Romania’s tourism sector had a direct contribution of EUR 5.21 billion to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2018.
There are 16 international commercial airports in service in Romania The largest number of passengers was attracted by Bucharest’s Henri Coandă International Airport which is also the Capital city of Romania.
Unfortunately , Romania had to suffer loss of 13000- 15000 people due to COVID 19 ! But country had strictly applied lock down on time to keep the spread low . Country is also on the toes for managing Vaccination programs . As per our Understanding after June 2021 you will be able to travel without worrying about COVID issues .
Bucharest is the capital of Romani .
Yes , Romania is a part of Europe .
Well compared to countries like Italy and France , Romania is quite inexpensive . The cost of living is lesser .
Bottled water is not expensive in Romania ! Even though tap water is safe bit you will see people generally using bottled .
Romanian is a Balkan Romance language spoken by approximately 24–26 million people as a native language. English is not widely spoken and people will be able to communicate
Romania’scurrent national currency is the leu.
VORONET MONASTERY
BIGAR WATERFALL
SALIN TURDA
PELES CASTLE
TIMISOARA
SIGHISOARA
BRAN CASTLE
SIBIU
TRANSFAGARASAN HIGHWAY
BALEA LAKE
POENARI CASTLE
LACUL ROSU (RED LAKE)
VORONET MONASTERY
This Monastery is a medieval monastery in the Romanian village of Voroneț. This is now a part of the town Gura Humorului.
It has a World Heritage listing and was built in1488. The interior and exterior paintings are quite impressive here.
It is one of the famous painted monasteries in Bukovina, Read More at Wikipedia
BIGAR WATERFALL
It is located in the Anina Mountains on the Mini River. This rounded waterfall is almost 8 m high and falls over awesome green carpet of moss.
Its not like roaring falls! This waterwork flows over the apex of a fat rounded stone and is diverted into a sheet of countless small streams.
The beauty of the site even earned it a place as the number 1 interesting waterfall in Romania.
SALIN TURDA
Turda salt mine was renovated and it reopened its doors in 2010 after an investment of euro 5,888,000.
Here Salt was first extracted during the antiquity, mine continuously produced table salt from the Middle Ages.
Some main attractions here are –
- Iosifmine
- Crivacroom
- Rudolfmine
- Gizelamine
PELES CASTLE
Peleș Castle is a Neo-Renaissance castle in the Carpathian Mountains, near Sinaia, in Prahova County, Romania, on an existing medieval route linking Transylvania and Wallachia, built between 1873 and 1914. Its inauguration was held in 1883. It was constructed for King Carol I. Read more at Wikipedia
TIMISOARA
It is also called the Little Viennaor theCity of Flowers. Timisoara is also considered the informal capital city of the historical Banat. It is home to almost a half-million inhabitants in the metropolitan area, as well as c. 50,000 students from over 50 countries. It is Romania’s 3rd most populous city .
In December 1989, Timișoara witnessed a series of mass street protests in what was to become the Romanian Anti-Communist Revolution. Read More at Wikipedia
SIGHISOARA
It is a city on the Târnava Mare River in Mureș County. It is located in the historic region of Transylvania.
It is a popular tourist destination for its well-preserved walled old town, which is listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site.Wikipedia
BRAN CASTLE
It is a castle in Bran which is 25 kilometres from Brașov. It is a national monument in Romania.
The fortress is on the Transylvanian side of the historical border with Wallachia, on road DN73.
The castle was restored several times for service as a fortress. The most recent was in 1880s.Read More at Wikipedia
SIBIU
The name Sibiu is derived from the city’s latin nameCibinium . Sibiu’s climate is humid continental.
Sibiu is one of the most visited areas in Romania. It has the best preserved historic sites in the country. There are many of its medieval fortifications having been kept in excellent state. Read More at Wikipedia
TRANSFAGARASAN HIGHWAY
This highway or you can call DN7C is a paved mountain road crossing the section of Carpathian Mountains of Romania.
TRANSFAGARASAN HIGHWAY has national-road ranking and is the second-highest paved road in the country after the Transalpina. It is more than 150km .
The highway was constructed between 1970-1974 . Read more about one of the best experiences of Romania Wikipedia
BALEA LAKE
Bâlea Lake is a glacier lake situated at 2,034 m of altitude. It is in the mountains of Făgăraș .
There are two chalets which is opened all the year round, one is a meteorological station and second is mountain rescue station.
It is a Gem of a tourist place in Romania Wikipedia
POENARI CASTLE
It is also known as Poenari Citadel. They say it as ruined castle of Romania which was a home of Vlad the Impaler.
The citadel here can be reached by climbing 1,480 concrete stairs. Read more about it at Wikipedia
LACUL ROSU (RED LAKE)
It is a natural dam lake created by the collapse of a slope due to the earthquake .
Lake is surrounded by awesome climatic formation and yes this climatic formation is particularly beneficial for the treatment of physical and mental exhaustion’s like Insomania.
Also read more at Wikipedia
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