I went to Romnia back in 2007 (and have a very long trip report on this forum somewhere). We had two full weekends and the 5 weekdays in between. We landed and departed from Bucharest. We did include Maramures as a one-night stop and we were really pushing it to get up there and back - our route was a loop, driving up through Bistrita and back through Cluj Napoca. The short time in Maramures left us longing for more. There is much to explore in Transylvania; I was absolutely obsessed with the fortified walled churches in the tiny villages.

To give you an idea, here was our itinerary:

Thursday, September 21- Friday, September 22
ATL to Bucharest via CDG (Hotel Rembrandt)

Saturday, September 23
Bucharest to Fagaras via train (Hotel Montana – 2 nights) (family roots near here)

Sunday, September 24
family events in Fagaras and village of Dridif

Monday, September 25
Fagaras to Sighisoara (Hotel Sighisoara)
meet guide,
driving route through Saxon Southern Transylvania:

-Cincsor
-Cincu
-Merghindeal
-Dealu Frumos
-Agnita
-Alma Vii
-Biertan


Tuesday, September 26
Sighisoara to Maramures, sleep at Badu Izei (home stay)

-Bistrita
-Salistea de Sus
-Ieud
-Barsana


Wednesday, September 27
Maramures to Cluj-Napoca (Hotel Onix)

-photo walk through village of our homestay (the highlight of the trip!)
-Sapanta
-Sighet
-Surdesti


Thursday, September 28
Cluj-Napoca to Sibiu (Hotel Imparatul Romanilor)

-Alba Iulia
-Rasinari


Friday, September 29
Sibiu to Brasov (Aro Palace Hotel)

-Carta
-Rasnov
-Bran


Saturday, September 30
Brasov to Bucharest (Hotel Rembrandt – 2 nights)

-Prejmer
-Harman

leave guide in Bucharest

Sunday, October 1
Bucharest

Monday, October 2
Bucharest to home

Renting a car is better than train, since you are planning a North to South trip, train takes quite long. We took a train from Bucharest to Brasov and rented a car there for our Transylvanian tour. The train takes 3-4 hours and it's a nice trip thorugh the mountains.