Description

Motorcycle Touring in Europe invites you to join BMW Riding Centre.  A BMW motorcycle tour in Transylvania, BMW Motorcycle Riding Centre takes you on the most astounding motorcycle roads in Romania. Choose Turda as your riding center. Arrive at the hotel, check in, leave all luggage at the hotel and start riding. The advantage of this Motorcycle Riding Centre is that you will enjoy the best rides without the need to carry all your luggage with you every day. You will return to the same hotel. Turda is a  charming small city, home to the Best underground place in the World – Turda Salt Mine. Choose BMW Motorcycle Riding Centre, 7-day motorcycle tour and enjoy some of the best rides of your life.

Motorcycle Touring in Europe BMW Riding Centre Highlights:

• Ride Transfagarasan Road – the most crooked and challenging of Europe’s roads for motorcyclists
• Enjoy the bends on Transalpina Highway – one of the most spectacular roads of the Carpathian Mountains (2 145m above sea level)
• Visit Sighisoara Medieval Citadel one of Europe’s most beautiful and inhabited fortified cities with a UNESCO World Heritage status.
• Turzii’s Gorges – the most important reservation of the Sunset Mountains
• Scarisoara Glacier Cave – the biggest cave of this kind in Romania

Itinerary:

Day 1, Cluj Napoca – Turda, (About 40 km – 1hr)

Welcome to Transylvania. Meet our English speaking guide at the airport and transfer to Turda for dinner and accommodation in a 4* Hotel.

Day 2, Turda – Cheile Turzii – Belis – Turda, (About 205 km – 6hrs riding)

A ride in the mountains today starting with a visit at the Turda Salt Mines, with impressive halls named after kings and queens. Turzii’s Gorges, the most important reservation of the Sunset Mountains are your next destination. Continue riding to Belis Lake, where, if you are lucky to get a dry summer season, the ruins of a 14 century church can be seen emerging out from the cold waters. Spend the evening in Turda, dinner and accommodation

Day 3, Turda – Bilea Lac – Turda, Transfagarasan Road, (About 425 km – 7 hrs riding)

Enjoy an amazing ride on Transfaragasan Road (2,034 meters altitude), the most crooked and challenging of Europe’s roads for motorcyclists. The second highest road in Romania, the Transfagarasan was built between 1970 and 1974 as a military route, by communist dictator Ceausescu (after the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968). The road snakes up the tallest peaks of the Carpathians. Accommodation and dinner in Turda.

Day 4, Turda – Medias – Sighisoara – Turda, (About 280 km – 5 hrs riding)

Ride to Medias to become acquainted with a unique artist, the only one in the world who uses spider webs for his paintings. The next stop of your Romania travel is Biertan, with its impressive fortified church. Drive to Sighisoara, the best preserved and still inhabited medieval citadel in Europe and a UNESCO heritage site, but probably most important for you it is Vlad Dracula’s birth place!
TIP: For your lunch we recommend ‘Vlad Dracul’s House’, the very place where Dracula was born, turned today into an exquisite restaurant wherein you can find frescoes dating back to the 14th century.
Evening in Turda, dinner and accommodation.

Day 5, Turda – Scarisoara – Turda, Sunset Mountains, (About 230 km – 4h30min riding)

Ride to Scarisoara Glacier Cave along Ariesului Valley River. The Sunset Mountains will reward you with traditional villages, winding roads, and breathtaking scenery. Visit Scarisoara Glacier Cave, the biggest cave of this kind in Romania, with a mass of ice of 75.000 mc. Return to Turda for dinner and accommodation.

Day 6, Turda – Rinca – Turda, Transalpina Road, (About 400 km – 7hrs riding)

Ride to Alba Iulia Citadel, a fortress with seven bulwarks, a star shaped citadel, common to Vauban fortresses. An incredible ride for you – Transalpina Road, one of the most spectacular roads of the Carpathian Mountains and the highest mountain road in Romania. With its highest point at Urdele Pass – 2,145m above sea level, the road is also called The King’s Road by the locals, the road was built under the rule of King Carol II of Romania and rebuilt during World War II by German troops. Accommodation and dinner in Turda.

Day 7, Turda – Cluj Napoca

Say good bye to Transylvania. Transfer to Cluj Napoca Airport to catch your flight back home.

*A minimum of 6 people is required

Trip Includes

• English speaking guide, motorcycle enthusiast
• Accommodation: 6 nights of accommodation in a 4* Hotel
• Meals: 6 breakfasts and 6 dinners
• Transportation: BMW motorcycle depending on the model chosen, comprehensive insurance

Trip Excludes

• gasoline
• parking fees
• lunches
• flight and airport taxes
• beverages
• other not mentioned
• Tourist attractions are presented as recommendations only and are not included in the price.