Itinerary

1. Day1: Arrive in Brasov

   • Start the day by exploring the Brasov city 

   • Explore Sinaia, a town in central Romania’s Bucegi Mountains, surrounded by ski trails. Its 17th-century Sinaia Monastery was once a royal family residence. German neo-Renaissance Peleș Castle which is now a museum.

   • Visit the Castle Peles, a Neo-Renaissance castle in the Carpathian Mountains, near Sinaia, in Prahova County, Romania, on an existing medieval route linking Transylvania and Wallachia, built between 1873 and 1914.

   Stay overnight in a tent or chalet depending on the weather conditions.

   Trip time: Around 8 hours

   Level difference: Around 200 m

   Altitude 500 m

   Trip Distance: Around 10 km

2. Day 2: Visit Chalet Babele Telecabin

   • Drive to Chalet Babele Telecabin. 

   Stay overnight in a tent or chalet depending on the weather conditions.

   Trip time: Around 5 hours

   Level difference: Around 1500 m

   Altitude: 2200m

   Trip Distance: Around 15 km

3. Day 3: Visit the Ialomicioara Monastery

   • Visit the Chalet Babele 

   • Enter the Ialomitei cave which is at an altitude of 1,500 m on the right side of the Ialomitei Canyon. At the entrance to the cave is a monastery (Ialomitei Monastery), built in the sixteenth century, founded by the Voivode of Romanian Country, Mihnea the Evil.

   • Explore the Ialomicioara Monastery. 

   • Stop by the Commemorative Cross to the Romanian heroes of the First World War, also called the Heroes' Cross on Mount Cairaman is a monument built between 1926 and 1928 on Caraiman Peak at an altitude of 2,291 m located in Romania, in the Bucegi Mountains of the Southern Carpathians.

   Stay overnight in a tent or chalet depending on the weather conditions
   Trip time: Around 5 hours
   Level difference: Around 600 meters

   Altitudes: 2200 m Chalet Babele, Ialomitei Cave 1660 m, Caraiman Cross 2291m

   Trip distance: Around 20 km

4. Day 4: Trek to Omu Peak

   • Visit the Chalet Babele.

   • Trek to Omu Peak, the highest peak in the Bucegi Mountains.

   Stay overnight in a tent or chalet depending on the weather conditions

   Travel time: Around 3 hours 

   Level difference: Around 300 meters

   Altitudes: 2200 m Chalet Babele, Omu Peak 2507 m

   Travel distance: Around 10 km

5. Day 5: Omu Peak - Bran

   • Descend the Omu Peak 

   • Travel to Bran, a commune in Brașov County, Transylvania, Romania. It is about 25 kilometres southwest of the city of Brașov and consists of five villages: Bran, Poarta, Predeluț, Șimon and Sohodol.

   • Stay overnight in a tent or chalet depending on the weather conditions

   Level difference: 1750 m

   Trip distance: Around 25 km

   Altitudes: Peak Omu 2507 m, Bran 750 m

   Trip time: Around 5 hours

6. Day 6: Sightseeing in Brasov

   • Visit Dracula's castle, a national monument and landmark in Romania. The fortress is on the Transylvanian side of the historical border with Wallachia in Brasov 

   • Proceed to the Black Church, a church in Brașov, a city in south-eastern Transylvania, Romania. It was built by the German community of the city and stands as the main Gothic-style monument in the country, as well as being the largest and one of the most important Lutheran places of worship in the region, and Poiana Brasov.