Country Info
- Bucharest
- Capital
- Leu (ROL)
- Currency
- 22,364,022
- Population
- RO
- Country Code
Romania Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Romania
environmentalism at its finest....
This is a top pick! I have been making some great environmental contacts here in Romania. This Peace Corps couchsurfing guy connected me to the Peace Institute and to the Rosia Montana Initiative and the connections from there continue to surface. I ...
The Dirty Dozen: The Sequel
This is a top pick! "Some people are on the pitch.... they think it's all over.... It is now!" Kenneth Walstenholme, 1966 We were staying in this pretty nice hostel called Villa Helga, and as is often the case it was made better by the abundance of people that we met. It ...
Bucharest!!!
This is a top pick! ... "Big Ugly Eastern Bloc City" that I had on first impression. Of course the obligatory history plug: The former dictator of Romania, Nicolae Ceausescu was a bit of a megalomaniac. During his reign from 1965 until he was deposed in the 1989 revolution, ...
Palaces and the House of the People
This is a top pick! ... boulevard with big, beautiful run down mansions on one side and ugly more modern looking structures on the other. I really enjoyed Romania. The countryside was stunning and the houses lovely - even in the rural areas. Some places were a let down, ...
Trees of Green
This is a top pick! ... lived and Stoker based Dracula. Although he had never been there.... and wrote the book in Whitby... and Dracula wasn't published in Romania until 1989.... but that's another story. Stoker, that was, not Vlad. Vlad was rubbish too, but for different, ...
Home Stay
This is a top pick! After a marathon travel day..we arrived at our homestay in the village of Vadu Izel in the Maramures region of Romania. Had a great huge dinner (seems the norm here in Eastern Europe!) and went to ...
Throwing our to-do list out the window
This is a top pick! Natasha and I decided to explore Sibiu, the 2007 European Capital of Culture. There was a 9:45am train- easy enough. We sadly said bye to GT and Romain. I became particularly fond of Romain, so it was really too bad that he was leaving ...
Beyond the "People's Palace"
This is a top pick! Having already seen the exterior of the much talked about grotesque People's Palace built by Romania's former leader, Ceausescu on an earlier trip, I was keen to explore whatever might be left of the older more historic city. Just a bit of ...
Brasov and Bran (the castle not the flakes)
This is a top pick! ... in the next few years, don't expect the low prices to last! Transport via train is quite developed, comfortable, and easy in Romania. Bus transport in Bulgaria is the way to go as the buses are often new and trains have not kept pace. Internet ...
Hungary to get to Romania...
This is a top pick! ... would be....so this party is like the UN of surfers....all bright energetic friendly adventurous people...we carve pumpkins from Romania and eat some traditional dessert that I love cause its made with cream and pudding and poppyseeds and bread and ...
Oh my gosh, I dined in Dracula's house
This is a top pick! ... and hello, Nathan's Villa! After securing 2 beds, we take a short walk to the city center. Sighisoara is Romania's only UNESCO World Heritage city. It's a charming midieval town where Dracula was born. We did an obligatory visit ...
Finishing Romania on a royal note
This is a top pick! castle tour Rasnov Fortress- Bran Castle- Peles Palace I promise I will get around to posting pictures and entries. At this point, I am very content drinking an ice cold beer and facebooking, until I have to take an overnight train to ...
Sighisora, Romania
This is a top pick! ... joined by a very tall man with (what else) an electric bass bag. He and I hit it off talking about basses, gigs, Romania, cruise ship entertainment, America, famous bassists, Jazz, College, etc. I let him listen to some of the music I've recorded on my ...
Transylvania: Plenty of vamps but no vampires.
This is a top pick! ... bit so they wouldn't drag on the ground in wide cuffs, which by the way, isn't a fashion crime in NYC!! But I guess Brasov, Romania is the fashion capital of the world. I wanted to tell them that I should be the one pointing and laughing since they both ...
When in Romania
This is a top pick! ... currencies like JPY and Swedish whatever. Strangely none of them, not even the banks, offered exchange for the currency of Romania's two neighbors, Bulgaria and Turkey. Granted I only have about $40 total to exchange, but I still want that ...
Vled The Impaler Was Here (Apparently)..
This is a top pick! ... visited or to 'tick' off the list but if you're considering doing it yourself, only do it if you're really really interested in the legend of Dracula. Otherwise I feel you'll be very disapointed. Next pod, Sighisoara - Romania. Love, Nath and ...
The Land Of No Tractors..
This is a top pick! ... around too long the dirty little gypsy bastards would come out of nowhere and rob us poor that's for sure. Yes we're in Transylvania, Romania and to be more specific we're in Brasov, a pretty little hill town that we were using as a base to visit a ...
Haystacks and hitching..
This is a top pick! ... day we headed into the Maramaures area, getting a few Romanian lessons off a girl on the bus along the way. This area of Romania is very traditional with lots of horse & carts, haystacks in the fields and wandering cows on the roads. All the locals ...
Long-term winter travel - pros and cons
This is a top pick! I've had a few questions from readers about the practicalities and logistics of travelling through Arctic conditions and northern winters, and I know I was concerned about the extreme cold before I got there, so in the hope that it's useful for future ...