15 Best Castles in Romania
Castles are one of the most prominent national monuments in Romania and some are so widely recognized that their fame echoes around the world. These are, of course, the castles …
Castles are one of the most prominent national monuments in Romania and some are so widely recognized that their fame echoes around the world. These are, of course, the castles …
Romania’s capital and largest city is a lively and entertaining place to visit, with a vibrant culture that’s been on the rise ever since the country’s communist dictatorship fell from …
If this intoxicating city in the Southern Carpathians has a German air there’s a good reason. In the Middle Ages Brașov was developed and settled by Saxons invited to settle …
A city that demands to be experienced on foot, Sibiu in southern Transylvania is home to Romania’s largest German minority. On a slope with intricate rings of fortifications, the city …
A city loaded with history and culture, Suceava was the throne of the Medieval Principality of Moldavia until the 1565. You can step inside the churches where the princes were …
The story of this thrilling Transylvanian town begins in the 12th century when the King of Hungary invited Saxon merchants to move to the region. Sighișoara soon became a place …
A dynamic and youthful university city, the capital of Transylvania is Romania’s second most populous urban centre. True to Transylvania’s Saxon background, Cluj-Napoca is endowed with Gothic wonders like the …
In the last northern outcrops of the Poiana Ruscă mountains, Deva sits at the base of an extinct volcano crowned with the ruins of a fortress. These stone walls have …
Capital of the Banat region in western Romania, Timișoara will forever by known for the Romanian Revolution in 1989. This was where street protests among the Hungarian minority descended into …
A city of culture in a constant state of flux, Bucharest has been shaped by earthquakes, war and the whims of a dictator. And now in the middle of a …