Price 70EUR (on-site price 80EUR)
Price: 70.00 EUR/pax
An optional Congress dinner will be held at the Hanu Berarilor (Brewery Inn) - a place that you can rarely find in Bucharest today, a place where you can taste the best dishes along with the best beer.
If you want to have fun - the Inn is a must, so do not hesitate in booking your ticket to the dinner.
The ticket can be purchased at 50 euro/person.
Delegates who have confirmed and prepaid their participation will receive the ticket for this Congress dinner with the registration package.
Dress code - casual
Come and join us at the spectacular dinner at Cortina Club with a multitude of special dishes (international and traditional Romanian) and an entertaining social program. Cortina Club is about 30 km away from Bucharest, idyllically located in the beautiful country side of Corbeanca. The location's garden has been specially designed by a famous Romanian landscapist architect, Virgil Isacescu in order to be green, exuberant and attractive throughout the year, regardless of the snow or the extreme heat. A limited number of seats available!! Registration for gala Dinner will be made on first come, first served basis!
Price: 100.00 EUR/pax LOCATION: CLUB CORTINA, CORBEANCAJune 25, 2010
Th e waters of the Danube, which fl ow into the Black Sea, form the largest and best preserved of Europe’s deltas - Th e Danube Delta (Delta Dunarii). Th e Danube Delta is home to more than 300 migratory and permanent bird species; 160 kinds of fi sh that include caviar-bearing sturgeon and 800 plant families. Th is wetlands preserve covers more than 1,678,000 acres (2,622 sq. miles) comprising channels and canals widening into tree-fringed lakes, reed islands, numerous lakes and marshes, oak forests intertwined with lianas and creepers, desert dunes and traditional fi shermen villages. On this tour package you will discover the best of the Danube Delta’s bird watching. Th e birds are those who created Danube Delta’s fame, known, from the beginning of the century, as an avian paradise. Th e delta of the Danube River represents one of the last natural paradises in Europe, a network of channels, lakes, and lushly vegetated forests. It is home to a fascinating mix of cultures and people – and a huge diversity of birds, presided over by the greatest of them all, the pelican.
Among the most picturesque treasures of Romania are the painted churches located in Bucovina, many of which are protected by UNESCO as part of humankind’s world heritage. Th ese richly decorated houses of worship are “albums” of fresco art that have survived the elements since the 15th century. Th e Voronet Monastery Church in Bucovina, founded in 1488 by Stephen the Great, is widely known throughout Europe as “the Sistine Chapel of the East,” because of its interior and exterior wall paintings, which off er an abundance of blue-chromatic frescoes featuring a color that has come to be known as Voronet blue. Th e frescoes of this church and many other painted churches in the Bucovina region illustrate biblical scenes, prayers, episodes of sacred hymns and themes such as Th e Last Judgment and Th e Ladder of St. John, all variously featuring the colorful and detailrich imagery of apostles, evangelists, philosophers, martyrs, angels and demons. Beside their vivid frescoes the painted monasteries are famous for the original way of depicting beliefs or events: Sucevita with its unique “Ladder of Virtue”; Humor, featuring the devil amusingly depicted as a woman, and Moldovita, where a monumental scene of the Siege of Constantinopol is displayed. Frescoes, surely, and unquestionably religious, but in northeastern Romania’s Bucovina region, the “big fi ve” painted monasteries greatest treasures aren’t hidden behind closed doors. Instead, they cover the exterior walls, eaves to ground, ready to overwhelm viewers at fi rst glimpse. Th ey’ve been doing just that for some 500 years.
Departure for Horezu, passing through Ramnicu Valcea. Th e name of this town is connected to the Horezu ceramics which are known and appreciated in 25 countries. Th e skill of its inhabitants in the art of clay moulding is recognized through a traditional event called “Th e Horez Cook”, taking place in Horezu every year. Th e Horezu Monastery is the best and complete Brancovean ensemble in the whole country. Th e establishment founded by the ruler Constantin Brancoveanu, between 1690-1693 has a rich collection of religious objects, some of them dating back to its foundation. Visit the Polovragi monastery. Built in 1648, it has paintings dating from the Constantin Brancoveanu’s epoch; it is located nearby the gorge Polovragi, drained by an Olt affl uent, the Oltet River, in the limestone massif of Polovragi. A must for all art lovers is a visit to Targu Jiu on the banks of the River Jiu. Th is former market town is closely associated with Constantin Brancusi, considered by many to be the father of modern sculpture. While most of his works are on display in prestigious museums throughout the world, his trilogy of public sculptures, Th e Table of Silence (Masa Tacerii), Th e Gate of the Kiss (Poarta Sarutului) and Th e Endless Column (Coloana Infi nitului) can be admired at the Constantin Brancusi sculptural complex in downtown Targu Jiu. Nearby in Hobita, the birthplace of Constantin Brancusi, you can visit the house in which the sculptor spent his childhood; it now houses a small museum dedicated to the master. Th e house preserves the original architecture and accessories (the bed, the cellar and the well). Th e village is also home to the national sculpture camp “Brancusiana”. Lunch included. Return for Bucharest.
