Our tours include several regions of Romania, each having its own specialties and gastronomic traditions. You will taste food prepared in well known, historic restaurants, home made food ccoked by the locals, specific dishes prepared by shepherds etc.

Wine plays an important part in these tours, in the shape of wine tasting, wine cellars visits and technical information. Depending on the time of the year you visit our country, we will arrange that the tour includes visits to different Traditional Festivals and Holidays in different villages

Join our „Wine and Gastronomy - Mystery and Ritual in the Life of the Romanians ” tour!

Tour highlights:

• Taste the specialities in four different regions of Romania and also the Republic of Moldova
• Visit the biggest underground wine gallery in the world, Milestii Mici wine cellars, with the largest wine collection, included in the Guinness Book of Records.
• Visit the Underground City of Wine in Cricova, featuring an network of galleries more than 60 km long.

• Visit The Rhein Wine Cellars, the former wine supplier of the Romanian royal family and also the oldest cellars where the Champenoise method sparkling wine is produced continuously ever since the cellars’ settlement
• Visit Count Dracula’s impressive 15th century Castle
• Spend a night in Count Kalnoky’s Guesthouses, dating from the 19th century, original Transylvanian houses, restored in the Transylvanian Szekler and Saxon style
• Visit peasant houses and enjoy excellent local cuisine in Tarpesti village
• 1 day trip in the Danube Delta, the second lagest Delta in Europe and an important biosphere reserve

Group size: min 4 persons, max 12 persons
Transport: car/minibus, gentle walking
Accommodation: 8 nights in 3*** hotels and pensions
Meals:full board, including 1 coffee and ¼ l of wine/pers for every lunch and ¼ l of wine/pers for every dinner

For detailed programs, prices and reservations, please don't hesitate to contact us at: office@exploretravel.net

Available dates:

• 26.06 - 03.07.2010
• 21.08 - 28.08.2010