Where is Romania?

Romanian seaside

2012-02-01T11:38:00.000-08:00

For some of us the winter is still here, but let's make travel plans for Romanian seaside.

This may be sometime sailing on Romanian seaside:
WHY yacht

Romania winter - Paragliding

2012-01-20T08:00:00.000-08:00

There are several very good places for extreme sports in Romania.Para-gliding is one of the most enjoyed, as you can see below.Even for amateurs, tandem flights are possible. You just need the courage...

Ski Poiana Brasov - Romania

2012-01-18T07:50:00.000-08:00

Poiana Brasov is probably the most popular Romanian ski resort. As an important tourist centre, Poiana is preferred by local tourists and specially by tourists from Europe.This great ski video is showing the coming down from 1800m point in Poiana Brasov on Drumul Rosu doing 60km/h top speed!

Ski by night - Apuseni Romania

2012-01-15T07:45:00.000-08:00

Another interesting info linked to the winter season:Arieseni is situated at altitude of 950 m, in the heart of Apuseni Mountains (Romanian Western Carpathians).You will find the Arieseni Ski Resort in the Apuseni Mountains, half way between Arieseni town (district Alba) and Vârtop pass in the Bihor Mountains.Enjoy!

Romania ski Straja, Sinaia, Poiana

2012-01-12T07:39:00.000-08:00

Next stop for ski in Romania in in more than one places.You can see Straja, Sinaia and Poiana, three of the best ski places in Romania.Travel to each of them and see where would you go...

Romania heli ski - Fagaras

2012-01-10T01:59:00.000-08:00

Another great area in Romania is Fagaras, with the highest mountains around.
In winter (and almost all year round) the mountains are covered by snow and it is a great place to ski.

With a helicopter is even better...

Where to ski in Romania

2012-01-06T01:54:00.000-08:00

One of the best places where you can ski in Romania is Valea Prahovei.On the map there one of the most well known resorts, Predeal.

Vizualizare hartă mărită

This is a short video to give an overview on this winter ski area.

Bucharest Romania - The Athenaeum

2012-01-03T01:43:00.000-08:00

The Romanian Athenaeum is a work of French architect Albert Galleron.
When it was build as well as in recent restoration years, it was financed by the general public. Completed in 1888, it resembles an ancient temple.

As it is renowned worldwide for outstanding acoustics, the Romanian Athenaeum is Bucharest's most prestigious concert hall and home of the Romanian George Enescu Philharmonic.

Video is courtesy of Victoria Zamorano: http://web.mac.com/victoriazamorano/Site/Home.html

Bucharest Romania - travel

2011-12-31T11:27:00.000-08:00

Bucharest is the largest Romanian city and capital.
The city includes several parks, neoclassical buildings, an Arc de Triomphe on the Kiseleff boulevard, which is longer than Champs-Elysees.
You can visit the Old City Centre, with its charm and partially restored buildings.
The Royal Palace stands next to Revolution Square with majestic architecture.

Romania tourism - World heritage sites

2011-12-29T01:25:00.000-08:00

Traveling to Romania gives the opportunity to see where are great heritage sites. You will find medieval churches, fortified living towns, monasteries and traditional masterpieces. UNESCO has included this beautifully preserved treasures in the World Cultural Heritage as a recognition of their value.I will always recommend to see where is each of these treasure and have a direct experience of Romania.

Romania travel - The Painted Monasteries

2011-11-10T23:03:00.001-08:00

After identifying where is Romania, let's travel in beautiful places.
In the North-East of Romania there are The Painted Monasteries.
Build during past times, they represent great cultural heritage over history.

This is a visual guide with map and video:

Vizualizare hartă mărită

To Romania - by car

2011-10-29T00:02:00.001-07:00

You can get to Romania also by car. Depending from where you come from, there are several border crossing points in Romania.

This is a list of road border crossing points in Romania grouped by country:

Country	Entry point to Romania	Corresponding entry point
Bulgaria	Călărași	Silistra
	Giurgiu	Ruse
	Ostrov	Silistra
	Vama Veche	Durankulak
Moldova	Albița	Leușeni
	Galați	Giurgiulești
	Oancea	Cahul
	Sculeni	Sculeni
	Stânca	Costești
Serbia	Jimbolia	Kikinda Crinja
	Naidăș	Kalugerovo
	Porțile de Fier I	Djerdap I
	Porțile de Fier II	Djerdap II
	Stamora-Moravița	Varsac Vatin
Ucraina	Sighetu Marmatiei	Solotvino
Ungaria	Borș	Ártánd
	Cenad	Kiszombor
	Nădlac	Nagylak
	Petea	Csengersima
	Săcuieni	Letavertes
	Salonta	Méhkerék
	Turnu	Battonya
	Urziceni	Vallaj
	Valea lui Mihai	Nyírábrány
	Vărșand	Gyula

After knowing where is Romania, you can choose to travel by plane or by car.
I will come back with a road map for more details.

To Romania - by plane

2011-10-21T00:17:00.000-07:00

Now, that we know where is Romania, let's see how to get to Romania.
For this time, travel by plane.

This is a map of airports in Romania:

Airport Romania - Map from The Romanian Airports Association

Most flights are available to Bucharest Airport "Henri Coanda", but others are available also to other Airports.
This is the fastest way to travel to Romania from anywhere around the world.

So, where is Romania?

2011-10-17T12:11:00.000-07:00

In Southeastern Europe, where the Danube flows into the Black Sea, outside and within the Carpathian mountains, there you will find Romania.
It shares border with Bulgaria, Serbia, Ukraine, Moldova and Hungary.
Let's see:

Romania Map

Somebody asked: where is Romania?

2011-10-15T04:33:00.000-07:00

Well, as I was traveling outside Romania, we met this group of nice people. So, we get to know each other.
After some time, there was a question that needed an answer: where is Romania?