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Rural Romania has long been the home of Dracula, doubling as a cheap film set that acts like a European wild west, all sprawling green hills and imposing castles. There are winding country roads hogged by bumbling horse and carts, medieval villages surrounded by vineyards, and the muddy, ‘healthy’ shores of the Black Sea coast.
In capital Bucharest you’ll find Communist vibes galore in the form of statues and grey block buildings, like Europe’s second largest, the Palace of Parliament. The city surprises too, with countless museums, restaurants serving from cellars full of local wine, and a vibrant open-air bar scene filling the imposing squares. Bucharest has something of a bohemian vibe; it’s easy to imagine best-selling novels being written in the cafes, and deep-seated philosophy filling the manicured parks.
Out in the vampire-filled countryside of Transylvania you can hop between towns filled with medieval bells and towering castles, amongst craggy mountains and tiny farms, like at The Arges Valley, home to ‘the real Dracula’s castle’, built into the side of a rocky cliff. Maramures is touted as the rural soul of Romania, home to natives who’ve lived off the land for centuries on end, amongst tiny villages and customs that date back thousands of years. The toxic plum wine on offer here is enough to pop the eyes of even the most hardened of drinkers.
Another countryside must-see is the Danube Delta, desolate and canal-infused, with the occasional empty fishing villages home to the most bizarre of cheap B&Bs. The twisted Bicaz Gorges lead to ‘blood lakes’ and impressive mountain climbs, while Timisoara – starting point of the ’89 anti-Communist revolution – is a lively student spa town.
Romania is vastly culturally and scenically varied, and when you’ve finished exploring cobbled castles and scenic valleys, you’ll find the exuberant locals are pretty entertaining, too. Join them for a bowl of garlicky soup to help keep the vampires away, descend together into an isolated old salt mine, or simply indulge in some good old Romanian hospitality, and imagine you really have gone back in time.
In capital Bucharest you’ll find Communist vibes galore in the form of statues and grey block buildings, like Europe’s second largest, the Palace of Parliament. The city surprises too, with countless museums, restaurants serving from cellars full of local wine, and a vibrant open-air bar scene filling the imposing squares. Bucharest has something of a bohemian vibe; it’s easy to imagine best-selling novels being written in the cafes, and deep-seated philosophy filling the manicured parks.
Out in the vampire-filled countryside of Transylvania you can hop between towns filled with medieval bells and towering castles, amongst craggy mountains and tiny farms, like at The Arges Valley, home to ‘the real Dracula’s castle’, built into the side of a rocky cliff. Maramures is touted as the rural soul of Romania, home to natives who’ve lived off the land for centuries on end, amongst tiny villages and customs that date back thousands of years. The toxic plum wine on offer here is enough to pop the eyes of even the most hardened of drinkers.
Another countryside must-see is the Danube Delta, desolate and canal-infused, with the occasional empty fishing villages home to the most bizarre of cheap B&Bs. The twisted Bicaz Gorges lead to ‘blood lakes’ and impressive mountain climbs, while Timisoara – starting point of the ’89 anti-Communist revolution – is a lively student spa town.
Romania is vastly culturally and scenically varied, and when you’ve finished exploring cobbled castles and scenic valleys, you’ll find the exuberant locals are pretty entertaining, too. Join them for a bowl of garlicky soup to help keep the vampires away, descend together into an isolated old salt mine, or simply indulge in some good old Romanian hospitality, and imagine you really have gone back in time.