December 30, 2011
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Huniad-Corvin Castle – one of the most enchanting Gothic castles in Europe | Romania Updated: December 30, 2020 | By Claire | More When you are going to Romania, in its part called Transylvania you can find a city of Hunedoara. This small, but nasty and dirty city would not be worth attention, if it […]
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Categories: Romania, Sights
October 19, 2011
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Bran Castle – Dracula’s seat | Romania Updated: October 19, 2020 | By Claire | More Who does not know Count Dracula, a fictional character of the Irish writer Bram Stoker? He created scary story about the Transylvanian vampire, who sucked the blood of his unfortunate victims right here in Bran Castle and its surroundings. […]
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Categories: Romania, Sights, Virtual Travel
July 27, 2011
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The beauty and mystery of Transylvania | Romania Updated: July 29, 2020 | By Claire | More Interesting and popular tourist area of Transylvania haven’t become famous worldwide thanks to any historical monuments or natural beauty, but thanks to a well-known novel Dracula written by Bram Stoker. Perhaps everybody read this great book (including me) […]
Tags: astronomical-clock, austro-hungarian-empire, bram-stoker, castle, churches, count-dracula, ethnographic-museum, government-of-hungary, historical-monuments, horrific-acts, mysterious-castle, nature, novel-dracula, ottoman-empire, poiana-brasov, private-universities, romania, ski-resort, spectacular-peaks, that-attracts-visitors, towns, transylvania, unesco, unesco-world-heritage, unesco-world-heritage-site, vlad-tepes, wooden-walkway
Categories: Nature, Romania
May 15, 2011
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Moldoveanu Peak (2544m) – the highest mountain of Romania Updated: May 15, 2020 | By Claire | More Moldoveanu is the highest mountain of Romania located in Făgăraş Mountains in Transylvania. Moldoveanu peak is 2544 m high. There are many hiking trails leading from the villages in the valley to the top of Moldoveanu, but […]
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Categories: Nature, Romania
January 4, 2011
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The Eiffel Tower in Romania – exact 54m smaller copy of the famous Eiffel Tower in Paris Updated: April 4, 2020 | By Claire | More Eiffel Tower Slobozia is smaller copy of the famous Eiffel Tower. It is located near the town of Slobozia in the southeastern part of the Romania, in the county […]
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Categories: Romania, Sights
December 7, 2010
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Sighişoara – one of the most interesting Romanian cities and birthplace of Dracula Updated: April 2, 2020 | By Claire | More Sighisoara is one of the most interesting cities in Romania. If you should choose for your trip just one town, go there. It’s not a big city (approx. 32,000 inhabitants), but it is […]
Tags: 12th-century, 13th-century, beautiful-town, birthplace-of-dracula, church-on-the-hill, city, city-clock, clock-tower, dracula, edifice, first-glance, fortifications, frescoes, high-tower, international-trains, local-restaurant, medieval-festival, medieval-weapons, romania, romanian-cities, sighisoara, stone-staircase, town, vlad-iii-the-impaler, vlad-tepes, world-heritage-site
Categories: Romania, Sights
August 11, 2010
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Turda gorge – one of the most popular places to visit in Romania Updated: May 30, 2020 | By Claire | More Turda Gorge is a large natural reserve which is located 6 km west of Turda and is around 15 km south east of Cluj-Napoca which is located in Transylvania. Formed as a result […]
Tags: apuseni-mountains, arcades, attempts, carpathians, caves, cheile-turzii, difficulty-levels, fossils, free-climbing, gorge-one, gorges, limestone-mountain, nature, plants, romania, special-interest, turda-gorge
Categories: Nature, Romania
May 26, 2010
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Danube Delta in Romania – second largest delta in Europe Updated: February 19, 2020 | By Claire | 1 More Perhaps one of the most famous rivers in all of Europe is that of the Danube River. And although the river meanders its way through much of continent, it is in the nation of Romania, […]
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Categories: Nature, Romania
May 10, 2010
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Bicaz Gorge – enjoy some of the most spectacular views of the Romanian countryside Updated: February 15, 2020 | By Claire | 1 More You will find the Bicaz Gorge in the north-eastern part of Romania. It is here where the Bicaz River cut a passageway that connects Transylvania and Moldova; allowing easier access between […]
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Categories: Nature, Romania
April 27, 2010
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Romania – country of Dracula Updated: April 8, 2020 | By Claire | 1 More Romania is located in south-eastern Europe on the Balkan Peninsula. It is a coastal state, washed by the Black Sea. It borders with Ukraine, Moldova, Hungary, Serbia and Bulgaria. With an area of almost 240,000 square kilometres it is the […]
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Categories: All Countries, Romania