Itinerary

Day 1

ROUTING: BUCHAREST : PIATRA-NEAMT
- Arrival to Bucharest airport
- Your tour leader will Meet you on the arrivals level then take you by car towards the Northern part of the country, Piatra-Neamt town : considered "the Pearl of Moldavia"
- Arrive in the evening
- Evening at your leisure
- Overnight in Piatra-Neamt
ACCOMMODATION: Pension
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Day 2

ROUTING: PIATRA-NEAMT - ALMAS - HORAITA - POIANA - CRACAOANI - GHIDAOANI - TARPESTI(40 km, 200 m climb)
- After breakfast we leave Piatra-Neamt by bike, on asphalt road, for the first point Almas village
- From here we continue on village and forest roads up to Horaiþa Monastery (built in 1824 on the place of a wooden church from XV century)
- Have picnic lunch in a meadow near the monastery
- In the afternoon continue via the villages of Poiana, Crãcãoani and Ghindãoani towards our final destination for the day - Târpeºti village
- Here we visit the collection of the popular artist Nicolae Popa, author of the famous ceremonial masks used at the heathen solar festival and have a traditional dinner prepared by the family of the artist
- Overnight in Târpeºti village
ACCOMMODATION: Peasant House
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Day 3

ROUTING: TARPESTI - VANATORI NEAMT - SIHLA HERMITAGE - VARTEC (56 km, 600 m climb)
- In the morning we depart via Targu Neamt towards the European Bison Reserve, part of Vanatori Neamt National Park
- Visit of the park
- After the rest of the day is dedicated to the region with the highest number of churches and monasteries in the Orthodox world
- We visit, or just pass near Secu Monastery, Sihãstria Monastery (built in 1655), Sihla Hermitage (where we visit also St. Teodora's Cave - Teodora was a hermit woman, who lived for about 20 years in this cave. Nowadays we can still see hermits living in this area), Agapia and Vãratec Monasteries
- In the evening we stop for dinner
- Overnight in Vãratec village.
ACCOMMODATION: Peasant House
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Day 4

ROUTING: VARTEC - MAGAZIA - HANGU - CEAHLAU (64 km, 600 m climb)
- In the morning we depart the village and forest roads towards Magazia and Mitocu Balan villages
- Wild scenery surrounds us everywhere: only forests and meadows, without human traces.
- After about 8 km we arrive at the first houses in Hangu village
- From here we continue on asphalt road, on the border of Izvoru Muntelui Lake up to Ceahlãu, the place to spend the night
- The name of this village comes from the Ceahlãu Mountains (National Park and High Importance Natural Reserve)
- These mountains were held sacred by Romanians due to their deep religious meaning (they are said to have been the home of the most important Dacian God, called Zamolxis)
- Although they cover a small area, they consist in spectacular relief formations, most of them having their own legend and being an example of beauty and grandeur.
- Dinner
- Overnight in Ceahlãu village.
ACCOMMODATION: Agro-Tourist Pension
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Day 5

ROUTING: CEAHLAU - BICAZ GORGES - LACU ROSU (48 km, 650 m climb)
- We start the day with village and forest roads in wild scenery, up to Izvoru Muntelui and then Bicazu Ardelean village
- Continuing on asphalt road through Bicaz Gorges : the most dramatic gorges in Romania, due to their rock walls as high as 300 m : up to Lacu Roºu (The Red Lake) resort, situated at 980 m altitude
- Overnight in Lacu Raosu
ACCOMMODATION: Pension
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Day 6

ROUTING: LACU ROSU - HASMA MOUNTAINS - TREI FANTANI - BICAJEL - LACU ROSU (32 km, 700 m climb)
- After breakfast we leave by bike on asphalt and forest roads towards Hasmas Mountains : National Park with beautiful mountain meadows, where we have the possibility to see wild animals such as the chamois, the wild cock
- Then we climb up on mountain path to Poiana Alba and then descend to the village of Trei Fântani
- Continuing on village roads to Bicãjel and back to Lacu Roºu resort
- Overnight in Lacu Raosu
ACCOMMODATION: Pension
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Day 7

ROUTING: LACU ROSU - BICAZ GORGES - PIATRA-NEAMT (56 km)
- We start descending on asphalt route from Lacu Rosu, through Bicaz Gorges, to the town of Bicaz
- Then we continue towards the starting point of our trip - Piatra-Neamt
- Overnight in Piatra-Neamt
ACCOMMODATION: Pension
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Day 8

ROUTING: PIATRA-NEAMT - BUCHAREST
- After breakfast transfer to Bucharest airport and final good-bye from your tour leader
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Extra Information

Inclusions -

Local Taxes

Exclusions -

Airfare - Alcoholic drinks - Gratuities - Extra charges of hotel, eg. Laundry, telephone or fax charges, room service, etc.. - Insurance

Extras -

Biking in Romania is an activity as full of surprises as the country itself. When riding through the pastoral character of the landscape of harsh yet beautiful forestry roads you can not help but become with a feeling of immense joy. The network of country and forestry roads covers a large surface, comprising over 4500 different, individual roads.
You can choose from the sweet, hilly region of Moldavia, with hermits living in the depth of the forests, the bucolic Bucovina with the worldwide known painted monasteries, the rocky domain of the Oriental Carpathians, dominated the Ceahlau Mountains, full of natural wonders (a calcareous world interrupted only by beautiful, large meadows and black pine and fir-tree forests), the originality of Maramures area, known as a living museum of the wood civilisation, where you will find isolated villages, where nothing has changed for the last 2000 years.

The tour includes national, local, village and forest roads, varying from 30 to 70 km / day. The tour also includes cultural visits. Bikes and luggage transfer are also available. Accommodation with breakfast is in peasant houses, pensions and hotels.

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