{"id":1798,"date":"2014-03-04T16:57:59","date_gmt":"2014-03-04T15:57:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eurotalk.com\/blog\/?p=1798"},"modified":"2014-03-04T16:57:59","modified_gmt":"2014-03-04T15:57:59","slug":"10-reasons-to-visit-romania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/10-reasons-to-visit-romania\/","title":{"rendered":"10 reasons to visit… Romania"},"content":{"rendered":"

As you know, we love travelling and learning about all kinds of cultures around the world, so we decided to start the ’10 reasons’ series \u2013 every now and then we’re going to give you 10 reasons for which you should consider visiting a new country.<\/p>\n

This month I chose Romania because it is my home country and because I can think of a lot more than ten reasons to visit this beautiful country. So, enjoy your read and please note that the reasons are not stated in any particular order \u2013 all are equally important.<\/p>\n

1. Breathtaking mountain landscapes<\/h4>\n

Romania is one of the ‘lucky’ countries which gets to enjoy both mountains and sea, but the truly amazing landscapes are definitely to be seen in the Carpathian mountains. There are two main roads that traverse the mountain chain and they are Transalpina and Transfagarasan. These roads reach the altitude of 2042 metres (6700 ft) and take you through endless curves and sheer drops \u2013 make sure you pull over to take photos.<\/p>\n

\"Transfagarasan<\/a><\/p>\n

2. Transylvania<\/h4>\n

This might be the best known area in Romania, mainly because of the Dracula myth that is supposed to have taken place here. I\u2019m not going to tell you about how you can have vampire encounters (Dracula is as real as Edward Cullen so don\u2019t get your hopes up), instead I\u2019m going to tell you that this is a very special part of Romania, having many colourful medieval cities with beautiful architecture as well as friendly people and delicious food \u2013 but more about this in the following points.<\/p>\n

3. Black Sea resorts and summer fun<\/h4>\n

My hometown is on the Black Sea shore and I can promise you, it is like Ibiza down there. There are parties almost every day of the week during the summer but the weekend is when it gets really loud and fun. Most Romanians go there for a couple of weekends during the summer for festivals and other party-related events. You can even go on your own, you will make a lot of friends. During the day, you can lay on the beach and get a nice tan to show off when you go back.<\/p>\n

4. Finger-licking food<\/h4>\n

If you decide to take a trip to Romania, make sure you are ready to come back home with 5-10 pounds extra, as the food over there is delicious \u2013 from the national food cabbage rolls (or stuffed cabbage) with porridge made out of yellow maize flour, to any kind of pies and cocoa sponge cake to Turkish influenced cuisine, everything you will eat there will taste amazing! On top of that, most Romanian women are really good cooks.<\/p>\n

5. Ski- and winter-resorts<\/h4>\n

Now, I\u2019m not much of a skier but I can tell you that you can have a great time skiing or snowboarding in the winter in the Romanian mountain resorts. The best known area for this is Prahova Valley, which is basically a river making its way thorough the chain of mountains and there are about 7-8 small resorts where you can get your share of winter fun, winter landscapes and mulled wine (what, did you think there\u2019s no alcohol involved?).<\/p>\n

\"Skiing<\/a><\/p>\n

6. The Danube Delta<\/h4>\n

If you\u2019re more the nature-loving\/sleeping-in-a-tent-is-fun kind of person you might want to take a trip here. This place is a naturally formed delta, where the Danube flows into the Black Sea. It is known for its wild places because it is pretty difficult to live there all year round given all the water and muddy islands. There are some men-built resorts where you can stay if you don\u2019t enjoy the wilderness that much but the true sense of this place is that you can have that bonding-with-nature kind of experience.<\/p>\n

7. The beautiful girls<\/h4>\n

Don\u2019t get me wrong, this is not a ‘place’ you can visit, they don\u2019t have them all lined up behind a window (although, you can find that in Amsterdam \u2013 so I\u2019ve heard). It\u2019s just that Romanian women are known to be beautiful and that is mostly because they take much interest in their appearance and they enjoy going out in caf\u00e9s, pubs or clubs \u2013 so that makes them something you might want to experience seeing in Romania.<\/p>\n

8. Bucharest nightlife<\/h4>\n

Speaking of clubs, this brings me to the capital of Romania \u2013 Bucharest. This big city has a vivid nightlife and fancy, luxurious clubs with music that plays till the sunrise. The custom is that you go to a club where you party & drink til 5-6 a.m. and then you go and have some Turkish kebab or shaworma (a kind of wrap) as a hangover cure. The place where you can find most of the clubs is the Old City Centre, which is very beautiful to visit during the day as well.<\/p>\n

9. Northern Moldavia<\/h4>\n

If you are more the museum-visiting type, this area is one that you would enjoy. There are a lot of old monasteries (some date from the 14th-16th century) where nuns and monks still live nowadays and that are part of the UNESCO world heritage because they are represent the Romanian tradition. They are usually surrounded with vegetation so that can be a place to find peace and serenity even if you are not religious. Be careful of the dress code \u2013 you have to wear trousers (or a long skirt) and something rather decent for the top part.<\/p>\n

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10. The people<\/h4>\n

I\u2019ve saved the best for last. One important reason you should visit Romania is to find that the people there are welcoming and warm, that you can make long lasting friendships very quickly and that even though Romania is a country that has had many struggles in the past, people are still good at heart and they will welcome you in their house as a friend, not a tourist.<\/p>\n

And of course before you go, don’t forget to learn some Romanian<\/a>, and take uTalk<\/a> with you in case you get stuck while you’re there…<\/p>\n

If you have any suggestions for our next ’10 reasons to visit…’ post, please let us know!<\/p>\n

Ioana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As you know, we love travelling and learning about all kinds of cultures around the world, so we decided to start the ’10 reasons’ series \u2013 every now and then we’re going to give you 10 reasons for which you should consider visiting a new country. This month I chose Romania because it is my … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[385,3,97,18],"tags":[386,387,78,91,268,388,389,390,391,392,28,393],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1798"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1798"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1798\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1798"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1798"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1798"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}