-DAY EXCURSION THE MAGIC OF CHRISTMAS FAIRS IASI – BUZAU

Day 1

Departure at 06:00 from Bucharest (Constitution Square, in front of the People’s House, large parking lot) on the route Bucharest – Buzau – Focsani – Barlad – Vaslui – Iasi. We will visit:
 – The Red House, the current Mihai Eminescu Center houses Eminescu’s masterpiece and almost everything written about the Star of Romanian Poetry until 2011. The building dates back to the late 19th century. The institution operates within the Stroe S. Belloescu Municipal Library and is open to the public free of charge.
 – The equestrian statue of Stefan cel Mare from Bacaoani erected in honor of the battle won by Prince Stefan cel Mare against the Ottoman Turks at the High Bridge.
 – Iasi Christmas Fair . Free time to walk among the houses with gingerbread, homemade chocolate and mulled wine in the city center. We will be able to admire the Christmas lights and the beautiful architecture of the Palace of Culture and the surrounding historical buildings.
Accommodation with dinner at Hotel Bucium 3* or similar in Iasi. 

Day 2

Breakfast. We will visit:
 – The Natura 2000 Site Burcel Mound and the Monastery of Stefan cel Mare and Saint . Here you can find an oak forest and a lot of unique plants in Romania such as: tartan, steppe iris, diditel and ruscuta. The name Burcel comes from one of the soldiers of Prince Stefan cel Mare who fought at Razboieni alongside the prince. On the same hill there is also a wooden hermitage, the Hermitage of the Holy Emperors, consecrated in 1997. Currently there are three cell buildings, an aghiasmatar carved in oak wood, a monastery under construction as well as a bust of Stefan cel Mare.
 – The Royal Court of Vaslui and the Royal Church  of St. John the Baptist (exterior view) is a medieval complex that dates back in its first phase to the time of Alexander the Good, then it will develop with the era of Stephen the Great, who also built the Church of St. John the Baptist after the Battle of the High Bridge.
 – The Alexandru Vlahuta Dragosloveni Memorial Museum  operates in a building built in Romanian architectural style, with a porch and porch. It reconstructs the specific atmosphere of the 19th century and includes: furniture, books from the own library, magazines of the time and objects that belonged to the writer Alexandru Vlahuta.  – Holy Trinity Monastery – Bulgar Bridge was founded by believers from the Ramnicu Sarat area in the 1940s of the last century. The wooden church was built between 1946 and 1948. The second church, dedicated to the Archangels Michael and Gabriel, was built between 1954 and 1955. The popular name of the monastery, the Bulgar’s Bridge, is based on a legend. It is said that in the area of ​​the current shrine, the road connecting Wallachia to Moldova passed through a large gorge. Travelers who crossed it were often robbed by robbers. A Bulgarian who settled in this place solved the problem by building a bridge over the gorge at his own expense, for which he charged a toll. It is also said that, before he died, the Bulgarian had a vision in which he was ordered to build a monastery here.   – Stop at the Christmas Fair in Buzau . Departure to Bucharest, arrival around 10:00 PM, depending on traffic.