Explore Transylvania – A 5-day Road Trip Itinerary

Travel, explore Transylvania!

If you do not want to stay all summer long in a place “with your belly in the sun”, or as it is called “relaxation”, then the next route might be great for you. When traveling you discover places and new people, learn and admire things you didn’t even imagine existed (this time in Romania, Transylvania). And at the end of the summer you can tell and recommend to your friends and colleagues your adventures.

We explored only a small part of Transylvania, and surely didn’t covered everything what is there to see, because we went away for only 5 days with nothing planed in advanced. But it had a little bit of everything: cities, castle, fortresses, nature, hiking and a lot of good food. And a lot of driving, so be prepared for that.

Itinerary

So, here is our itinerary from 2017 summer vacation (aka honey-week) in Transylvania.

Day 1	Bucharest – Sighisoara (visiting a little bit of the  Medieval Fortress)
	Day started at: 2 PM	~ 290 km
Day 2	Sighisoara (visiting everything in The Medieval Fortress) – Biertan – Sighisoara
	Day started at: 2 PM	~ 60 km
Day 3	Sighisoara – Corvin Castle – Turda – Turda Salt Mine
	Day started at: 7:30 AM	~ 375 km
Day 4	Turda – Turda Gorges – Cluj-Napoca – Turda
	Day started at: 10 AM	~ 95 km
Day 5	Turda –The Red Lake & Bicaz Gorges – E85 road – Bucharest
	Day started at: 8 AM	~ 620 km

Something that we recommend to add to your itinerary if you have one or two more days, is to visit Alba-Iulia and the beautiful fortress in the city, which is located between The Corvin Castle and city Turda.

 

Read more about each destination:

• Sighisoara Medieval Fortress
• The Corvin Castle & Turda Salt Mine
• Turzii Gorges & Cluj-Napoca
• The Red Lake & Bicaz Gorges

 

Have you visited any of the places we mentioned? Which one is you favorite?

What other places you think we could have visited in our vacation?