Romania by Region

Romania by Region

(Transylvania, Maramures, Moldavia, Crisana & Banat, Muntenia, Dobrogea)

Romania's six diverse provinces are each unique in style and culture, in geography,
in historical background, and in the attractions and activites they offer visitors.

Transylvania

Transylvania lies in the center of Romania, surrounded by the arc of the Carpathian mountain chain. It is perhaps Romania’s best known province, immortalized in legend, literature and film as the homeland of Dracula. The real life Dracula, the Wallachian prince Vlad Tepes, known as Vlad the Impaler, did indeed live here in the 15th century. There are numerous tours to the Prince of Darkness’ historic haunts, but also countless other reasons to visit, including Transylvania’s dramatic geography of rugged mountains, dense forests, dark caves and lowland valleys.

This province is filled with medieval cities like Brasov, featuring old Saxon architecture and citadel ruins; Sibiu, with its cobblestoned streets and pastel colored houses, and Sighisoara, adorned with a hilltop citadel, secret passage-ways and 14th century clock tower. The province is also known for its stunning castles. Bran Castle, near Brasov, is a Gothic fairy-tale structure. The 15th-century Corvin Castle, at Hunadoara near Deva, is also quite a remarkable structure.

(Bran Castle