The 6 Best Maramures Tours

1.Maramures best, full day tour from Cluj

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 33 reviews · 12 to 13 hours (approx.) · from $177Our pick

Travel from Cluj-Napoca into rural Maramures with guide Geta or another English-speaking guide. Visit two UNESCO-listed wooden churches, eat lunch with a local family in Breb, see Sapanta’s Merry Cemetery, and enter a traditional village home. Expect a small group, private transport, and a very long day.

“It was an amazing tour, we got to visit lots of spots in Maramures and Geta is a superb guide, highly recommended!”

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2.Classic Romania Tour – small group in 8 days: Transylvania and Maramures

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 22 reviews · from $2,339

Travel by private car or minivan with an English-speaking guide through Bucharest, Transylvania, and Maramureș. You’ll see Bran and Peleș castles, Sibiu, Sighișoara, Viscri, Turda Salt Mine, wooden churches, and local villages. Guide Valentin Val Nan is available for a personal, flexible experience.

“Our guide Valentin Val Nan was extremely knowledgeable, pleasant, courteous, and considerate. He accommodated some changes to the schedule that we suggested, including visits to Konstanza and Histria. Val made our trip to beautiful Romania memorable. We plan to use Viator in the future and recommend the company to anyone--Michele and George”

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3.Maramures Day Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 19 reviews · 13 hours · from $189

Travel from Cluj with guide Geta into traditional Maramureș. Visit the tall wooden church at Surdesti, another UNESCO church, a preserved village, and Sapanta’s Merry Cemetery. A local family serves lunch, while private or small-group options keep the 13-hour day personal.

“The best tour in Romania! Gita was an excellent guide, very knowledgeable, very friendly and welcoming. We enjoyed everything - the site seeing, lovely people in Maramures, tasty lunch. It was just perfect! Highly recommended tour! Worth every penny! Thank you ❤️”

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4.The Best of Maramures in One Day

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 16 reviews · 7 to 9 hours (approx.) · from $156Best value

Join local guide Teo for a private 7 to 9 hour tour from Sighetu Marmatiei. Visit the Merry Cemetery, Sapanta-Peri’s 75-meter wooden church, Barsana Monastery, the Communist Resistance Memorial, and working water mills.

“Our guide, Teo, was excellent. He has spent years learning this area to explain to visitors. He is beyond just a guide, more of an expert on his region. We enjoyed it very much.”

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5.Two days tour to Maramures: local experiences and culture

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 9 reviews · from $685

Travel privately from Cluj-Napoca to Breb and beyond with an English-speaking guide such as Florin or Ilona Farkas. You’ll visit the Merry Cemetery, wooden churches, artisan homes, traditional whirlpools, and forest viewpoints, with meals and a cottage stay included.

“Our guide Florin was on time and very knowledgeable about the history of Romania and buildings. The hotel we stayed (Veronica’s) was comfortable and their food was excellent.”

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6.Maramures Activ Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 6 reviews · 5 days (approx.) · from $1,072

Tudor and Manuela of Curly Guide Tours take you from Cluj-Napoca into northern Romania for five days of hiking, horseback riding, local food, wooden churches, the Mocanita steam train, and family-run guesthouses. Expect a private, active trip with airport pickup, air-conditioned transport, and English guidance.

“It’s been definitely one of our best travel experiences in Romania! We spent two days in a lovely Maramures region. We learned about regional traditions, did some beautiful hiking, tasted local food and spent a night at a very friendly guesthouse. It was our second time travelling with Curly Guide tours and as usual everything was very well planned and organised by Tudor and Manuela, highly recommend this tour!”

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