Tururi istorice

Following a 3 hour car transfer from Timisoara, we arrive in the charming village of Rimetea, a UNESCO world heritage, living museum renown for its ethnographic, spiritual and material historic heritage. After lunch, we have the option of visiting several museums and local craft shops or taking a 4-hour hiking circuit to the "Székely rock" peak impressively dominating the Rimetea valley. In the evening our hosts will prepare us a unique dinner with typical "Szekely" dishes.

Our first day of biking takes us on a high alpine road with breathtaking panoramas. The ride on mixed tarmac and gravel roads take us above 1000 a.s.l and offers incredible views of remote villages with hay covered houses and centuries-old wooden churches. We will have a picnic lunch "on the road" with famous local cheeses. The day ends and in an agritourism pension with a delicious dinner prepared by a local host with traditional Shepard dishes.

Meet the "The people of gold" the "Buciumani" timeless inhabitants of the "Golden quadrangle".They make up a special world, with unwritten laws following sacred rules. For millenniums they have been hunting without exhaustion, the "mother" of all treasures: Gold itself. After spending the morning on saddles we will visit the "Museum of the Buciuman people" and end the day in a typical village in the company of our welcoming local host eager to share the stories of the gold miners.

Today we enjoy a wonderful scenic biking day on non-paved mountain paths with impressive views of the "Detunata" peak a natural organ made of hexagonal basalt columns, the "Rosia Poieni" surface mining facility and finally arriving in Rosia Montana UNESCO heritage site described by the committee as follows "The Roșia Montană mining cultural landscape is the largest and most relevant example of underground gold mining in the world, dating back to the Roman occupation of Dacia." For the next two nights, we will be accommodated in an authentic local farm with a panoramic view of the surroundings where our hosts will prepare us their typical farm products.

Day 5 is dedicated to visiting Rosia Montana and its surroundings. We will visit a Roman gold mine, the museum of mining, the churches of different confessions and the typical mining architecture of the village. In the afternoon we spend 3-4 hours on a biking roundtrip organized in collaboration with our local partner guide, visiting a group of scenic lakes resulting from the mining activity.

The last day takes us to The Gold Museum and Mineral Collection of Brad the capital of the gold mining region. Founded 100 years ago, the museum contains a collection of over 2,000 exhibits gathered from all around the world. Some of the museum’s most remarkable exhibits are those made of native gold, found in the local Metaliferi Mountains. Following the visit to Brad, a 2-hour car transfer takes us back to Timisoara.