Mara Ilie

Historian and city guide

Saxon Transylvania and the fortified church network. Brings the archive photographs.

Guides are not booked individually. We assign whoever knows that ground and season best, and tell you who it is when we confirm.

Days Mara leads

Cultural & Historic

Brașov

Bran and Râșnov without the vampire nonsense — the actual border history, told properly.

7 hEasyMax 12Ages 6+

Pickup from your Brașov accommodation

Private groups

Tell us your dates and we will confirm

Cultural & Historic

Viscri and the Saxon villages

Two or three villages in a day, with the people who still hold the keys. Lunch is at a farm, not a restaurant.

8 hEasyMax 8Ages 5+

Pickup from your Brașov accommodation

Private groups

Tell us your dates and we will confirm

Cultural & Historic

Sighișoara

A citadel people still live in. The clock tower, the covered stair and a Saxon village on the way back.

9 hEasyMax 10Ages 6+

Pickup from your Brașov accommodation

Private groups

Tell us your dates and we will confirm

Cultural & Historic

Sibiu

A long drive each way — around two and a half hours in each direction — and a full afternoon in the old town.

11 hEasyMax 8Ages 10+

Pickup from your Brașov accommodation, early start

Private groups

Tell us your dates and we will confirm