GS Discovery
BMW Motorcycle Tour Romania | 3 days riding / 5 days vacation | Dates in 2024 season | 23 May - 27 May | 13 June - 17 June | 18 July - 22 July | 08 August - 12 August | 12 September - 16 September | Dates in 2025 season | Not decided yet | Riding hours: 5 to 7 | Tour Grading: Basic | Total distance: 700 km | Average km per Day: 230 km | Nearest airport: Sibiu | Start/Finish: Sibiu | Rest Day: no rest day | Riding Days: 3 | Highlights / Details | • Best of Carpathians. | • Romantic villages untouched by modern life. | • Best small roads, tracks, sightseeing of mountains. | • World famous Transfagarasan Road. | • Strong touch of Transylvanian traditions and cuisine. | • Sibiu – the heath of Transylvania. | • Meet the real, unspoiled history of the land. | ||
Included services | • Experienced multilingual Guide on motorcycle. | • Fuel for rented motorcycles. | • BMW Mechanic on spot. | • Back up motorcycle. | • Wi-Fi during the entire trip. | • Comprehensive vehicle insurance for motorcycles. | • Third party liability insurance for motorcycles. | • Support van for luggage transportation and space for passengers during the entire tour. | • 4-5 stars Hotel accommodation in double bedded room (4 nights). | • All accommodations with breakfast. | • All lunches (non alcoholic drinks). | • 2 dinners (non alcoholic drinks). | • Official GS Explorer Transylvania riders pack. | • Airport transfer (Sibiu Airport). | Services not included | • All services not mentioned as included. | • Single room occupancy. | • Airplane tickets. |
• The “GS Discovery Tour” takes you in the most remote areas of Transylvania where the life looks like frozen in time, where bikes must avoid the caws walking slowly on the road, where the locals will be happy to have you as a special guest and friend. • You’ll admire the landscape, the traditional houses and the romantic saxon villages, with their fortified churches. • Biertan fortified church world UNESCO Heritage site. • Cathedral Curtea de Arges - Masterpiece of the Romanian medieval architecture, made famous by the myth of creation described in the immortal ballad of master Manole - orthodox Church was built between 1512-1517. • Transfagarasan Famous Pass – Is according to Top Gear:” The most beautiful road in the world”. • Balea Lake – A glacier lake inside the mountains at 2034 m altitude. • The villages from Marginimea Sibiului - ancient shepherd settlements. The oldest settlement, Rasinari, dates from 1204. Here you will find people dressed up in their wonderful folk costumes, still passing on the genuine shepherd traditions from father to son. • The Sureanu Mountains - a massive water castle, a metaphor to describe the numerous underground and surface bodies of water crisscrossing the mountain. Among the surface ones, two are most worthy of note: the natural Sureanu lake and the man-made Oasa Reservoir. • Take a dive into the fantastic realm of Transylvania and admire the forgotten villages and the daily rural life. • Old City of Sibiu – An historical city designated in 2007 the “European Capital of Culture“. • The Village Museum – One of the most beautiful museums in Romania. |
Tour Dates | Tour Status | |
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23 May 2024 - 27 May 2024 |
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13 June 2024 - 17 June 2024 |
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18 July 2024 - 22 July 2024 |
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8 August 2024 - 12 August 2024 |
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12 September 2024 - 16 September 2024 |
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