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- A Look At Lonely Planet's Best In Travel 2016
Recently, Lonely Planet came up with their ‘Best in Travel 2016’ list. The results were pretty remarkable. As 2015 is coming to an end, I’m sure many of you are already looking forward to what other exotic destinations you might explore next. You...
- Exploring The Largest City In Transylvania From Grand Hotel Napoca
The city of Cluj-Napoca dates back to over two millennia ago, to the times when Dacians and Romans ruled these lands. Nowadays, the city is the second largest in Romania, and a vibrant and cultural place with a large student population. It is dominated...
- 2 Months On The Road With Sygic App Gps Navigation
For our latest two month trip through Europe we decided to install on our mobile the GPS navigation app Sygic. We are pretty good with maps, but we figured that a bit of extra help could not be bad. Google Maps app is quite good, but using it off line...
- Transylvania To Kamchatka: Hitch-hiking With Norbert Demeter
Norbert Demeter hitch-hiking On the morning of June 6th 2011, Norbert Demeter, a young Romanian guy left his hometown embarking on an epic adventure. With nothing but a backpack full of dreams he plans to hitch-hike all the way from Reghin, Transylvania,...
- Two Romanian Castles. Dracula's Castle And Peles Castle
After visiting Budapest, we crossed the border into Romania to visit two of the most famous Romanian castles: Bran Castle, known as Dracula's Castle and Peles Castle. At first the train rushed for a few hours through the Hungarian Pannonian...
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Hotel La Maison de Caroline, Alba Iulia. Charming and Traditional
Alba Iulia is one of the oldest settlements in Romania, dating back to the Roman times. It stands out for being the place where at the end of the 16th century Michael the Brave achieved for a brief period of time the union of the three main provinces of Romania: Walachia, Transylvania, and Moldavia and where the peasant revolt turned the city into a symbol of the fight for justice and freedom at the end of the 18th century. It was here where on December 1st 1918 the province of Transylvania announced its unification with Romania.
Given all the above and the recommendations we received from other travellers, we definitely wanted to make it to Alba Iulia on our lastest trip to Romania. And boy, we were not disappointed! The Habsburg citadel is one of the most impressive in Europe and is, simply put, AMAZING to stroll through. The Roman Catholic Cathedral found here is the oldest cathedral in Transylvania. The Orthodox Cathedral is just as impressive if not even more. We also made it to the Union Hall where the unification of Transylvania with Romania was signed at the end of WWI.
- A Look At Lonely Planet's Best In Travel 2016
Recently, Lonely Planet came up with their ‘Best in Travel 2016’ list. The results were pretty remarkable. As 2015 is coming to an end, I’m sure many of you are already looking forward to what other exotic destinations you might explore next. You...
- Exploring The Largest City In Transylvania From Grand Hotel Napoca
The city of Cluj-Napoca dates back to over two millennia ago, to the times when Dacians and Romans ruled these lands. Nowadays, the city is the second largest in Romania, and a vibrant and cultural place with a large student population. It is dominated...
- 2 Months On The Road With Sygic App Gps Navigation
For our latest two month trip through Europe we decided to install on our mobile the GPS navigation app Sygic. We are pretty good with maps, but we figured that a bit of extra help could not be bad. Google Maps app is quite good, but using it off line...
- Transylvania To Kamchatka: Hitch-hiking With Norbert Demeter
Norbert Demeter hitch-hiking On the morning of June 6th 2011, Norbert Demeter, a young Romanian guy left his hometown embarking on an epic adventure. With nothing but a backpack full of dreams he plans to hitch-hike all the way from Reghin, Transylvania,...
- Two Romanian Castles. Dracula's Castle And Peles Castle
After visiting Budapest, we crossed the border into Romania to visit two of the most famous Romanian castles: Bran Castle, known as Dracula's Castle and Peles Castle. At first the train rushed for a few hours through the Hungarian Pannonian...