Cluj Residency
Hotel or lodge, twin sharing
7 days, planned by Cypress & Stone
Seven days across the north — wooden churches with shingle spires, a cemetery painted in blue, and monasteries frescoed on the outside.
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| Cluj-Napoca |
| St Michael's |
| Central Park |
The wooden churches of Maramureș have oak shingle spires up to fifty metres and are built without nails. Eight of them are World Heritage.
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| Bârsana |
| Wooden churches |
| Maramureș gates |
The Merry Cemetery has painted blue crosses with a rhyming verse about each person, often unflattering and occasionally about how they died.
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| Merry Cemetery |
| Mocănița |
| Vaser valley |
Sucevița's north wall has the Ladder of Virtue with thirty rungs and demons pulling people off it, painted in the 1590s and still legible.
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| Prislop pass |
| Sucevița |
| Painted exterior |
Voroneț blue is a pigment nobody has fully reproduced, and it has held on an exterior wall since 1547.
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| Moldovița |
| Humor |
| Voroneț |
| Voroneț blue |
Six hours. Romania is bigger than it looks and the mountain roads are slow.
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| Bistrița |
| Carpathians |
| Cluj |
Cluj flies across Europe, mostly on low-cost carriers.
Day 1 · Fri, 18 Sept, 2026
Most of these can be added to your booking later — the operator confirms within a day.
Published by the operator. Nights on the ground can move with weather and permissions.
Hotel or lodge, twin sharing
Hotel or lodge, twin sharing
Hotel or lodge, twin sharing
Hotel or lodge, twin sharing
Hotel or lodge, twin sharing
6 breakfasts and 5 dinners across 7 days, at the lodges you sleep in. It opens with dinner on day 1 and closes with breakfast on day 7.
11 meal services named in the itinerary. Vegetarian and vegan covered; Jain, gluten-free and allergies on notice at booking
“Walking in Europe with the timed tickets booked at release”
A walking operator whose main skill is administrative: Alhambra slots, Sagrada tickets and hut beds, booked the day they open.
Northern Romania done well. The itinerary had room to breathe. Hotels were clean and central, which saved a lot of time. Whoever planned the days knew what they were doing. Would send friends their way.
Everything was arranged properly — transfers, entries, all of it. Hotels were clean and central, which saved a lot of time. Good value for what's included.
Everything was arranged properly — transfers, entries, all of it. Hotels were clean and central, which saved a lot of time. Simple food, well made, and enough of it. Solid operator.
Glad you enjoyed it. Hope to see you on another trip.
Everything was arranged properly — transfers, entries, all of it. Rooms were comfortable and the locations meant we could walk most evenings. The lead was calm and knew when to slow the group down. Would send friends their way.
Thank you. We've taken the point about the transfer and are reviewing it.
Northern Romania done well. The itinerary had room to breathe. Never went hungry, and the tea appeared exactly when it was needed. Good value for what's included.
Good mix of the obvious things and a few places we'd never have found. Would book with them again.
Thank you for travelling with us — glad the route worked out.
Hotels were a step below what I expected for the price.
Thank you for travelling with us — glad the route worked out.
Because most of the congregation could not read and could not all fit inside. The exterior frescoes are a picture Bible for people standing in the yard, which is also why the scenes chosen are the dramatic ones.
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