Day-by-day itinerary
Day 1
Departure from Serdika Bus Station, Sofia, at 06:30, following the route Sofia – Pleven – Ruse – Bucharest. Boarding is available in Botevgrad, Pleven and Ruse.
Arrival in Romania’s capital, also known as “Little Paris”. Panoramic coach tour of the city: Unirii Square, University Square, Victory Square and Revolution Square; photo stop outside Parliament, the world’s second-largest administrative building after the Pentagon; the Patriarchate and the church housing the relics of St Demetrius of Basarbovo; the Arch of Triumph, modelled on the arch in Paris and built in 1922 in memory of those killed in the First World War; the Boulevard of Embassies; and the Athenaeum, Romania’s largest concert hall. Free time in the city centre.
Visit to the Village Museum. Europe’s largest open-air museum, it stands in Herăstrău Park beside the lake of the same name. It displays more than 300 traditional buildings from every part of Romania: village houses, barns, wooden churches and mills.
Hotel check-in. Overnight stay.
Day 2
Breakfast. Departure for Slănic in Prahova County. The Slănic area ranks third in Europe for salt extraction after the Kraków area in Poland and Salzburg in Austria. Today Slănic is one of Romania’s most important spa resorts. The unique Salt Mountain, Bride’s Cave, Shepherd’s Lake, Green Lake and the old Unirea Salt Mine are just some of its attractions.
Visit to Unirea Salt Mine. Today the mine in Slănic is one of Romania’s most attractive visitor sites. Entry requires a descent 210 m underground using specialised transport. The mine consists of 14 trapezoidal chambers reaching heights of 50 m, with a constant air temperature of 13 degrees. Inside are sports and children’s play areas, rest areas and a snack bar.
Departure for Prince Constantin Brâncoveanu’s Mogoșoaia Palace near Bucharest. Set beside Lake Mogoșoaia, it impresses with its unusual architecture in the early-18th-century Romanian Renaissance style, also called the Brâncovenesc style.
Departure for Bulgaria at 16:00. Arrival in Sofia around 22:30.