Romania...Just Waiting To Be Discovered

By: Adrienne Boxhall
Submitted: 2007-01-17 16:42:23
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For the more adventurous, those looking to find a natural, unspoilt country, you would do well to consider Romania.At present, life outside of the big cities remains much as it always done. The pace is slow, the people just go about their daily lives as their forefathers did. It’s a very common site to see, horse drawn carts, carrying all sorts of basic essentials or even taking the family out for the day!

The rural infrastructure and road systems does, to be honest, need quite a bit of attention, but its getting there. New motorways are being built on a huge scale, and within a year or two it will be possible to travel from the Hungarian border to the Black Sea, on the same motorway link. However, using the motorways will only lessen your chances of seeing the real Romania, and the majestic beauty that the Carpathean and Faragas mountain ranges have to offer. The scenery is truly stunning.

An ideal tour would be from Bucharest through Ploiesti, and to Sinaia(**,) a most beautiful and ancient town set at 1055 metres. The town offers visitors plenty of choices, including a ski resort/cable car and some of the best preserved ancient monasteries and holy places to be found in Romania. It caters for all age groups and physical abilities.

Onwards from there, take a drive over the mountains towards Bran, and visit the famous castle, once the historic home of Count Vlad Tepes (in the 16th century), the inspiration to Bram Stoker’s legend of Dracula.

Although there are signs of commercialisation creeping in, it’s still pretty much just a rural town. surrounded by beautiful scenery.

For a truly spectacular journey: take the Transfagarasan Pass(***), with its winding roads, reaching to a height of 2,040 metres, at the top there is Lake Balea (***),.where you will find both modern and traditional guest houses. Along the route, view huge waterfalls, mountain streams and vast pine forests. From there follow the mountain road to Lake Vidaru, an immense natural phenomena, which supplies water and hydro electric power to much of the region. On the way back, call at Curtea de Arges(*), visit the unique Abbey and enjoy local food at most reasonable prices from a plentiful selection of bistro’s, caf?’s and restaurants. Prices can of course vary, but usually well below what you will expect to pay in Western Europe (the exception to this is Brasov,,and Bucharest where prices equal the West)…so don’t go there…find the real rural Romania.!!!!

For example a cup of coffee in our home town of Campulung_Muscel (****), still only costs 20 pence and 2 people can have a good meal for less than ?5! Guest house and pensiunes are in abundance, from the basic and simple up to 5 star quality. The Mayor and local parliament in Campulung have huge development plans for tourism, including a ski and Winter/Summer sports centre, a complete makeover of many historic buildings along with massive redevelopment of the road and transport systems. The same applies for many of the rural areas in Arges County.

Romania will rapidly become an extremely popular and developed for tourism…come and see it now, along with its unspoilt natural beauty and charm. Have a look at http://www.visionsofromania.com There really isn’t enough space to describe all that is on offer in Romania, it is unique, it is a special place, that is quickly developing. It will change within a few years, especially once it enters the EU. Our advice is to come soon, see it as it really is. There are plenty of flights direct from Heathrow, BA are now offering 2 flights each day, Tarom the state airline have daily flights.

There are strong rumours that the “discount/budget” airlines are coming here next year from springtime. With lots of interesting places to stay , Romania is well worth a visit.

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