A slideshow with forty pictures, best ones according to me, taken in Romania during my trip around the world. (Please note that vertical pics can be seen stretched on Internet Explorer).
Top ten for ten days – Issue #5
Top ten places – May 11th->20th. From May 11th to 20th I’ve travelled all around Romania having the chance to visit many places. Here is the ranking of the top ten things I liked the most, as usually in reverse order. By the way… have you lost other issues of the top ten? Don’t worry. …
Around Transylvania photos
Exploring Transylvania. Beside most famous towns, in Transylvania there are a lot of small villages with a lot to see like Albești, Biertan, Şaroş pe Târnave, Sâmbăta de Sus, Făgăraș or Șinca Veche. Just take a car and go around and you will be rewarded by spectacular landscape and charming places. I visited Transylvania during …
Sighișoara photos
Pearl of Transylvania. Sighișoara with its upper town or citadel full of churches, streets with pastel colour houses, the magnificent covered wooden stair, the sophisticated clock tower and one of authentic residences of Dracula is definitely a must in any tour of Transylvania. To me this is the real pearl of this region. I visited …
The long and nice way back to Bucharest
Albești & Sighișoara. Day starts early again today. Bucharest is quite far and in the middle there is still a bunch of sights to visit. Albești, the place next to Sighișoara wasn’t on the list but it hosts a very peculiar church with an incredible roof with written on it the date of foundation: 1265. …
Prejmer and Hărman photos
Fortified churches in an amazing landscape. Transylvania is not only Dracula. It is a marvelous land full of historical remains. Some of the most significant are the fortified churches built during Saxon rule. One of the most famous is the one in Prejmer but driving between Transylvanian villages is easy to see other beautiful churches …