to somewhere else, missing the wide boulevards, hidden courtyards and layered history that make the city worth a proper look — grand 19th-century architecture standing beside the scale of communist-era planning.
Fortified churches and villages shaped by Saxon hands
Scattered through the Transylvanian countryside are villages built by Saxon settlers who arrived some eight centuries ago: fortified churches on the hilltop, colourful houses along a single main street, and a way of life that still moves slowly.
Choose a region and a month — we'll show you the journeys that go there.
Ideas, not fixed packages — every journey can be adapted to your dates and pace.
Brașov, Sighișoara and the fortified churches, with time for village lunches and quiet back roads.
Wooden churches, painted monasteries and living traditions in Romania's northern hills.
The capital's stories and architecture, followed by vineyards and long lunches in wine country.
Three nights in the Delta's wild heart: boat trips at dawn, freshly caught fish for lunch, and a silence you can't find anywhere el…
Next departure 17 Oct 2026 · places available
Three nights for people who love good wine and better food: family wineries, long lunches and an unhurried drive through the vines…
Next departure 14 Nov 2026 · places available
Five days among painted monasteries, egg-painting villages and gentle hills, with time to actually stay where you fall in love with…
Next departure 24 Oct 2026 · places available
Five days where time settles down: wooden churches, villages with living traditions, and meals where you're a guest, not a tourist.
Next departure 28 Nov 2026 · places available
Six days on the roads the coaches never take: Saxon villages, small family farms, a cellar with one winemaker, and dinners where th…
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Six days in the corner of Europe where wooden churches, carved gates, haymaking by hand and Sunday dress are still part of ordinary…
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You left Romania but never forgot it. Or you want to show your UK-born children where the family comes from. Guided in Romanian, bu…
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