{"id":6335,"date":"2019-08-17T18:52:28","date_gmt":"2019-08-17T18:52:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eco-romania.ro\/eco-destinations\/medieval-transylvania-heritage-cycling-tour-2\/"},"modified":"2024-08-05T14:01:40","modified_gmt":"2024-08-05T11:01:40","slug":"medieval-transylvania-heritage-cycling-tour-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eco-romania.ro\/en\/transylvanian-highlands\/medieval-transylvania-heritage-cycling-tour-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Medieval Transylvania Heritage Cycling Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"

Medieval Transylvania Heritage Cycling Tour<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>
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Around 300 km by bike in 8 days in Saxon Transylvania. Local culinary experience, crafts, wine and organic cheese tasting experience in 8 days to discover the Saxon legacy, the culture and the traditions of this Medieval Area. Rides across traditional Saxon villages, part of the \u201cNatura 2000\u201d European Union\u2019s protected area. This guided tour takes you along country roads and pastoral landscapes far from the crowded routes, on flat terrain, unpaved country trails, up and downhill trails enjoying the incredible Transylvanian scenery. You will experience seven or eight wonderful cycling days mixed with an extraordinary culinary and cultural experience. You will pass historic architecture, preserved since the Middle Ages. You will visit UNESCO World Heritage fortified churches, castles, remote villages, and even the medieval city of Sibiu, named the Cultural Capital of Europe in 2007. The landscape is a mosaic of oak and beech forests, rich meadows and pastures. The small Transylvanian villages centered on fortified churches are still keeping the same level of civilization.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>