7 days – Exclusive slow travel experience of Szeklerland, Transylvania’s best kept secret.
it is about You, pursuing a quiet, but worthwhile slow week
it is about escape from every day stress
it is about discovering deeply the szekler village way of life
it is a lesson about village people and their crafts
it is about changing the pace for a week
it is about discovering and cooking traditional food recipes
it is about homemade food, about enthusiastic producers
it is about roving into the harmony between nature and people
it is about observing, feeling, touching the untouched: natural secrets of Szeklerland
it is about doing the crafts, learning the artisan attitude
it is about discovering, mining, grinding Szeklerland’s only gemstone, the Corund Aragonite and polishing your own bijou of it
it is about unveiling the secrets of traditional photo making in a 100 year old photo studio
it is about discovering the priceless natural gift of Szeklerland: mineral waters and mofette
it is about You, going home much more rich, as you came
Exclusive Szekler Village Getaway includes:
Airport transfer both on arrival and departure from/to any Romanian or Hungarian airport
snacks, coffee, sandwiches and lunch on the road to/from airports
6 overnights at a **** traditional village mansion, Molnos Kuria
buffet breakfast at the mansion
6 fine á la carte dinners in different gourmet restaurants
7 days fully dedicated guide
7 days of activities
1 visit with tasting at local cheese maker farm
1 fried trout lunch at local freshwater trout farm
2 do-it-yourself cooking experience with lunch
every day homemade szekler chimney cake as delicatessen
1 visit to a peat bog, home of berries, insect eating flowers and 1000 year old trees
1 visit to a local mushroom producer, tasting included
1 visit to a local wild berry jam and syrup producer, tasting included
1 tour with horse drawn cart on the scarce farmland of Valea lui Pavel
1 guided visit to a pottery workshop in Corund, the biggest pottery center of Europe.
1 guided visit to a bio certified beekeeper, where we will learn about the super-organism of bee hive, of course honey tasting included
1 guided visit to a tinder (amadou) workshop, a rare craft operated by only 6 families. Just to get an idea of the amadou products, take a look in our web-shop menu.
1 guided visit to a traditional weaver workshop
1 walking day focused on the szekler gemstone, the Aragonite of Corund, which includes treasure hunting, mining, Museum visiting, bathing and experimental do-it-yourself aragonite grinding and polishing your own bijou by your own hand.
1 biking day visiting the country’s only one Straw hut Museum (learning by doing the straw weaving), then visiting a traditional gypsy basket weaver where we will learn by doing the willow basket art&craft.
experimental do-it-yourself pottery workshop. You can keep your product as memory.
1 car driven day focusing on post volcanic phenomena. Visit and taste of different mineral water springs, rare cold water geyser in Chirui, the unique volcanic St. Ana Lake and Balvanyos area with natural jacuzzi, Sulphurous Cave mofette, Bath of Apor Sisters.
1 visit to a certified traditional palinka (fruit brandy) distillery, tasting of 7 brandy type included.
1 visit to a 100 year old photo studio where you discover the traditional photo making process
bear watching in the untouched wilderness forests of Szeklerland, in their own habitat
visit to biggest underground salt mine of Romania, and the European rarity Salt Canyon
Person/Group Price/person in Euro
3 – 5 pers 2100
6 – 9 pers 1700
10 – 14 pers 1550
Single supplement 240 EUR.
In the case, you would like to enjoy the getaway in a couple only, please contact us for pricing.
We offer this holiday at fixed starting dates as follows:
May 19-25, 2020
June 2-8, 2020
June 10-16, 2020
September 4-10, 2020
Sept 30 – October 6, 2020
We encourage You to fill up the contact form, let us know more about your plans! Alternative departure dates can be fixed on request.
Advance booking required. Upon booking this trip, we request a 20% deposit, refundable until 30 days before the trip.
Preffered group size is 4 to 14 persons. We are happy if you arrive just as a couple, but you have to dedicate some extra resources. Thanks for understanding. If your group size increases, the price suffers unbeatable discounts. Please check the prices!
We guide in English, German, Hungarian and Romanian.
