Brancusi Homeland
Include 5 visits, Horezu Monastery, Polovragi Monastery, the Women’s Cave (“Pestera Muierilor”), Hobita - Brancusi Memorial House, Scornicesti – Ceausescu Memorial House
2 days
First day!
“Bucuresti” – Bucharest (the capital city, first mentioned in documents as early as 1459)
“Pitesti” - the earliest traces of human settlements in this area relate to the Paleolithic
“Ramnicu Valcea” - was the site of a roman castrum; first attested 1388, during Mircea cel Batran; Anton Pann Memorial House
“Manastirea Horezu” – Horezu Monastery (founded in 1690 by Prince Constantin Braqncoveanu; it is considered to be a masterpiece of "Braqncovenesc style")
“Manastirea Polovragi” – Polovragi Monastery (1505; it is attributed tu Radul and Patru, Danciul Zamona's sons, which are mentioned in a document issued by Prince Basarab cel Taqnar (1477-1481), on 18th January 1480. This document constitues the first documentary attestation of the village of Polovragi)
“Oltet” River Gorges
“Baia de Fier” (“Pestera Muierilor” - Women’s Cave (limestone cave, on 4 levels)
“Novaci” - situated at the foothills of the Paraqng Mountains, on the river Gilort
“Targu Jiu” - attested for the first time in 1406 ; Constantin Brancusi homeland
ACCOMODATION (overnight in Targu Jiu)
Second day!
City Tour Targu Jiu (Brancusi - internationally renowned Romanian sculptor; sculptures are now the main touristic attraction of Taqrgu Jiu: “Masa Tacerii” - The Table of Silence, “Poarta Sarutului” - The Gate of the Kiss and “Coloana Infinutului” - The Endless Column)
“Casa memoriala Brancusi” – Brancusi Memorial House (in Hobita, near Targu Jiu)
“Casa memoriala Ecaterina Teodoroiu” – Ecaterina Teodoroiu Memorial House (a heroine of Romania; in Romanian historiography, Ecaterina Teodoroiu is placed in the context of gendered experience of the Great War on the Eastern Front, on the same pedestal as Queen Maria of Romania)
Dragasani Vineyard - some of the best Wallachia wines
“Slatina” - the town of Slatina was first mentioned on January 20, 1368 in an official document issued by Vladislav I Vlaicu, Prince of Wallachia. The document stated that merchants from the Transylvanian city of Brasov would not pay customs when passing through Slatina
“Scornicesti” (Nicolae Ceausescu Memorial House) - was the birthplace of the communist leader Nicolae Ceausescu, who lived here until the age of 11, when he left for Bucharest to become a shoemaker)
Round trip to Bucharest.
Price per person |
1 person (limo) |
2 persons (limo) |
3 persons (limo) |
4 persons (limo) |
5 persons (limo) |
6 persons (limo) |
7 persons (limo) |
€ 420.00 |
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€ 210.00 |
€ 180.00 |
€ 160.00 |
€ 150.00 |
€ 145.00 |
Included services: transportation, accommodation 1 night in Targu Jiu, tour guide, entrance fees at the above mentioned locations.
By request we shall book a professional wine tasting in Dragasani.
Lunch and dinner are not included! / Photo tax is not included!
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