Departure from Bucharest. Arrival in Brasov, visit the city center by foot. Fringed by the peaks of the Southern Carpathian Mountains and resplendent with gothic, baroque and renaissance architecture, as well as a wealth of historical att ractions, Brasov is one of the most visited places in Romania. Stroll around the old Town Hall Square (Piata Sfatului) where you can admire colorfully painted and ornately trimmed baroque structures. Take a peek inside the Black Church (Biserica Neagra), the largest gothic church in Romania. Its name derives from damage caused by the Great Fire of 1689, when fl ames and smoke blackened its walls. Th e interior is impressive and well-kept and houses one of the largest organs in Eastern Europe. Lunch in Brasov. Arrival in Poiana Brasov. Poiana Brasov is a mountaintop ski and summer resort. During winter months, Poiana Brasov off ers some of the best skiing in Romania. In the summer, it is a great place for hikers to launch treks into the Southern Carpathian Mountains. For a panoramic view of Brasov and the more distant Bucegi Mountains, take the cable car to the summit of Postavarul Mountain. Return to Bucharest.
Arrival in Bran, visit the Castle and its surroundings. Th is fortifi ed medieval castle, oft en referred to as Dracula’s Castle, was built in 1377 to protect nearby Brasov from invaders. It also served as a customs station. Bran is home to a rich collection of Romanian and foreign furniture and art items from the 14th-19th Centuries. Th e castle sits high atop a 200 ft . tall rock overlooking the picturesque village of Bran. On the grounds below there is an open-air ethnographic museum of old village buildings with exhibits of furniture, household objects and costumes. Visit Rasnov Fortress. In Râ?nov a citadel was built around the year 1215 by the Teutonic Knights and it was mentioned for the fi rst time in 1331. Th e citadel was conquered only once in its history, around the year 1600 by Gabriel Báthory. Lunch in Brasov.
The tour includes 2 visits, at the Village Museum and the Parliament Palace(*. Other att ractions included in the city tour are: the Free Press House, Th e Triumph Arch, Grigore Antipa Museum, the Romanian Peasant Museum, Victoria Palace, George Enescu National Museum, the Art Collection Museum, Romanian Athenaeum, the Royal Palace, Cismigiu Park, Military Academy, Botanic Garden, Cotroceni Palace (the house of the current president). Th e Parliament Palace(* currently holds three records homologated by the Guinness Book of World Records: for the largest civilian administrative building, the heaviest building and the most expensive administrative building. It was designed by Ceau?escu’s regime as the seat of political and administrative power. Its initial offi cial name was House of the People.
Sightseeing tour of Bucharest, with stops at the Village Museum. Founded by royal decree in 1936, this fascinating outdoor museum, the largest in Europe, covers some 30 acres on the shores of Lake Herastrau in Herastrau Park. It features a collection of 50 buildings representing the history and design of Romania’s rural architecture. Steep-roofed peasant homes, thatched barns, log cabins, churches and watermills from all regions of the country were carefully taken apart, shipped to the museum and rebuilt in order to recreate the village sett ing. Th roughout the year, the Village Museum hosts special events where you will have a chance to witness folk artisans demonstrating traditional skills in weaving, pott ery and other craft s. Folk arts and craft s are available at the museum gift shop. Th e tour includes the Romanian Athenaeum, a concert hall from the 19th century with aspects of a Greek temple. It was built in record time due to popular contribution, and became the center of music and the national symbol of the Romanian culture, and is the home of the Romanian fi rst symphony orchestra. Th e tour will also stop at the Cotroceni Palace(*, the residence of the President of Romania, reopened to the public since 1991. Th e Cotroceni Palace also houses the Cotroceni National Museum, which features a rich collection of medieval art.
Departure for a panoramic sightseeing of Bucharest and continue with the visit of Mogosoaia Palace and Tiganesti Monastery. Mogosoaia Palace Mogosoaia Palace was built by Wallachian Prince Brancoveanu, between 1698 and 1702 as a summer residence for his family and an inheritance for his son Stefan. It is considered to be among the country`s finest examples of Brancoveanu architecture. Built within a large court and surrounded by a lake and oak forests, the Palace’s main feature is a traditional balcony that winds around the front façade. The Tiganesti Monastery Established in 1780, the main church was built in 1812 by the boyar Radu Golescu. It is famous for its workshop where the nuns make artistic embroideries used to adorn churches and also sacerdotal clothes. The monastery also has a small museum.
Sightseeing tour of Bucharest with stops at the Romanian Peasant’s Museum, with its impressive collection of pott ery, traditional costumes, and hand-made textiles, handcrafts, religious objects and painted icons. Th e tour includes a visit to Curtea Veche Museum, located in the very center of town, with its narrow and picturesque streets still named aft er ancient artisans’ guilds: Blanarilor (Furriers’) Street; Selarilor (Saddlers’) Street.
