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.

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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.

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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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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.

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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.

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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.

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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)...

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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?

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