The 13 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.Maramures in a nutshell

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 13 reviews · 9 hours (approx.) · from $180

Start from your Sighetu Marmatiei accommodation with Ioana for a private nine-hour journey through Maramures. Read the unusual tombstones at Merry Cemetery, visit UNESCO wooden churches and monasteries, meet village artisans, try traditional clothing, and enjoy a local lunch.

“This was one of the best tours we took in our 4 weeks in Europe. Ioana was very personable, friendly and was a wealth of knowledge. She shared many insights not only about things on the tour but living in Romania as well. Our lunch was fantastic at a local inn. I don't have enough positive adjectives in my vocabulary to describe how great this tour was. Merry Cemetery was so unique and we even got to meet the family who creates to tombstone.”

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6.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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7.A Journey Back in Time: Countryside from Transylvania and Maramures – 15 Days

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 7 reviews · from $4,585

Travel with guide George from Bucharest through Transylvania and Maramures on a private 15-day route. Expect castles, Saxon villages, wooden churches, local meals, rural stays, the Mocănița steam train, and the Transfagarasan Highway, with private transport, breakfasts, and most dinners included.

“There were three of us who did a 14 day tour with George. It was an incredible 14 days. George is a fantastic guide and driver. He is an expert on Romanian history and added interesting and valuable insights to all the places we visited. GeorgRead more”

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8.Your rendez-vous with Europe’s past: time-travel to Maramures, Transylvania

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 6 reviews · from $2,185

Travel from Bucharest through Sibiu, Alba Iulia, Cluj-Napoca, Maramures, Sighisoara, Brasov, Bran, and Sinaia with private guide Gelu and driver Vlad. Expect seven nights in 3-star superior hotels or guesthouses, breakfast, arranged admissions, village stays, and a flexible route.

“We had the pleasure of traveling with Gelu for 6 days through Wallachia, Transylvania, and Maramures and had an absolutely wonderful time. Gelu has a very warm and welcoming personality, always doing his best to make sure we were Read more”

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9.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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10.CJ03 – Day trip to Maramures Mocanita Train from Cluj Napoca

★★★★★★★★★★3.6 · 5 reviews · 10 hours · from $206

Travel from Cluj-Napoca to Vișeu de Sus in a small group of up to 10, then ride the Mocănița steam train through the Vaser Valley. Your English-speaking driver, including Florin when available, shares local stories while transport, road fees, parking, and train tickets are covered.

“EXCELLENT! this is a really peculiar experience not to be missed! with the train you will have the possibility to travel back time, in the last time steam train in Romania. the panorama is just amazing, through the valley and the Carpazi mountains. Special mention to Florin (the driver) which told me a lot about Romania and his stories and traditions. definitely recommend!”

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11.Two Day Tour to Maramures

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 5 reviews · 2 days · from $688

Travel from Cluj to Maramures with a local English-speaking guide such as Florin, Ilona, or Josif. Visit Breb, enter village homes, taste palinka, see woodcraft, wooden churches, the Merry Cemetery, and sleep in a traditional house.

“Florin, my guide, was a local boy from the Maramures. This made a huge difference in his knowledge of the area plus the access he had to local villagers. There's no mistaking Florin's passion for history and his people. There's a saying in Maramures that you'll never leave hungry. This is so true, the beautiful food is dished up in abundance. The visits to the wooden churches, the villagers, the Merry Cemetery and other stops are wonderful. I loved this trip. Overnight accommodation was modern and warm (we had a below zero night). Highly recommend”

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12.Maramures: 2 Days in Rural Romania

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 5 reviews · 2 days · from $493

Travel from Cluj into Maramureș with an English-speaking guide, visiting Surdești, Săpânța, Bogdan Vodă, local artists, and a pottery maker. Your trip includes two lunches, a countryside guesthouse, and a steam-train ride through the Vaser Valley. Guide Radu has earned praise for his history and culture knowledge.

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13.3 Day Tour of Maramures

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 4 reviews · 3 days (approx.) · from $763

Spend three days with a local guide such as Teo, visiting Maramures villages, wooden monasteries, craft workshops, and historic museums. You will meet weavers, potters, woodworkers, and farmers, with private transport, two nights in 3-star accommodation, breakfast, and entrance fees included.

“As a travel professional of 32 years in the US I have been blessed to travel to six of the seven continents and I would rank this tour in my top three favorite destinations . Our local professional guide, Teo was absolutely the best! What made this tour so spectacular was meeting the locals in their daily lives. This area is not a museum but real people living real lives. Without Teo’s insight as a native the experience would not have had the same impact. Due to his genuine concern for these people he has earned their respect and trust which by association was transferred to us. We were being…”

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