ブコビナ絵画修道院＆トランシルバニアツアー：4日プライベート

Superlative ! Toni our guide and owner of Crafted Tours of Romania is the best one could ask for.

We visited Romania in August, 2024 and again in May, 2025 using Toni Tatar's company both times. We found this company amazing to work with. Toni is very professional, knowledgeable, kind, thorough, and an absolute joy to spend time with. He knows Romania inside and out and made it's history come alive for us. We stayed at lovely hotels that were incredibly reasonable and ate at the most delicious restaurants with high quality food that was very affordable. There was no detail that was left to chance and we were in very capable hands. We learned so much about this beautiful country, it's welcoming and friendly people, and their very complicated history. We took the Transylvania in-depth tour that included beautiful old castles, lovely and quaint historic old cities, Roman ruins, and beautiful drives through the Romanian countryside. This tour also included the most stunning mountainous drive over Transfagarasan Road . This is a spectacular drive that should not be missed. It has lots of hairpin curves, bridges, tunnels, lakes and wild brown bears! We also took the Painted Monasteries of Bucovina and Transylvania Tour. The Monasteries are filled with frescoes that are well preserved masterpieces of religious art that are over 500 years old. It is a history lesson and I found it to be a spiritual experience as well. This is an awesome tour! If you are fortunate enough to visit Romania make sure you contact Crafted Tours Romania to be your trusted guide/friend for an adventure of a lifetime. This will be one decision you will never regret. Happy and safe travels!!

We went on a great adventure with Marius!! We rode in a comfortable, new Van. The painted monasteries were beautiful inside and out. Everyone of them was special! Marius was so helpful when most of us got ill. Our rooms were very nice and our meals were delicious.

Marius gave us a wonderful tour of the many painted monasteries in northern Romania. He designed the tour to enable us to see the differences in the 15th century monasteries designed by Stephan I and his followers as well as a new monastery freshly painted. We could see restoration in action of the stunning buildings, every inch painted inside and out and the difference between artists and artisans. He taught us about the art, history and religion of the area, his passion contagious. We also thoroughly enjoyed the painted egg museum. Marius was extremely knowledgeable and worked to ensure we saw the most each day without overdoing it. And he was over the top in helping one of us go to the emergency room for a respiratory illness, researching where best to go and park, masterfully navigating the medical system, staying until far after midnight and awakening in the early morning to assist and then taking us on a full day of touring as if he weren’t up half the night and as if it were nothing. The touring van was spacious, air conditioned and most comfortably and the accommodations lovely and very comfortable, 5 star. Words cannot convey how impressive and fun Marius and his tour were.

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Toni did an excellent job. He was a pleasant traveling companion. He did everything to make the trip enjoyable for me.

We visited 3 monasteries. They say they are the Sistine chapel of the East and are painted in detail and very well preserved. Peace is in the area. In addition the enclave is spectacular. You must visit and also see and know the Orthodox religion more closely. Although we weren’t asked to wear a covered head, you do have to go with trousers or long skirt to access the grounds.

Lovely monastery. Impressive how the nuns have preserved it. A wonder. For those who like photos. You have to pay a receipt of 10 Lei (exchange is approx. 2€) if you want to take pictures of the outside. It's worth it. Inside they are not allowed.