Transylvania Trail - Romania

Katerina who has been on 2 In The Saddle rides. Beautiful scenic trail and a real step back in time. | I enjoyed that we got to ride through all the gaits. There were lots of canters and these got longer throughout the week. The ground was too soft at the start of the week which did slow down our first day or two, but couldn't be helped. I would have enjoyed more galloping and not always in an orderly line. Sometimes the horses want to have more fun too!
The route had to be changed from that of the itinerary due to them having some sick horses. We missed day one and did an extra centre based ride instead. It didn't really affect anything and there was genuine reasons behind it. Personally, I preferred the days which were point to point.
I loved seeing some of the old towns in Transylvania.
When we were riding in nature, we didn't once see a single sole. The feeling of remoteness was lovely.

Do you have any comments about the accommodation and food?

The food was very, very meat heavy. A lot more then I'm used to. If I went again, I'd be tempted to be a vegetarian.
I was worried about the packed lunches not being enough but actually it was totally fine and I really liked sitting down to eat my little box in the middle of nowhere.

How could we improve the quality of pre-holiday information that we send?

Honestly, it's all great. This is what puts In The Saddle ahead of other agencies I have been with previously.

How could we improve the way we handled your booking and payment?

The company had shortened name rather then my full name. I did correct them and it is only a small thing. These days I much prefer my longer name.

Do you have any other feedback for us?

It was a really nice week. We were blessed being a group of only 6 and everyone was very competent riders.
Due to the horses having previously had a virus and not being very well, we changed the horses throughout the week a few times. I rode 3 different horses. One of them (a mare names Baccara) they have only had since March. She was a bit of a handful but I really enjoyed it and they judged that well.
Our guide Anne was very sweet and kind. I also really enjoyed that horse handling. Trusted to catch the horses, tack up, groom them etc, it was nice to do it all.