Romania is the country of eternal beauty, showing the whole world the last surviving territories of ancient Europe, as they once were, in terms of natural landscapes and wildlife.

While time passed very slowly in this land of fairytale, the harsh history shaped its people and traditions, preparing them for their rebirth. Nowadays, the country shines through its material and spiritual values with a unique style, unified by its great diversity. Romania has a reputation for legends and is also known for the astonishing myriad of monasteries and exterior frescoes, from which eight of them had received particular recognition, being taken under the aegis of UNESCO as Heritage Sites due to uniqueness and universal artistic value.

The Carpathian mountain range spans over 200 000 km2, in a great arch which crosses both, Central and Eastern Europe. Cradled beneath its jagged peaks and amongst trackless miles of forest, you can find one of the few surviving medieval landscapes in Europe. Formed at the same time with the Alps, a great part of these imposing mountains, are stretching across the area of modern day Romania, known as Transylvania – a place of myth and legend, birthplace of Dracula, where the distant howls of the wolfs still chills the night air.

Bucharest, the capital city is on the other hand, as modern as it gets, a bustling metropolis that never sleeps. Known in the past, as being “The little Paris”, due to its wide boulevards and Belle Époque buildings, today the city is home to over 2 million people and to an impressing number of monuments, museums and touristic attractions.

Europe’s hidden gem, Romania, is often overlooked by tourists, but for the ones who take the time to discover it, it is a beautifully blended mix of medieval treasures, imposing castles, undisturbed forests that host the largest brown bear population in Europe and traditional villages, which offer to its travelers a glimpse into the undisturbed, traditional way of life.