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- country of Europe
Romania
is a rich country in its diversity thanks to the specificity of its
areas, of which each one carries a unique image: Bucovine, Transylvania,
Maramures, the Carpathians, the Danube Delta...
Thanks to its rather soft climate and to the diversity of its relief,
but also to its thousand-year-old history, Romania offers a significant
number of tourist attractions.
We will take you through part of these tourist richnesses of Romania.
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BUCOVINE
Located at the North-East of Romania,
Bucovine, with its houses decorated with floral motifs and the painted
monasteries famous in the world: Voronet, Moldovita, Sucevita, Putna
etc, represents a special attraction for the tourists. A curiosity:
each monastery of Bucovine has its specific color: blue for Voronet,
yellow for Moldovita, green for Sucevita.
In Bucovine the flavor of the
meals will be one of the rewards for the effort to discover it!
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To
visit in Bucovine:
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the painted monasteries
* workshops
of black pottery of Marginea
* painted egg decorators
* the stud farm of
Lucina
* the town of Suceava
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TRANSYLVANIA
Transylvania - located at the center
of Romania - is a territory of junction of several cultures: Romanian,
Saxon, Hungarian. Old medieval cities of Transylvania - Sighisoara,
Sibiu, Brasov, Bistrita have preserved through centuries the traditional
architecture and the atmosphere of the Middle Ages.
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To visit in Transylvania:
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towns of Brasov (Black Church, Place of the Council), Targu Mures (the
Palace of Culture with the room of the mirrors, the Teleki library, the
orthodoxe cathedral), Sighisoara (the old city), Cluj-Napoca (the old
center, the Museum of art, its cathedrals), Sibiu (the museum of art Brukenthal,
the Astra open air museum of the popular techniques) etc.
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the fortress of Biertan
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the vineyards of Blaj and Lechinta |
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DRACULA
Dracula, character of legend, Dracula,
hero of Bram Stoker's novel, Dracula, the nickname of prince Vlad Tepes...
Where is the truth? The castle of Dracula in Bran, or Sighisoara, the
town of birth of Dracula, or perhaps his castle in the Mounts of Bargau?
Follow the roads of DRACULA in Transylvania!
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MARAMURES
In the North of Romania, old territory
of the free Dacians, Maramures is famous by its wooden churches whose
tower " crosses the clouds ", but also by the Merry Cemetery
of Sapanta, for the folk costumes in black and red, for the music and
the warmness of the greeting of its inhabitants. It is in Maramures
that the inhabitants preserved their traditions as well as their belief
in God. The Sunday service in a church of Maramures is really an impressive
event. That is perhaps why death, such as it is presented on the crosses
in the Merry Cemetery of Sapanta, does not frighten any more!
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To visit in Maramures:
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wooden churches of Bogdan Voda, Calinesti, Desesti, Ieud, Barsana, Spa
of Ocna Sugatag
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the Valley of Vaser, where a small train, used by the foresters, is
still in function
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the ethnographic open air museum in Sighetu Marmatiei
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the natural reserve of Pietrosul Rodnei
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The
CARPATHIANS
Backbone of the country, the Carpathians
preserve a diversified natural inheritance: hundreds of caves in the
Apuseni Mountains, the mineral springs in the eastern Carpathians, the
wild landscapes in Fagaras, Retezat and Rodna or many imposing landscapes
in southern Carpathians.
The Carpathians - mountains to be discovered!
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The
DANUBE DELTA
Land of water and people, unique
in Europe, the Danube Delta is the man's paradise, but also of the ornithologists
and the fishermen. It is in the Delta that the large river which crosses
seven European capitals has created an ecosystem which is unique in
Europe. The slogan of the Reserve of the Biosphere of the Danube Delta
is: " the Danube the Delta for us and our forebears " could
be a subject of meditation for a great number of European citizens.
To trully discover the Danube Delta you should do it in a traditional
boat, with an old lipovenian fisherman, who is the best expert in this
land.
Here
are some good reasons to visit Romania. The spirit of Dracula died for
a long time and so did Ceausescu, but the traces of their passing through
history are still present.
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