Category: transylvania
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[Romania] The hidden wonders of the Apuseni Mountains
9 nice people, 4 lovely days, 7 amazing caves, a breath-taking view and a great time! This is what happened at the end of June, when we had a long road trip to explore the caves of the Apuseni Mountains of Romania.
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[Romania] Roman City Porolissum
In the district of Salaj, close to the cities Zalau and Jibou lies a 2000 years old Roman city, with a surface of over 500ha. Nowadays, most of the buildings have disappeared, but traces of the life in the Romans and Dacians era are still visible. Porta Praetoria
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[Romania] Jibou Botanical Garden
Jibou is a small city somewhere in Transylvania. You might even think that there isn’t too much to say about a town of this size. But actually, it hides one of the most beautiful, well organized and maintained Botanical Gardens I have seen so far in Romania.
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[Romania] Grădina Zmeilor Natural Reserve
Somewhere in the direction of Zalau, in a village called Gâlgău Almaşului there is an unique and one of the most weird natural places named by the locals Grădina Zmeilor Natural Reserve. Translated in English, it would mean The Dragons’ or Ogres’ Garden. In the Romanian folk mythology a ‘zmeu’ is a fantastic creature, imagined as…
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[Romania] The Banffy Castle
Last weekend we went to Cluj and on Saturday we had a road trip in the Cluj and Salaj districts in search of some beautiful places, 100% authentic Romanian culture and nature. Our first stop was the Banffy Castle, in the Bontida village, 30 km far from Cluj, in the direction of Dej.
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[Romania] On the Moaşa Valley to the Howling Wolves Waterfalls
The weekend that has just passed was one of those weekends that made me think to myself : ‘Boy, am I happy that summer started in May this year!’ We went camping for two days on the Moaşa Valley, a small river, somewhere 30 kilometers far from Sibiu and had a lovely weather and a…
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[Romania] Turda and its wonders
Turda is a town in Transylvania, in the Cluj district of about 40 000 inhabitants. Nothing to spectacular so far. But when visiting it, you discover some of Romania’s somehow hidden attractions. We went there a few weekends ago, and in a day we managed to go in a salt mine, visit some ancient Roman…
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[Romania] Sibiu’s Village Museum
For the last few months, I’ve started spending most of my weekends in Sibiu and discover step by step its beauties. Situated right in the middle of Romania, Sibiu is a city of about 150 000 inhabitants, European Cultural Capital in 2007 and now, in my opinion, one of the most beautiful and well preserved…
The Chocolates Of Life 