Brasov Guest Houses - Reviews and Rates

Welcome to Romania, beautiful landscapes and scenery, Dracula, and loads of Gypsies. After my 13 hour train ride to Bucharest I immediately jumped on a train up to Brasov in the heart of Transylvania where I would be based for the next 4 nights. After about 15 minutes the train made its first stop and about 20 Gypsies boarded and started storing...

Well i guess it was inevitable really. Yes, i drank lots of beer and ended up singing at the karaoke bar last night. Let's see, where do I start.. After coming up here and doing that quick little entry (which was titled 'some pics' but you may notice that there were none. I couldnt load them up from here, have to do that monday at the office) I ...

We have entered another world now. If you ever come to this part of the world, put Romania high on your list. We didn't go to Bucharest, heard that it was unimpressive and depressing more than anything, but stayed the entire time in Brasov (Romania's second city). At the train station we had a very odd feeling. Erin was a little freaked out. The...

Dracula liked his chicken nicely grilled, tender, a bit on the salty side and his tomato soup flavourful, with vermicelli. The restaurant wasn't all reserved for supper; in fact, we had the place mostly to ourselves, save for a few other parties including one with a screaming baby that wouldn't shut up. Otherwise, Vlad's house was impressive, wi...

25 hours to Bucharest ... In the last entry we left you as we were leaving for Bucharest on a 25 hour train ride. Although we expected the train ride to be brutal, we had no idea it would be like this... It started like most other train rides did. Seat reservations, a rush to get to the train before the departure and then the scramble to climb a...

Kum-Bi-Ya my lord, Kum-Bi-Ya The train slowly chugged along pass the endless miles of sunflower plantations as we made our way to the Romanian border, "follow the yellow brick road" was my thought as the kilometres passed into a blur of vibrant colour. A two hour stop to pass immigration, i was more than delighted that British passport holders n...