Romania

Unique tradition, wonderful landscapes and virgin forests along with friendly and open people, Romania makes a great place to visit and once visited, you're surely coming back!

A few years ago if you had asked someone where Romania was they would have said, "I don't know". These days almost everybody has heard in one way or another of this small country, what they don't know is that Romania is a great place to come if you want to experience things in a more laid back fashion. In Romania you can hike, visit the Black sea, the monasteries or just find out about the Romanian culture.

Transylvania

Transylvania is the place that sparks the imagination: Dracula, dark spooky castles, mountains covered in mist...well Transylvania does have all that and more.
Ok, ok maybe there isn't a real Dracula that drinks everybody's blood, but there was a Vlad Tepes that ruled his people with an iron fist. It is from him that the Dracula legends came from.

Brasov is the place to go if you are interested in seeing monuments dating back to the 14th century, there are the Black Churches and a, "must see" is "Castelul Bran", the castle where the prince Vlad Tepes lived and reigned.

Also while you are in the area make sure you visit the "Peles Palace", it was built in 1883 by King Carol.

The Peles Palace was built in a sophisticated architecture and it is right at the foot of the mountains that gives the place a story like landscape.

Another place of interest in Transylvania is Sighisoara , this town is one of the oldest medieval cities in all of Europe! Cobblestone streets, ancient towers and secret passages, Sighisoara has them all!

Wherever you chose to go in Transylvania you can be sure to find people still living in their traditional ways, you will get to see people dress in the traditional clothing and you will get to eat homemade cheese and traditional food. What more could a person want?

Maramures

No place in the world can compare to this small corner of Romania (in the north of the country); people have kept their traditions for generations, and this truly is a place where change comes with scant steps. The best time of year to come to Maramures is either in the winter or the spring.

During the winter holidays, people dress up in big sheepskin costumes (as a popular tradition of the place)and wear big ugly masks representing different animals, now these costumes have big bells on them and the men run up and down the streets making the bells ring. In December, in Sighet (a small town of the county), all the different people, with their costumes, come from the surrounding villages celebrating and having fun with different contest in town. If you want to see something unique, this is the place to come!

During the spring, especially around Easter, you can see people in their colorful, traditional clothes taking baskets of food to the priest to be blessed. The churches in Maramures are usually very big with huge bell towers in them, to call everybody to church on Sundays.

In Sapanta, a village near Sighet, is the "Cimitirul Vessel", or the "Merry Cemetery"; in this cemetery all the headstones have poems or short stories about the people buried there. This is the only place in the world where you can find something like that!

The Black Sea

If you like the sea, go to the Black Sea! Huge expanses of golden sand for sunbathing, beautiful water and gorgeous florae and fauna. There are places to go all up and down the coast where you can find good hotels and just nice spots for vacation.

The Danube Delta

People that went to wonderful and famous places all around the world claim that The Danube Delta is a place they will never forget. This gorgeous landscape is formed by Danube River after a 2860 Km of flowing from Germany to the Black Sea. The river, in its course, gathers the tributary streams from 10 different countries, and no wonder that at its final, it covers a surface of 2681 square kilometers, and it is increasing every year with 40 m because of the 67 million tones of alluvial deposits brought by the river. If you go there, you will be surprised by over 1200 different species of plants and trees, more than 300 species of birds, which is the richest collection from all Europe, and 100 types of fish.

This natural reservation is unique in whole Europe! If you want to see nature in its beauty, there is the place to go. Many other places are waiting for you to visit. Virgin woods and spots that will make you feel one with nature.

With friendly people and a whole lot of locations to see and enjoy, Romania has something for everybody and that makes it a great place to visit!