The Transfăgărășan road winding up the Făgăraș mountains

Discover Romania

Eight regions, each with its own landscape, flavours and stories. Choose the one calling you — each has its own page, with places, experiences, the best time to go and the journeys that include it.

Bran Castle seen through the trees
Transylvania – more of the regionTransylvania – more of the region
Transylvania

Transylvania

Fortress towns, green hills and roads that ask you to slow down

Transylvania is the Romania most people picture before they arrive: clock towers above red roofs, fortified churches on the hilltops, and horse-drawn carts sharing the road with the occasional car.

Why go

  • Bran and Peleș Castles, two very different royal stories
  • Sighișoara's medieval citadel, still lived in today
  • Brașov's Old Town and the Black Church
  • Saxon fortified churches scattered through the countryside

Experiences here

  • Guided walk through Sighișoara with a local
  • A morning in Sibiu's old town
  • Walking the green hills around Moeciu
  • Peleș Castle and the Sinaia gardens

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The tall wooden steeple of Bârsana Monastery, Maramureș
Maramureș – more of the regionMaramureș – more of the region
Northern Romania

Maramureș

Wooden churches, carved gates and villages that keep their own time

Maramureș sits in Romania's northern corner, cut off enough by its hills that older ways of life have simply carried on. Wooden gates are still carved by hand, hay is still turned with a fork, and Sunday still means best clothes and church.

Why go

  • UNESCO-listed wooden churches with soaring spires
  • Hand-carved wooden gates outside almost every farmhouse
  • Săpânța's Merry Cemetery, painted with wit and colour
  • Haymaking by hand in summer, still done the traditional way

Experiences here

  • Traditional lunch with a village family
  • The wooden churches of Maramureș
  • The Merry Cemetery in Săpânța
  • Traditions and village life

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A painted monastery in Bucovina
Bucovina – more of the regionBucovina – more of the region
Northern Romania

Bucovina

Painted monasteries set among gentle, unhurried hills

Bucovina is known for its painted monasteries, and rightly so — biblical scenes cover the outside walls of churches built five centuries ago, their colours still holding after generations of weather. It is a rare, striking sight, and one best seen slowly, monastery by monastery.

Why go

  • UNESCO-listed painted monasteries at Voroneț, Moldovița and Sucevița
  • Byzantine frescoes and folk art found nowhere else in Europe
  • Traditional egg-painting workshops with local artisans
  • Slătioara forest and the gentle hills around it

Experiences here

  • Egg-painting workshop
  • Monastery courtyards and carved wooden gates
  • A village lunch with a Bucovina host
  • A walk in the Bucovina hills

Journeys that include it

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Sunrise over the Făgăraș ridge, a walker resting on the crest
The Carpathians – more of the regionThe Carpathians – more of the region
Romania

The Carpathians

High roads, alpine meadows and forests that stretch for miles

The Carpathian Mountains curve through the heart of Romania, and much of their drama can be reached without a serious hike. Scenic roads climb into the clouds, alpine meadows open up above the tree line, and villages tuck into valleys that few visitors ever find.

Why go

  • The Transfăgărășan Highway, one of Europe's great mountain drives
  • The Transalpina, a quieter high-altitude alternative route
  • Apuseni Mountains, with caves and rolling highland pastures
  • Alpine meadows and gentle forest trails

Experiences here

  • Bear watching with a licensed ranger
  • Spotting chamois in the Făgăraș Mountains
  • Driving the Transfăgărășan
  • Bâlea Lake in the mountains

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Pelicans flying over the Danube Delta at sunset, with a fisherman in a boat
Danube Delta – more of the regionDanube Delta – more of the region
Romania

Danube Delta

Channels, reed beds and birdsong at the edge of Europe

The Danube Delta is where the river finally lets go, spreading into a maze of channels, lakes and reed beds before reaching the Black Sea. Travel here happens by boat, at boat speed, and the reward is a landscape that feels genuinely wild.

Why go

  • One of Europe's largest and best-preserved wetlands, UNESCO listed
  • Over 300 recorded bird species, from pelicans to herons
  • Traditional fishing villages reachable only by boat
  • Sunrise and sunset boat trips through the channels

Experiences here

  • Boat trip through the Delta channels
  • Birdwatching at dawn
  • Lunch in a fishing village
  • Pelicans on the water

Journeys that include it

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Green rows of vines in early summer
Dealu Mare Wine Region – more of the regionDealu Mare Wine Region – more of the region
Southern Romania

Dealu Mare Wine Region

Rolling vineyards and long lunches, close to the capital

Dealu Mare is Romania's best-known wine region, a line of south-facing hills not far from Bucharest where vines have been grown for centuries. It makes an easy, rewarding day away from the city, or a gentle first stop on a longer countryside trip.

