Welcome to Romania! We pick you up from the airport and bring you to the hotel. Bucharest is a city of vibrant culture, art galleries, museums and a busy night life. Known as “Little Paris” for its reputation for the high life, Romania’s largest city and capital offers historical charm, a wealth of museums and art galleries, exquisite Orthodox churches and unique architectural sites. Depending on your arrival time, you can visit the Palace of the Parliament (formerly the People’s Palace) — built to Nicolae Ceaușescu’s vision, it spreads across 3.76 million square feet and is considered the world’s second-largest building after the U.S. Pentagon. In the evening we meet for a welcome briefing, followed by a special welcome dinner where we discuss the tour ahead.

We leave the city behind and ride a spectacular mountain road to Zetea. Today we discover the beauty of the Transylvania region — the perfect opening to nine days of Romania’s finest roads.

Time for wild landscapes and quiet countryside roads. First target: the dramatic Bicaz Gorges and the Red Lake — also called the Killer Lake for the petrified pine trees that rise from the water. We cross into Moldavia, a region rich in history and legend, and step inside the UNESCO-listed Voroneț Monastery, the most important building of Stephen the Great, with its extraordinary 16th-century biblical frescoes, royal pews and period vestments.

We step into another world — the Maramureș region, with its own culture and stories. We ride the gorgeous TransRarău road, a fairytale landscape steeped in mystery, on our way to the Bârsana monastery, the highest wooden church, first built in 1390.

Today we reach Sibiu, founded by Saxon colonists and once called Hermannstadt. Named a European Capital of Culture in 2007 (alongside Luxembourg), this “music city” offers a wealth of cultural monuments, museums, and artistic events.

We ride the Transalpina, the highest mountain road in the entire Carpathian chain. Fantastic tarmac and beautiful serpentines climb to 2,145 meters — a perfect playground for demanding riders, and a landscape worth every photo stop. We finish the day in Horezu.

Today belongs to the Transfăgărășan — 91 kilometers of pure riding bliss. Built at 2,042 meters over the Făgăraș Mountains, Romania’s highest range, it offers some of the most spectacular scenery in Europe. We finish our day in Bran.

We start with a visit to Bran Castle, the home of the Dracula myth, and the stories behind the world’s most famous vampire. Next stop is Brașov, where we walk the labyrinth of cobbled medieval streets — one of Europe’s best-preserved 12th-century Saxon cities — and visit the Black Church, its walls darkened by the Great Fire of 1689, with its renowned collection of Oriental carpets. We close the day in Bucharest with a goodbye dinner and a chance to share the best moments of the tour.

We hope you enjoyed the tour. Safe travels and a happy journey home — until the next ride.