Category: Romania
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[Romania] The Princely Court of Târgoviște
Although we’ve been many times on the road, driving to Bucharest, it is only this spring that we considerend having a stop in Târgoviște, for an important history lesson about medieval times.
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[Romania] The Bălcescu Manor
Although the southern part of Romania doesn’t have that much to offer in terms of history as does Transylvania, there are still some hidden gems, proof of our long history and civilization.
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[Romania] The Colibiţa Lake
The Colibiţa Lake is a quite recent discovery on the touristic attractions map of Romania, but it has quickly become a real hype for everyone. It is suggested to go there during summer time, because it’s also called ‘ the sea at the mountains’, but we decided to take advantage of a extended 4 days weekend…
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[Romania] Buila-Vânturarița National Park
Buila-Vânturariţa is, still, one of the hidden gems of Romania. I’m sure that this will not be for long, so I’m happy that we finally managed to get to this place and had such a nice weather and perfect companion to explore the area for one weekend.
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[Romania] 4 days on the Făgăraş Mountains Ridge
Finally back on the ridge of these beautiful Romanian Mountains. This trip was so much planned, that just a few days before I wasn’t even so sure we would actually make it happen. But in the end it did happen and it was probably one of the most beautiful and amazing hiking trips we had…
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[Romania] The kulas from Măldăreşti
The motto of our blog, taken from Forrest Gump, says “Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re gonna get.”, well this article fits perfectly to this motto. The weather this summer is very unstable. We have very hot summer days with over 30-35°C and then in the evening strong thunderstorms…
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[Romania] Sarmizegetusa Regia
Sarmizegetusa Regia was the capital and the spiritual centre of the Dacians before the two wars against the Roman Empire led by emperor Trajan, at the beginning of the second century AD. The site is included in the UNESCO World heritage program. The sacred area
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[Romania] Via Ferrata in Turda Gorges
We’ve been to Turda Gorges (Cheile Turzii in Romanian) 4 years ago, when we had a one day sightseeing trip in and around Turda. This time, the plan was to stay for the whole weekend in the Turda Gorges Nature Reserve and enjoy the beauty and wilderness around the gorges.
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[Romania] Făgăraș Mountains Spaciousness
The beauty of the Făgăraș Mountains captured by the Fourth Dimension team.
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[Romania] Sunday walk around Păltiniş
Looks like we are beginning a new tradition as we start the new year with a short hiking trip around Sibiu. Last year we had a very short trip around Cisnădioara, because there was a lot of snow and a heavy snowfall was on the way. This year we are not so gifted in terms…
The Chocolates Of Life 