Shiv, Bangalore Pandhi’s, India – Custom Tour Romania – May 2016

We were a bunch of seven who ride in Bangalore,India and part of a motorcycle club called Bangalore Pandhi’s, one bright Sunday afternoon in the month of April, we decided that we should visit Romania and Hungary and started googling to check if can join a motorcycle tour or have one customised for us, we sent queries to motorcycle tour companies in Bucharest and Budapest with our requirements, we had a response in the next 2 hours from Ride in Romania, well, after a few email exchanges on the same day we decided that this is it.

During the following days Cristian was very responsive to our queries, very transparent on the pricing, the accommodation and route options and customised all this for us, we were very keen to ride on the Transfagarasan route and Cristian mentioned that it was closed during the time when we were there and said that he would explore to make it memorable and believe us it was indeed.

The day we landed in Bucharest, Cristian was there to receive us and transport us to the hotel where our panniers were waiting and went out of the way to explain the route, some of the challenges that we may face, in fact, we realised during dinner that he did a recce a day earlier to see if there are any options to ride on this route, this we think is beyond the call of duty.

The next day Cristian came over to pick us up to his office which is a little away from the city, which is a good thing considering the city traffic, we got to meet his lovely wife and beautiful daughter, checked our bike and we were on out way, the ride was very comfortably paced, with an average of about 250Km, frequent stops to soak up the natural beauty, great dining stops where each meal was a experience itself.

The first run was to Horezu which was quite an interesting run, was flat and was very scenic, here we visit an old monetary and after a bit of sightseeing, where Cristian was our guide and translator we retired for the night at an old mansion, which served us some great food and very specially a spread laid out for vegetarians, all along the trip our vegetarian buddies were taken care off, this we think is quite exceptional,the accommodation was outstanding, the next day after a hearty breakfast we headed further north to Sibiu, this ride was outstanding, with winding roads, great scenery and Cristian ensure that an easy pace was maintained and the run was outstanding,on the third day we headed towards Sighisoara and between, the Dracula’s castles and the landscape we were quite awestruck, we continue to ride and retired for the night at Bran, the next day was to visit a few more castles and headed back to Bucharest and the end of a very memorable trip.

We spent two nights at Bucharest and Cristian was kind enough to drop us off at the train station for the next leg of our travel.

We as a group have been travelling together for a long time and this trip figures as the best so far.
We give them 5Star’s and have no hesitation to recommend them.

Again, thank you Cristian and Ride in Romania to make this happen for us.