Romania in the Press
Welcome to Transylvania
Travel and Leisure - By Guy Trebay
There is another Transylvania.
Back and back I have returned to it, as though ineluctably, and lucky in
every case.
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Through Doors in Romania
USA Today - By Tim Leffel
As I learned during my recent visit, there's also plenty of beauty to take in while traveling around this country. Read Full Article »
Eternal Terrain
Saveur - By Alexander Lobrano
Just North of Bucharest, I left this century behind, and an hour later, the last one fell by the wayside, too.
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A Unique Romanian Cheese
AAA Home & Away - By Jeanine Barone
Cheese and tree bark don't seem like a natural fit. But this specialty of southeast Transylvania, may go as far back as the 14th century. Read Full Article »
Deep in the Carpathians, Painted Parables
The New York Times - By Peter Wortsman
Architectural historians have described the monastery churches, some shaped like gnomes in slouch hats, as Byzantine churches built with Gothic hands. Read Full Article »
Transylvanian town keeps its medieval charm
Toronto Star - By John Moore
SIBIU has for centuries been a centre of culture, faith and scholarship, and it was in the forefront of the Romanian revolution of the late 1980s... Read Full Article »
Le vin de la jeune fille
Le Devoir - Par Carolyne Parent
JIDVEI - Établi dans la commune de Jidvei depuis 1949, le domaine est le plus important producteur de vin blanc du pays.
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A Little Taste of Transylvania
Perceptive Travel - Tim Leffel
This is the area where most travelers gravitate to if they've got some time, which they rightfully should. Read Full Article »
Where Art and Faith Embrace in Gura Humorului
The New York Times - By Ruth Ellen Gruber
GURA HUMORULUI, Romaia - One of those blessed realms where sacred and secular monuments have enriched the enchanting natural landscape. Read Full Article »
Q&A: To Bucharest, and Beyond
The New York Times - By David G. Allan
BUCHAREST, Romania - The largely bucolic region is full of picturesque hamlets that remained intact through the country's Communist era. Read Full Article »
Bucharest: Brick by Brick
Global Traveler - By Richard Newton
Whichever road we choose from here will take us on a journey not only across Romania's capital but also through a cross section of the city's history. Read Full Article »
Romania's famous painted monasteries
Toronto Star - By John Moore
At Moldovita, sightseers taking tours led by some of the resident nuns mingle with worshippers lighting votive candles or offering prayers before icons. Full Article »
Famous haunts -Dracula's Castle
The Spectator - By John Moore
It has soaring whitewashed towers and a picturesque courtyard, while the rooms are connected by winding staircases (and secret passages)... Read Full Article »
Transylvania: A Walk in Dracula's Shadow
By Rita Cook (The Travelers Way)
Is easy to start believing when you drive into the Carpathian Mountains and wind your way through the old forests and into the desolate mountain passes. Read Full Article »
The Last Laugh -The Merry Cemetery
Toronto Star - By John Moore
Who says that death can't have its lighter side? Even if you can't read Romanian, the simple paintings on the cross tell unmistakable tales of their own. Read Full Article »
Why Go Now
The New York Times - By Evan Rail
BUCHAREST, Romania - Far cheaper than Prague or Budapest, Bucharest offers much of the culture of the neighboring capitals without the crowds. Read Full Article »
In Transylvania, a Count Invites You to His Castle
The New York Times - By Nicholas Wood
TRANSYLVANIA, Romania - While Bran Castle, the towering fortress most closely associated with Vlad the Impaler, is 41 miles away... Read Full Article »
A Checkered Past Adds Intrigue to Bohemian City
The New York Times - By Alex Crevar
BUCHAREST, Romania - Less difficult to imagine was Bucharest's earlier history, when the city was known as the Paris of the East . Read Full Article »
You'll Die Laughing, if You're Not Already Dead
The New York Times - By Peter S. Green
SAPANTA, Romania - Death, when it visits this isolated town in a forgotten corner of Europe, comes laughing - in the guise, almost, of a comic book. Read Full Article »
Transylvania: a half-mythical land in Romania
The National - By Justin Marozzi
TRANSYLVANIA, Romania - ...There are real-life counts, castles and crags, towers, turrets, bears and bats, not to mention mist-wreathed valleys and more folk legends than you can shake a stick at. Read Full Article »
Transylvania Hay
National Geographic - By Adam Nicolson
TRANSYLVANIA, Romania - Hay. Beautiful.
Farmers in Transylvania have created a landscape of flower-filled hay meadows. Can they endure?. Read Full Article »
5 Signs You Need to Visit Romania Immediately
By Jackie Sills-Dellegrazie
As you step through the castle doors, you're instantly swept away to another time, transfixed with visions of grandeur, ornate banquet halls, and red velvet robes. Read Full Article »
Keeping Alive a Haven for Yiddish Culture in Modern Romania
The New York Times - By Kit Gillet
BUCHAREST, Romania - The State Jewish Theater is one of the few vestiges of what was once a large Jewish community in Romania, and one of the few professional Yiddish-language theaters left in Europe Read Full Article »
Romanian Moonshine Home-brewed tuica is the country's national drink.
By Richard Varr
It's called tuica, a clear and gut-warming potent spirit distilled from plums, one of the country's most bountiful crops.
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