Cluj Hostel
Hostel, homestay or tent, shared
Bucovina — 4 days
Old Mule Routes
Runs this trip
7 Days · 6 Nights
Fully planned multi-day journey
Accommodation
Cluj Hostel
Fully guided
A guide travels with the group for the whole trip.
Walking / cultural tour
Seven days across the north, with a steam logging train
Low Intensity
Travelers can expect comfortable transfers and light walking
Group size on request
Ages 8+ Welcome
The operator's minimum age for this trip is 8
Where this operator goes
7 days · 13 stopsItinerary
7 days, planned by Old Mule Routes
Seven days across the north — wooden churches with shingle spires, a cemetery painted in blue, and monasteries frescoed on the outside.
ClujHow the day runs
- 1 hrsTransfer into the centre
- MealsDinner
- AccommodationCluj Hostel
Included Activities
- Airport transfer
- Hotel night
LANDMARKS Cluj-Napoca St Michael's Central Park Start point Cluj-Napoca, Avram Iancu Airport (CLJ), Cluj-Napoca 00:00 - 23:59The wooden churches of Maramureș have oak shingle spires up to fifty metres and are built without nails. Eight of them are World Heritage.
Cluj, BarsanaHow the day runs
- 4 hrs8:00 AM — north over the Gutâi pass
- 3 hrs1:30 PM — the monastery and the village gates
- MealsBreakfast, Dinner
- AccommodationBarsana Hostel
Included Activities
- Entries
- Village guesthouse
LANDMARKS 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.
Barsana, Sapanta, ViseuHow the day runs
- 2 hrs8:30 AM — west to the Merry Cemetery
- 3 hrs2:00 PM — the Mocănița steam train up the Vaser valley
- MealsBreakfast, Dinner
- AccommodationViseu Hostel
Included Activities
- Cemetery entry and train
- Guesthouse at Vișeu
LANDMARKS 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.
Viseu, SucevitaHow the day runs
- 4 hrs8:30 AM — east over the pass
- 1:30 PM — Sucevița, the last and largest of the painted monasteries
- MealsBreakfast, Dinner
- AccommodationSucevita Hostel
Included Activities
- Monastery entry
- Guesthouse at Sucevița
LANDMARKS Prislop pass Sucevița Painted exterior Voroneț blue is a pigment nobody has fully reproduced, and it has held on an exterior wall since 1547.
Sucevita, VoronetHow the day runs
- 2 hrs8:30 AM — Moldovița and Humor on the way
- 1:00 PM — Voroneț and its blue
- MealsBreakfast, Dinner
- AccommodationVoronet Hostel
Included Activities
- All monastery entries
- Guesthouse night
LANDMARKS Moldovița Humor Voroneț Voroneț blue Six hours. Romania is bigger than it looks and the mountain roads are slow.
Voronet, ClujHow the day runs
- 6 hrs8:00 AM — west through the Bistrița valley
- MealsBreakfast
- AccommodationCluj Hostel
Included Activities
- Transport
- Hotel in Cluj
LANDMARKS Bistrița Carpathians Cluj Cluj flies across Europe, mostly on low-cost carriers.
ClujHow the day runs
- 1 hrsTransfer to the airport
- MealsBreakfast
- AccommodationNot included — onward travel
Included Activities
- Airport transfer
- Day 1Day 1 · Arrive Cluj
- Day 2Day 2 · North into Maramureș
- Day 3Day 3 · Săpânța and the Mocănița
- Day 4Day 4 · East to Bucovina
- Day 5Day 5 · The painted monasteries
- Day 6Day 6 · Back west to Cluj
- Day 7Day 7 · Cluj, then out
Pickup point
Day 1 · Fri, 18 Sept, 2026
Meet atCluj-NapocaAvram Iancu Airport (CLJ), Cluj-Napoca
Reporting time00:00 - 23:59
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Included in the price
You arrange yourself
Most of these can be added to your booking later — the operator confirms within a day.
Where you'll stay
Published by the operator. Nights on the ground can move with weather and permissions.
Barsana Hostel
Hostel, homestay or tent, shared
Viseu Hostel
Hostel, homestay or tent, shared
Sucevita Hostel
Hostel, homestay or tent, shared
Voronet Hostel
Hostel, homestay or tent, shared
What you'll eat
6 breakfasts and 5 dinners across 7 days, at camp. It opens with dinner on day 1 and closes with breakfast on day 7.
- DinnerServed on days 1–5
- BreakfastServed on days 2–7
11 meal services named in the itinerary. Vegetarian and vegan covered; Jain, gluten-free and allergies on notice at booking
Who runs this trip
Operated by
Old Mule RoutesVerified
“Self-guided European walking with route notes and luggage transfer”
Based in Porto Running treks since 2016
- Rating
- 4.6(17 reviews)
- Response time
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About Old Mule Routes
Route notes, GPX and a van that moves your bag. No leader on the hill, which suits some people and not others.
Cancellation policy: Full refund up to 14 days before departure
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Customer reviews
Overall rating
4.6/5
Based on 17 reviews
Review summary
Food4.2/5
Guide4.6/5
Itinerary4.5/5
Transport4.1/5
Accommodation4.5/5
Tour operator4.1/5
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Ananya Gupta – Nagpur2026-07-26 · Verified booking
Good mix of the obvious things and a few places we'd never have found. Recommended.
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Elena Petrova – Amsterdam2026-07-26 · Verified booking
Everything was arranged properly — transfers, entries, all of it. Worth every rupee.
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Karan Shah – Delhi2026-07-26 · Verified booking
Good mix of the obvious things and a few places we'd never have found. Hostel nights are basic but clean, and that's what the price says. Solid operator.
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Sneha Kulkarni – Chennai2026-07-26 · Verified booking
Good mix of the obvious things and a few places we'd never have found. Nothing fancy about the beds, and nothing wrong with them either. The cooking was a genuine surprise — better than most places we'd have picked ourselves. No hesitation recommending them.
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Yuki Tanaka – Melbourne2025-12-28 · Verified booking
Well paced over 7 days with enough free time to not feel herded. The cooking was a genuine surprise — better than most places we'd have picked ourselves. Would book with them again.
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Ananya Gupta – Pune2025-12-28 · Verified booking
Northern Romania done well. The itinerary had room to breathe. Good value for what's included.
Reply from Old Mule Routes
Thank you for travelling with us — glad the route worked out.
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Rahul Menon – Pune2025-12-28 · Verified booking
Well paced over 7 days with enough free time to not feel herded. Dorms were tidy and the common areas were where the group actually gelled. The team read the group well and adjusted without making a thing of it. Good value for what's included.
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Owen Clarke – Dubai2025-12-28 · Verified booking
Good mix of the obvious things and a few places we'd never have found. Good value for what's included.
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Questions people ask
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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