Day 1: Arrival in Bucharest
Check into your ***hotel in Bucharest, close to the train station and the center.
Day 2: Train to Monasteries 
After breakfast a short walk to the train station. Board the train and enjoy the 5 ½ h train journey to Suceava. On arrival transfer to Putna monastery where you will be received by Pater Isaac. Visit Putna monastery, the spiritual center of Romania. Accommodation in the ****guesthouse of the monastery (or ***guesthouse in the village).
Day 3: Putna – Sucevita
From Putna you take the old monastery path to Sucevita monastery. In summer, the forest is full of berries and wild mushrooms. The undercoat of emerald green on which the superb frescoes are painted (1596) gave the monastery the name ‘a Poem in Green and Light’. The iconostasis is supposed to be the most beautiful one in the country. Sacherverell Sitwell wrote in 1938: “The first view of the painted church of Sucevita is among the most impressive revelations of the Byzantine world”. The little museum house the most precious collection of medieval art in Moldavia. Including medieval embroidered portraits and an epitaph with 1000 pearls. Two nights in Sucevita. 5 h
Day 4: Moldovita and round walk Sucevita
A car takes you over the Ciumirna pass with astounding panoramic mountain views. Visit Moldovita monastery, famous for its warmth and brilliance of its frescoes. The blue undercoat for its tree of Jesse gave the monastery the name ‘a parchment dipped in blue color’. Very beautiful is the Ladder of Paradise, which has the ascetical mystic of John Klimakos as a theme and the depiction of the ancient philosophers. Maybe you meet Sister Tatiana (she speaks some English) who will show you around. The little museum contains, besides a priceless silver-cased Evangelistary presented by Catherine the Great of Russia, valuable icons and miniatures. Back in Sucevita you may have a round walk and enjoy the birds eye view upon the impressive, fortified monastery. 2 ½ h (or 1 ½ h)
Day 5: Voronet - Humor
Transfer to Voronet monastery. “Voronet-Blue” is the key word. Its superb frescoes gave it the name ‘the Sistine Chapel of the East’. Architecturally it combines Gothic and Byzantine features. Petru Comanescu still holds its truth: ”…here in the clear mellow light of those parts of the walls of the church seem to have stolen the sparking blue of the sky, the green of the trees and the pastures, the gold of the sun and the red of the flowers growing in the peasants gardens”. Walk up to the Obcina with good views over a valley and villages scattered around till you reach Humor. Humor monastery, which exudes friendliness and tranquil charm, is painted in warm blues, greens and reddish browns (from oriental madder pigment). One night in a very pleasant ***guesthouse in Humor. 4 ½ h
Day 6: Train transfer to Brasov and onto Bran
Transfer to Suceava and train to Brasov (8 ½ h). Transfer from train station to Bran for dinner and overnight.
Day 7: Bran – Moieciu
Today you visit the "Count Dracula Castle". It served as backstage for Roman Polanskis film ‘Dance of the Vampires’ and in former years the Romanian Queen Mary of Hohenzollern, the Granddaughter of Queen Victoria, as refuge and Salon.
Walk in the Bucegi with splendid views to the Craiului Mountains, first to the mountain village of Simon, known for its special smoked cheese. From Simon you walk to Moieciu village. Over night in Moeciu (****).  5 hrs
Day 8: Moieciu – Magura
From Moeciu walk to the shepherd village of Fundata, then towards the Piatra Craiului massif, the ‘Kings stone’ until you reach Magura. On your way you may see orchids, gentians, campanulas and endemic flowers like the ‘Carpathian Iris Little farms are scattered around over beautiful alpine pastures and meadows covered with wildflowers. You will stay one night in this most beautiful surroundings. 5 ½ hrs
Day 9: Magura – Zarnesti
Walk through the spectacular Prapastiile Zarnestilor gorge and up to the rustic Curmatura mountain hut where you may have a drink, then down to Zarnesti. You may see wall creeper, alpine swift and with some luck the tricky three toed wood pecker. Zarnesti once was made famous through a “Large Carnivore Project’. Overnight in a welcoming guesthouse in Zarnesti.  5 hrs
Day 10: Departure
Departure from the accommodations in Zarnesti. Best to take the train back to Bucharest (tickets not included).