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- Operator
- Carpathian Travel Center
- In-depth Cultural
- Immerse yourself in rich history and local traditions
- Group Tour
- Join a group and forge lifelong friendships
- Fully Guided
- An experienced guide will be with you for the entire tour
- Guided in English, German
- Group Size 8 - 18
- Age range 18 to 80
Places You’ll See
Highlights
- Explore the vast Parliament Palace in Bucharest
- Tour medieval Brasov and the iconic Black Church
- Uncover Dracula's legend at Bran Castle
- Discover Bulgaria's Ruse and Veliko Tarnovo
- Visit the ancient Rila Monastery, a UNESCO site
Itinerary
- Introduction
- Day 1 Arrival
- Day 2 Bucharest – Sinaia – Brasov
- Day 3 Brasov – Bran – Sighisoara – Sibiu
- Day 4 Sibiu – Bucharest
- Day 5 Bucharest – Ruse – Ivanovo – Veliko Tarnovo
- Day 6 Veliko Tarnovo – Gabrovo – Kazanlak – Plovdiv
- Day 7 Plovdiv – Rila Monastery – Sofia
- Day 8 Sofia
- Day 9 Departure from Sofia
What's Included
- Accommodation
- Guide
- Meals
- Additional Services
- Transport
- Free eSIMTourRadar offers the lead traveler (the person who booked) a free 1GB eSIM for the trip. The eSIM is redeemable only through the TourRadar app 72 hours before departure.
What's Not Included
- Flights
- Additional Services
Operated by
Carpathian Travel Center
Number of tours
23
Age Range
18 to 80 years old
Response time
within 2 days
Response rate
100%
We are a fast growing inbound tour operator in Romania, continuously striving...
Read moreCustomer Reviews
- Overall RatingExcellent
- ItineraryExcellent
- GuideExcellent
- TransportExcellent
- AccommodationExcellent
- FoodExcellent
- BCbrenda· June 11th, 2025great really enjoyedShow moreTrip date: May 2025
- CClaire· August 14th, 2024We have just completed our tour of Romania and Bulgaria and found it to be excellent. The booking procedure was straightforward and well executed from start to finish and the tour itself with Adrian, our guide and driver exceeded our expectations.Show moreTrip date: August 2024
Dates & Availability
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- Instant ConfirmationFrom Sunday24 Aug, 2025To Monday1 Sep, 2025English, GermanFilling FastMultiple Room TypesFrom:NZ $2,431
- Instant ConfirmationFrom Saturday4 Oct, 2025To Sunday12 Oct, 2025English, GermanFilling FastMultiple Room TypesFrom:NZ $2,431
What our customers ask about this tour
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Victoria
Asked on May 13th, 2025Can you recommend any of your other tours that are similar in price and itinerary. I depart around 17th Sept
Carpathian Travel CenterOperator•Written May 2025We can offer you a private tour option for Two of the oldest civilizations in Europe Romania & Bulgaria from OTP to SOF at any time you want at the price of EUR 2.199,00/person. After 17th September, we have a tour but only in Romania that starts on 20th September.
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Irene
Asked on January 4th, 2025Do you have shared availability for a female?
- Carpathian Travel CenterOperator•Written January 2025
This tour requires a minimum of two participants. At the moment, we do not have any bookings for this tour.
- Carpathian Travel CenterOperator•Written January 2025
Should we put your reservation in option? We can keep it without any problems until 26th March 2025. If other people will register until then, we can do the tour in April if not we will cancel your option.
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Alice
Asked on October 16th, 2024Me and my wife are looking at this tour (9 days Romania and Bulgaria) - our dates are between 15th - 25th August 2025. Do you have tours during this period and what is the cost.
- Carpathian Travel CenterOperator•Written October 2024
The cost is EUR 2.189,00/person. You can book the tour.
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Karen
Asked on April 22nd, 2024Why do you double the cost for single travelers? For the single traveler you don't have food times 2. Most tour companies charge another $900 if they charge at all. The Two Civilizations tour adds $2000 for singles.
- Carpathian Travel CenterOperator•Written April 2024
This tour is from minimum 2 persons. In the period you request the tour you are the only person interested. If there are more people interested and booked the tour you have to pay only the SGL room supplemment.
