Category: transylvania
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Transylvania – Number 1 region to visit in 2016 (Lonely Planet)
According to Lonely Planet, Transylvania is the number one region to visit in 2016, so start packing everyone.
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[Romania] Just a short trip to the Bâlea Waterfalls
We left the house on the Sunday morning planning to go up to the Bâlea Lake with the cable car. Is was winter and quite a heavy weather down in Sibiu and we tought that for sure there will be no one planning to do the same thing as us. But we were very wrong,…
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[Romania] The Praid Salt Mine
To the Praid Salt Mine we went on a January Saturday morning, before starting our trip to the Piatra Singuratică chalet. Very good choice as outside was colder than in the mine and the mine was almost empty, as most turists come during summer time. So lucky us, we had some quiet time to explore the…
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[Romania] Winter Hiking to the Lonely Stone (Piatra Singuratică)
The trip to Piatra Singuratică was on our list for quite a long time, but a winter weekend seemed like the best time to actually make it happen. The trip is quite short and short winter days are just perfect for some pure outdoor pleasure. So one cold January weekend it happened.
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[Romania] Short hiking trip around Cisnădioara
The beginning of 2015 gave us a lot of energy and we felt the need, after all the New Year’s parties, to go outside and enjoy a different kind of fun. We thought that having a short Sunday walk around Sibiu would be exactly what we needed to actually prepare for starting a new and…
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[Romania] The Sântămăria-Orlea Church
In the Sântămăria-Orlea village there is a very old and valuable medieval church. The church was built in between 1270 and 1280 in late Romanesque style and it was built to serve a community of Catholic settlers near the Haţeg area.
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[Romania] The Bolii Cave
The Bolii Cave has been recently rehabilitated and is now open for visiting. Close to the Bănița Gorges, it’s only a short visit, so why not stop by if you are in the area.
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[Romania] The spectacular Bănița Gorges
The Bănița Gorges are incredibly spectacular and easy to get to, but not actually known by many. We got there by accident, when coming back from our trip in the Parâng Mountains. It’s only a 30 minutes trip and the gorges are right on the side of the national road DN66, so if you pass…
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[Romania] 4 days at more than 2000 meters high
We were planning this trip since last year, but somehow it didn’t find its place in none of the available weekends we had last summer. But, as we had a longer weekend this August, we decided to have this 4 days trip in the Făgăraș mountains (again!) to reach the highest peak of the Romanian…
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[Romania] The Mălăieşti Fortress
The Mălăieşti Fortress is a small fortress in the village with the same name from Hunedoara county. The fortress was built in the 14th century by the Sărăcin family, the rulers of the Sălaşu de Sus village. They were the second most important noble family from the Hațeg region of Romania, after the powerful Cândea…
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[Romania] The lakes in the Parâng Mountains
2014 was for sure the ‘mountains’ year. We did almost all the trips we had planned at the beginning of the year and reached some of the highest peaks of our country. This time it’s also about mountains, of course, but this particular trip is more about the lakes in the mountains.
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[Romania] Dacian Fortress of Cățânaș Tilişca
26 Km from Sibiu, in a magical village where time seems to have stayed still for centuries, is located the Dacian Fortress of Cățânaș Tilişca. On the Cățânaș Hill at a height of 716 meters, the fortress had a strategic value for ensuring a good view of the two neighboring valleys.
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