Tourist Guides and Excursions Romania

If you don't have a car or don't want to venture up the twists and turns of the Transfăgărașan, you can opt for the Balea bus. The Carpathian Travel Center charters a comfortable minibus three times a week (Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays) from July to early October, taking you from Sibiu to the Balea waterfall, or to the lake of the same name at 2,037 m altitude. You leave at 9 a.m. and return in the evening. The lake is the starting point for some spectacular hikes. Some can be done during the day.

A friendly French-speaking guide, Adela offers a variety of excursions, mainly day trips, tailor-made for the families or small groups of tourists who request her services: visiting Sighișoara or the Corvin castle in Hunedoara, discovering fortified Saxon churches, hiking in the Făgăraș mountains or vineyards, visiting and eating in a sheepfold, exploring the Romanian and Saxon villages around Sibiu... Not forgetting, of course, a visit to the city of Sibiu itself, focusing on its recent history.

Under the patronage of both Romanian President Klaus Iohannis, of Saxon origin, and German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, this foundation aims to safeguard Saxon fortified churches. In addition to carrying out programs to renovate and protect local heritage, the foundation can also provide you with valuable information and contacts, and even organize seminars, excursions and tailor-made guided tours.

This French-speaking operator offers guided tours of the city, on foot or by car, which will make you discover its monuments, but also its gastronomy and its history. It offers car rental and full tourist assistance (airport reception, accommodation booking...). Excursions from one to ten days to the painted monasteries of Bucovina, the citadels and monasteries of Neamț, the vineyards of the region and of the Republic of Moldova, but also to Transylvania and the Danube Delta are offered, with a guide or on your own.

Specializing in private guided tours of the capital and its surroundings, this agency, run by a Franco-Romanian couple, Alina and Benjamin, offers various tours: introductory visit, Jewish heritage, communist heritage, hidden Bucharest... The team, friendly, attentive and very competent, is strong to personalize each visit, as close as possible to your centers of interest. You can also request a tailor-made tour. As far as language is concerned, no worries: the guides are perfectly French-speaking. There are also tours in English and Italian.

Romania's wealth of wildlife is exceptional. The Carpathian forests are home to Europe's largest populations of bear, lynx, wolf and bison. There are still areas of primary forest, and the country is also a birdwatcher's paradise (Danube delta). Contrées Sauvages offers holidays to discover this wild destination in the company of exceptional guides, such as Norbert, a wildlife photographer specializing in bears, and P., a naturalist guide and ornithologist of the Danube delta.