Motorcycle Tour Romania: Carpathians & Danube Delta

The start of your Romania motorcycle tour takes you from the meeting point near Vienna across the Hungarian Puszta and Budapest to Oradea, known in German as Großwardein. Your luggage travels in the support vehicle, and your Romanian tour guide welcomes you for the overnight stay in Oradea.

Off the main roads, this Romania motorcycle tour crosses the Western Carpathians and a first beautiful mountain pass. In Salaj, the 'schnapps capital', a local family cooks lunch for you. Overnight in Cluj, Romania's lively second-largest city with over 2,000 years of history.

Crossing the Transylvanian hills and the old Saxon town of Bistrița, this Carpathian motorcycle tour reaches the famous Borgo Pass, where Count Dracula is said to have lived. Winding, recently paved mountain roads carry you on into monastery-rich Bukovina.

This Transylvania motorcycle tour continues across the Carpathians to the spectacular gorge at Bicaz and past the 'Killer Lake'. In the evening you reach Bran with its world-famous castle, which you'll visit tomorrow morning. Overnight stay in Bran, in the heart of Transylvania.

After visiting Bran Castle, THE 'Dracula Castle', this Romania round trip leaves the Carpathians behind and heads toward the Danube. Green forests give way to dry, almost desert-like landscapes on the way to your overnight stay near Braila.

Today's leg of your Romania round trip starts with a ferry crossing of the Danube, followed by a beautiful ride to the Danube Delta – your base for the next two nights. The hotel's pool and spa invite you to unwind after the day's ride.

On your rest day you swap the motorcycle for a boat: this Black Sea motorcycle tour break takes you through Europe's largest wetland with pelicans, herons and rare plant life, before an afternoon swim in the Black Sea. You then cruise back upstream to the hotel.

This on-road Romania motorcycle tour brings you to Bucharest in the afternoon. Right after checking in, a coach city tour begins, including a visit to the Palace of Parliament, one of the largest buildings in the world. Dinner in the old town, overnight in Bucharest.

Today brings one of Europe's most spectacular roads: the Transfagarasan, Romania's second-highest mountain road at 2,042 meters, with the glacial Balea Lake. This leg of your Carpathian motorcycle tour ends in Sibiu, 2007 European Capital of Culture and Transylvania's most beautiful cityscape.

After sightseeing in Sibiu, this Transalpina motorcycle leg crosses the Southern Carpathians on Romania's highest road, the Urdele mountain pass at 2,132 meters. Overnight in Targu Jiu, known for the UNESCO-listed works of sculptor Constantin Brâncuși.

A shorter but eventful day: passing Romania's oldest monastery, you reach Baile Herculane, once the favorite spa town of Empress Sisi. After the 'Dracula Castle' chapter of this motorcycle tour, a boat excursion on the Danube awaits, right on the border with Serbia.

This leg of your Transylvania motorcycle tour follows the Danube through the Banat region, past the remains of Ada Kaleh fortress, to Timisoara. The city was conquered by Prince Eugene and was the starting point of the 1989 Romanian Revolution. Last night in Romania.

Time to say goodbye to your new Romanian friends: this Romania motorcycle tour ends with the ride home to Vienna, solo or with the group. Anyone faster than the support vehicle simply carries their own luggage.