Romania
Romania enchants travelers with its diversity: be it natural (mountains, hills, sea, delta) or cultural(Romanians, Hungarians, Saxons, Rromas). Over the last decade it has known significant development and is one of the most recent members of the European Union. Still it may surprise some of its visitors who are used to western Europe. Romania is a large country which can sometimes be shocking with contrasts: some cities are truly Western Europe-like while in some villages locals live as they did a few centuries ago.
Transylvania
Transylvania, is a geographical region of Romania near the Hungarian border. There are mix ethincal groups, majority is romanian but large part is hungarian and there are gypsy mintority. Transylvania was part of the hungarian empire from the 900b.c. till the ottoman empire came. After the ottoman empire the habsburg empire took control which was transformed into austo-hungarian empire till the end of the 1st world war, which form the new romania.
Transylvania has big cities like Oradea, Cluj, Brasov or Arad. and small villages in the high mountains of Carpathians.
Transylvania is perfect place to travel back in time to see old castles like Bran dracula castle, sites of great battles, and travellers can see breathtaking panoramas, high mountains, deep valleys, running creeks and rivers. Rural tourism is a developing area here, it is good to stay in pleasant houses fully renoved for tourists, eat local food, speak with friendly local peoples.
Transylvania is also paradise for activity tourists, lots of places to rockclimb, skiing in winter or simply hiking in the mountains, stay in tents. Look out for bears, romania has the largest bear population in europe
Bran caslte
the best known as dracula castle in Bran, near Brasov
Brasov
biggest city in deep transylvania,see ski resorts in BrasovPoiana,good starting point for hikingMore about Brasov
Oradea
the renewed city downtown, historical buildings
Korond
small village , famous for its pottery
Tusnadfurdo
famous thermal bath