Why go

  • Boutique, family-run wineries alongside established estates
  • Well-regarded Romanian reds, particularly Fetească Neagră
  • Traditional food pairings with local cheeses and cured meats
  • Rolling vine-covered hills, easy walking between tastings

Experiences here

  • Tasting at a family winery
  • A walk through the vineyards
  • A cellar visit and tasting
  • A long lunch with the winemaker

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Bucharest seen from above, with the Palace of the Parliament beyond Cișmigiu Gardens
Bucharest – more of the regionBucharest – more of the region
Southern Romania

Bucharest

A capital of contrasts, better explored with someone who knows it

Bucharest rarely gets the time it deserves. Most visitors pass through on the way to somewhere else, missing the wide boulevards, hidden courtyards and layered history that make the city worth a proper look — grand 19th-century architecture standing beside the scale of communist-era planning.

Why go

  • The Palace of Parliament, one of the world's largest administrative buildings
  • Old Town cafés, courtyards and folk-inspired dinners
  • Communist-era architecture and 20th-century history
  • The Romanian Athenaeum and the city's grand boulevards

Experiences here

  • Folk dinner with live music
  • The Athenaeum and Calea Victoriei
  • The Palace of the Parliament
  • An evening in the Old Town

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Courtyard inside the fortified church walls at Viscri
Saxon Villages – more of the regionSaxon Villages – more of the region
Transylvania

Saxon Villages

Fortified churches and villages shaped by Saxon hands

Scattered through the Transylvanian countryside are villages built by Saxon settlers who arrived some eight centuries ago: fortified churches on the hilltop, colourful houses along a single main street, and a way of life that still moves slowly.

Why go

  • UNESCO-listed fortified churches, once shelters in times of siege
  • Colourful, well-kept Saxon houses along quiet main streets
  • Home-hosted traditional dinners with local families
  • Viscri, one of the best-known and best-preserved villages

Experiences here

  • Dinner in a Saxon farmhouse
  • A walk along Viscri's village lanes
  • Inside the fortified church of Biertan
  • Barns, gardens and village life in Viscri

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Regions that travel well together

Ideas, not fixed packages — every journey can be adapted to your dates and pace.

  • Transylvania & the Saxon villages

    Brașov, Sighișoara and the fortified churches, with time for village lunches and quiet back roads.

  • Maramureș & Bucovina

    Wooden churches, painted monasteries and living traditions in Romania's northern hills.

  • Bucharest & Dealu Mare

    The capital's stories and architecture, followed by vineyards and long lunches in wine country.

Journeys that take you there

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Pelicans flying low over the water in the Danube Delta
Short Breaks · Danube Delta

Danube Delta Wildlife Escape

Three nights in the Delta's wild heart: boat trips at dawn, freshly caught fish for lunch, and a silence you can't find anywhere el…

Next departure 17 Oct 2026 · places available

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A board of cheese and a glass of red wine at a tasting
Short Breaks · Dealu Mare Wine Region

Food & Wine of Dealu Mare

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Next departure 14 Nov 2026 · places available

4 days, 3 nights Small group Max. 8 guests from £795per person
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Painted frescoes on the outside walls of Voroneț Monastery, Bucovina
Cultural & Wine Tours · Bucovina

Bucovina: Painted Monasteries

Five days among painted monasteries, egg-painting villages and gentle hills, with time to actually stay where you fall in love with…

Next departure 24 Oct 2026 · places available

5 days, 4 nights Small group Max. 12 guests £1,295 from £1,095per person
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The tall wooden steeple of Bârsana Monastery, Maramureș
Short Breaks · Maramureș

Maramureș: Wooden Churches & Village Life

Five days where time settles down: wooden churches, villages with living traditions, and meals where you're a guest, not a tourist.

Next departure 28 Nov 2026 · places available

5 days, 4 nights Small group Max. 10 guests £1,050 from £950per person
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Colourful houses below the Clock Tower in Sighișoara
Private & Tailor-Made Journeys · Transylvania

Tailor-Made Private Romania

Tell us what you're dreaming of, we'll draw the route. A private guide and driver, on your own dates, at your own pace.

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6 days, 5 nights Private Max. 6 guests Price on requestdepending on the route

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