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Jason
Asked on March 31st, 2024do you offer this tour starting in Sofia and ending in Bucharest?
- Carpathian Travel CenterOperator•Written April 2024
We can make the tour starting in Sofia and ending in Bucharest. Do you want to book the tour?
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Jason
Traveler•Written April 2024We are very interested in your tour but need to start in Sofa and end in Bucharest about April 29, 2025 so we can join a river cruise which departs from there. There are two of us. Do you offer this?
- Carpathian Travel CenterOperator•Written April 2024
You can start the tour in Sofia and end it in Bucharest. In this case the tour is reversed. Do you want to book it?
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Jason
Traveler•Written April 2024While this tour looks very good, it may not work for us, here is why-- We are scheduled to take a Danube river cruise that starts in Bucharest and includes two nights there with tours of Bucharest. Also, the cruise includes a tour of Ruse, which you include with your tour and we don't want to see Ruse twice. Do you offer any options to your standard tour so that we can avoid Ruse and Bucharest other than end our trip there?
- Carpathian Travel CenterOperator•Written April 2024
We propose you the itinerary below: Day 1: Arrival in Bucharest, Day 2: Bucharest - Sinaia (Peles Castle) - Brasov (city tour), Day 3: Bran - Prejmer (Fortified church) - Sighisoara - Sibiu, Day 4: Surroundings of Sibiu, Day 5: Sibiu - Cozia - Horezu - Craiova, Day 6: Craiova - Belogradchik Rocks - Sofia, Day 7: Sofia - Rila - Plovdiv, Day 8: Plovdiv - Kazanlak - Gabrovo - Veliko Tarnovo, Day 9: Veliko Tarnovo - Ivanovo Churches - Bucharest. The price for this itinerary is EUR 2.000,00/person.
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Tiffany
Asked on March 9th, 2024We are 2 friends who would like to travel to Bulgaria and Romania. We are in good shape and walk about 3 miles a day but are 81.
- Carpathian Travel CenterOperator•Written March 2024
The tour is operated from minimum 2 participants. They can book the rooms.
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Tiffany
Traveler•Written March 2024If there are 2 of us, is that all there will be on this tour or is it open to 6 more people? There are only 2 of us and we do not have any one else joining us.
- Carpathian Travel CenterOperator•Written March 2024
More people can sign up for this tour. But this tour is made from at least 2 people.
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Sonia
Asked on February 20th, 2024We understand that the maximum group for this tour is 6; is that correct? Also, we are going to be on tour for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Where would we be located and would there be a special celebration for us? Would we have the opportunity to visit some Christmas Markets?
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Sonia
Traveler•Written February 2024We really wanted to do your tour that started on the 20th December and finished on 28th December and this date was available when I went into your web site for bookings but now it is not there. Why is it now not available as we really want to do those dates?
- Carpathian Travel CenterOperator•Written February 2024
We do not have guides available on that period. Can't you change the period?
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Rachel
Asked on July 22nd, 2022wondering if you have a minimum number of passengers for this tour to guarantee a departure
- Carpathian Travel CenterOperator•Written July 2022
The departure of this tour is guaranteed from minimum 2 participants. And also the price is for minimum 2 participants. If you will pay EURO 2338 x 2 = EURO 4676 we can do this tour as it is here published and the tour will be private, so just for you.
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Glenn
Asked on July 13th, 2022What guarantees, if any, can you give that the tour will bon on those dates and not be canceled.
- Carpathian Travel CenterOperator•Written July 2022
The departure of this tour is guaranteed from minimum 2 participants. And also the price is for minimum 2 participants. If you will pay EURO 2338 x 2 = EURO 4676 we can do this tour as it is here published and the tour will be private, so just for you.
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Glenn
Traveler•Written July 2022As I am a single traveler and understand you would require at least one other person to guarantee the trip on the date I requested, I'm not inclined at this time to take a chance on having the tour canceled.
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Graham
Asked on June 12th, 2022Is there any way you could give me a guarantee that the tour will go on the specific date?
- Carpathian Travel CenterOperator•Written June 2022
At this moment we can guarantee only the dates 21st June 2022 (starting in Bucharest Otopeni Airport) until 29th June 2022 (ending in Soifa Airport). The other dates are not yet secured with the minimum of travellers.
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