Guest House Trail Ride
The following trip is a one week itenerary based on guesthouse accommodation and ending in one of Transylvania's most precious gems, a Saxon fortified small town called Sighisoara, which is a UNESCO site located in the heart of Transylvania! The day-trips take the riders to fascinating places, experiencing beautiful raw Transylvanian landscape and even tasting a little bit of the Dracula myth, on the traces of Jonathan Harker, the main character in Bram Stoker's book...
- Day 1 - Transfer from the airport to the lodge in Lunca Bradului, Mt. Calimani. Dinner and accommodation at the Lodge at the Equestrian Centre.
- Day 2 - Depart after breakfast to the nearby village of Lunca Bradului. Continue to the Fintinele Valley, riding through a mixed landscape of meadows and forest, scattered with trenches from WW I (there were battles between the Romanian Army and the Austrian-Hungarians in this area) before finally descending to the village of Rastolita, on the Mures Valley. Dinner and accommodation in a guesthouse in Rastolita.*
*Accommodation in our Lodge – the clients will be transferred by car to our Lodge for tonight's accommodation due to the poor state of tourism in the village of Rastolita. (20 minutes by car) You will be transferred back to Rastolita after breakfast the following day to meet your horse and continue the ride. - Day 3 - Depart in the morning to Lake Colibita, riding on an old path used by shepherds to take their flocks to the higher mountain pastures. On the way experience an incredible landscape and change of geographic shapes and arrive to the lake in the evening.
Dinner and accommodation in a guesthouse by the lake.
(The Red Rooster Pension 3*) 
Day 4 - Ride along the river which feeds the lake and then continue up the Terha Pass* and along the ridge to reach Borgo Pass at the end of the day. Borgo Pass is famous from Bram Stoker's book "Dracula", being the starting point of Jonathan Harker's exciting experience in Transylvania.
Tonight will be spent at the Hotel Dracula 3*, which offers magnificent views over the nearby mountains.
*Attention: you have to dismount for ½ a Km to reach the Pass on a steep torrent!- Day 5 - Depart from the Hotel in the morning after breakfast on Dorna Valley until you reach Vorova Valley. Take this road up to Tamau Peak (1862 m) and continue on the ridge passing by a beautiful rock formation called " The Red Stones". Pic-nic in the meadow nearby and descend to the edge of the National Park of Calimani.
Accommodation in a guest-house at the border of the National Park, at the end of the village Gura Haitii - Day 6 - After breakfast depart back to our Lodge, passing through the National Park of Calimani Mts, first crossing a deserted sulphur mine, which is undergoing a very complex process of reintegration in nature by a German company. You will see the miners' houses and a unique scen
ery of surface
mining, surrounded by beautiful mountains… Continue on forestry roads through the mountain until you reach Ilva Valley and our Lodge.
Accommodation in our Lodge at the Equestrian Centre. 
Day 7 - After breakfast depart from the equestrian centre on a 2h30 drive to visit the charming town of Sighisoara, with its imposing medieval citadel, overlooking the entire Tarnava Valley.
Overnight at a 3* hotel in the citadel.- Day 8
Breakfast and transfer to the airport.
ITINERARY MAY VARY DUE TO WEATHER OR OTHER UNFORSEEABLE CIRCUMSTANCES
*** Please note that this itinerary may operate in the reverse direction.
RIDING PERIODS 2012
11 MAI - 20 MAI
25 MAI - 03 JUN
20 JUL - 29 JUL
31 AUG - 09 SEP
14 SEP - 23 DEP
28 SEP - 07 OCT
GREAT NEWS: We have dropped 10% off of our 2010 prices for the next season! Why don't you take advantage of the new rates:
Typical pricing:
- 2-4 pax » 1 084Eur/pers - new price: 976 €/pers
- 5-6 pax » 992 Eur/pers - new price: 893 €/pers
- 7-8 pax » 960 Eur/pers - new price: 864 €/pers
Sgl. supplement: 133 eur
Please be aware of the fact that additional discounts may be available through our partners:
01.12.2010. 14:03
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