While wandering the country you will also get the chance to photograph beautiful countryside and landscape and to get in touch with handy craftsmen that carry on centuries old traditions, all throughout charming spring.
Day 1 Arrival in Cluj-Napoca
Day 2 Travel to Bucovina region
Day 3 Visit Moldovita and Sucevita monasteries and photograph rural landscape
Day 4 Arrive in Maramures region and visit a potter’s house
Day 5 Go to a traditional brandy distillery, a shoe-maker and the Merry Cemetery of Sapanta
Day 6 See the highest wooden churches in the world and capture historic buildings in Sighisoara
Day 7 Explore the village of Viscri and meet a blacksmith
Day 8 Get to know a Roma family and learn about charcoal making
Day 9 Explore the medieval town of Sibiu, photograph the remnants of a village drowned by a lake and visit two villages of Hungarian heritage
Day 10 Departure from Cluj-Napoca
Day 1
On the first day of your Spring Photo Tour in Romania you will also meet with your photo tour leader, local guide and the other photographers participating in the trip.
Accommodation in Cluj-Napoca.
Day 2
Before dinner you will have the first talk about photography
Accommodation in Vama (Bucovina region).
Drive time: 5h
Day 3
Then you will visit Sucevita monastery, set in a beautiful location among gentle hills and featuring the largest number of wall paintings from all painted monasteries of the region.
You will then return to your guesthouse in Vama but on our way we will have a stop at Sadova where you will be able to photograph the picturesque landscape dotted with haystacks, barns and lined with fences.
Accommodation in Vama (Bucovina region).
Drive time: 3h
Day 4
Then you will visit a potter famous for its meticulous clay artifacts. He is a very interesting character and you will have the chance to photograph him while working and also his workshop.
Accommodation in Danesti (Maramures region).
Drive time: 5h
Day 5
In Sarbi you will also visit a traditional shoe-maker and you will photograph him while working.
In the afternoon you will travel to Sapanta where you will see the Merry Cemetery. Here the crosses are lively decorated featuring poems carved on their wood that tell the story of the deceased. You will also meet the man that makes the crosses and visit his workshop.
Accommodation in Danesti (Maramures region).
Drive time: 4h
Day 6
In the afternoon you will travel to Sighisoara, a very well preserved and beautiful medieval town in the heart of the country, built by the German-Saxons in the 12th century and a UNESCO World Heritage site. You will wander the narrow cobbled streets in search of the best perspectives to photograph the colorful historic buildings.
In the evening we will arrive in Viscri, a well preserved traditional village from Transylvania.
Accommodation in Viscri (Transylvania region).
Drive time: 5h30’
Day 7
In the middle of the village, you will find a fortified church built by the German-Saxons in the 13th century, a place of prayer for the villagers but also of shelter when the enemies would attack the village.
Then you will meet a black-smith whose steel objects are still on high-demand in the area and you will see and photograph him while putting horseshoes to a horse.
Accommodation in Viscri (Transylvania region).
You will have lunch at an organic farm where all the food is prepared with natural products.
In the afternoon you will learn about another traditional method still preserved in Transylvania: charcoal making. You will learn how charcoal is made by burning wood for a long period of time and you will get to know and photograph the workers while they carry out their activity.
Accommodation in Sibiu (Transylvania region).
Drive time: 3h30’
Day 9
Then you will travel to a colorful lake created by residues from a neighboring mine. The lake already drowned a village, the only thing witnessing its existence being the tower of the church which is still coming out of the water.
In the afternoon you will visit two beautiful villages of Hungarian heritage: Rimetea and Coltesti. In Coltesti we will also hike to the nearby fortress from where you can have a shoot overlooking the village and the nearby mountains.
Accommodation in Coltesti.
Drive time: 4h30’
Day 10
Drive time: 1h
- Accommodation for 9 nights in standard double room (with private bathroom), breakfast included
- Meals
- Breakfast, lunch and dinner for 10 days (starting with dinner on day 1 and ending with breakfast on day 10)
- Meals would normally include a soup or a starter, main dish, a desert, water, coffee and a drink (a glass of juice, beer, wine). For the last dinner wine is also included.
- Entrance tickets, including the additional fees for taking pictures:
- Sucevita monastery
- Sapanta Merry Cemetery
- Surdesti wooden church
- Viscri fortified church
- Visits to craftsmen, workshops and communities mentioned in the itinerary
- Private transfers from the airport to hotel on the first day and from hotel to airport as guests come in and depart, even if they are arriving or leaving at different times.
- English speaking tour guide services throughout the program (accommodation and meals are included).
- Transfer by 8+1 minivan only for a group of up to 6 (including photo tour leaders) and by minivan and SUV (if the group will have more than 6 people) on the itinerary
For prices, please contact us for details.
