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 is the roof of Romania — at 2,544 metres it crowns the Făgăraș Mountains, the country’s highest and most dramatic range. Often called ‘the Transylvanian Alps’, the Făgăraș offer some of the most spectacular ridge hiking in Europe, with Moldoveanu as the ultimate prize for anyone seeking the peak of Romanian adventure travel. […]
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Categories: Nature, Romania
May 14, 2010
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Orava castle – one of the most attractive tourist attractions in Slovakia Updated: March 4, 2020 | By Claire | More It was back in the 13th century when the Orava Castle was first constructed overlooking the village of Oravský Podzámok along the Orava River. It is a beautiful and picturesque castle which has attracted […]
Tags: 13th-century, 14th-century, admission, archaeology, attractive-tourist, castle-church, castle-view, castles-in-slovakia, centuries, disrepair, early-1800s, exhibits, fencing, hrad, limestone-cliff, locals, map, medieval-buildings, music-concerts, nighttime, nosferatu, orava-castle, orava-river, periods, picturesque-castle, planning-your-trip, reconstruction-effort, reconstructions, rocky-limestone, slovakia, street-performers, tartar-invasion, tourist-destinations, transylvania, upper-regions, world-war-ii
Categories: Sights, Slovakia
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
