Timisoara

TIMISOARA

Tourists often, though wrongly, bypass Timisoara (in Hungarian, Temesvar, in German Temeschburg). The fourth largest city in Romania (334 thousand. residents), with open-air cafes and impressive buildings from the Habsburg era at …

Baile Felix

BAILE FELIX

The famous spa town of Baile Felix, open all year round, lies 8 km southeast of Oradei. People come here, to splash in the pools and soak up the sun, which is accompanied by a lot of noise in the summer. …

Bucegi Mountains

BUCEGA MOUNTAINS

Bucegi Mountains, which, in terms of tourist routes, easily compete with the Tatra Mountains, is a paradise for avid travelers, who want to work on their form before more difficult expeditions. A network of marked trails makes, it's hard to get lost here, majority …

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This very famous ski resort is situated in the narrow throat of the Prahova River valley in high altitude 800-930 m n.p.m., at the foot of the Bucegi mountains covered with fir trees.

Already in the 17th century. a monastery was built here, but the town only became fashionable thanks to the king …

Poiana Brasov

POIANA BRASOV

By bus #20 in front of the Brasov District Library, you can go to the Poiana Brasov ski area (1020 m n.p.m.), hidden among the mountains 13 km outside the city. There are seven T-bar lifts here, one chairlift and two cable cars (cable). …

Brasov

BRASZOW

Brasov (Brasov, in Hungarian, Brassó) is a pleasant medieval town at the foot of green hills, one of the most visited places in Romania. The local market, Council Square, with baroque facades and nice open-air cafes, with a wonderful fountain, bright marble floor …

Sighisoara

SIGHISOARA

Sighisoara (in German Schassburg, in Hungarian, Segesvar), where Prince Vlad the Impaler was born, is a fantastically preserved medieval town situated among beautiful hills. Completely undamaged city walls, with as many as eleven defense towers, steep cobbled streets surround, along which they stand …

Transylwania – Transylvania

Transylwania (historical name of Transylvania) is often associated with gloomy castles, ghosts, werewolves and vampires. Actually – The 14th-century castles in Risnov and Bran look like ready-made decorations for a movie about Dracula, especially if you add the medieval buildings of Sighisoara in the background, castle …

Poland's ties with Romania

Poland's ties with Romania date back to the Middle Ages. Władysław Jagiełło, looking for allies in the fight and the Teutonic Knights, concluded an agreement with the hospodar of Moldova, Petru Musat. In return for considerable financial aid, the Moldovans attacked the Hungarians, of the then Teutonic allies. Thanks to this, the Hungarian troops ran out of …

Suceava

SUCZAWA

The name of Suceava (Suceava), the former capital of Moldova, the headquarters of the hospodars, it first appeared in a document dated at 1388 r. Hospodar Petru Musat asked Władysław Jagiełło for a loan of the amount 3000 gold in silver. King of Poland, endangered by …