BEST Reasons To Visit Romania 🇷🇴 | Your Travel Guide To Transylvania!
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- Опубліковано 13 тра 2024
- We share the top things to see in Romania and trip-planning tips! We travel through the famous Transylvania region and take you to see the epic medieval towns and castles. We take you on stunning hikes in the Carpathian Mountains and a drive through the scenic Transfagarasan Highway. In this video, we also try traditional Romanian food and share how much we paid for accommodations in Romania. Is Romania on your travel list?
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Transportation:
Romania's CFR Train: www.cfrcalatori.ro/en
Brasov car rental: rent-car-brasov.ro
Bolt ride share: bolt.eu/ro-ro
Accommodations:
Brasov: www.booking.com/Share-2m6K8l
Sighişoara: www.booking.com/Share-iYXZldI
Transylvanian Coliving in Sibiu: transylvaniancoliving.com
Travel vlog #42 | Filmed August 02, 2023
#romania #romaniatravel #romaniaguide #transylvania
00:00 - Romania Introduction
01:36 - Transylvania itinerary (Brasov, Sibiu, Sighisoara, Bucharest)
06:05 - Castles to visit in Romania (Bran, Peles and Corvin)
11:00 - Carpathian Mountains (Best hiking in Romania)
14:37 - Transfagarasan Highway
19:06 - Food in Romania
22:06 - Lodging in Romania
23:25 - Bucharest and final thoughts
Thanks for watching!
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Hi! We are Helen and Tim. We are adventure travelers who saved up some money to travel full-time in Jan 2023. We are based in Portland, Oregon, and have been together for over 10+ years and share a love for the great outdoors through hiking, camping, skiing, and more! We grew up in Dallas, Texas (Helen) & DuBois, Pennsylvania (Tim).
Our goal is to hike the world one mountain at a time. We love to inspire people to get outdoors whether the adventure is big or small. Post-hike, we enjoy the local flavors and foods, and a cold drink (beer for Tim and kombucha for Helen).
There is so much in the world to see, even if it is in our own backyards. We started filming our adventures in the PNW and that has evolved into filming our international travels.
Thanks so much for watching! We will see you on the next trail! 🥾
Romania is another underrated country in our full-time travel journey. We truly had a blast in Romania. Not only did we geek out on the medieval history and the castles, but the mountains were quite scenic. Definitely add Romania to your list. What did you think of Romania? Would you add it to your travel list?
Thank you, guys, from my heart for this amazing travel vlog about such a mysterious country that nobody talks about in the West. The landscapes are breathtaking, the food is so delicious, and the history is so rich and the culture is so mixed up, Romania being at the border between West and East and taking different influences.
Your editing was top notch, I stayed alert and interested all the time !!
I subscribed to you - you deserve it. Keep rolling. :)
@dhanyrafael it is a true gem and we have so many friends and family that want to visit Romania now. It’s a beautiful blend of cultures, landscapes, history, and we definitely need to go back to try more of the food. Thanks for the nice comments. We really appreciate it ☺️
Thank you for this beautiful presentation of Romania. As I can tell you love hiking, so a trip in the eastern part of the country will not disappoint either. Beautiful Ceahlau Massif, and some of the most beautiful Monasteries you can find in the world. Also Maramures is an amazing destination.
@simonacasian1771 thanks so much, Simon! We will save these recommendations for a future trip to Romania. 🤙🏽
Thank you so much. I always travel with my husband. But already I want to try solo travel to Romania. It will be first time 😇
This looks awesome, guys! I didn't know Romania was so cool! I can't wait to visit! Thank you for the video, guys!
You’re welcome! Romania is definitely underrated! We highly recommend it.
You have to visit Bucharest ( the Capital of Romania ) full ( you need 3 months ) , and you neeed to visit the Black Sea Citys and realms ( you need again 3 months ). Here is a professional Video of BUCHAREST, the bigesst City of Europe, the Green City of Europe (UNESCO ), and the Secret City of the World ( Forbes ): ua-cam.com/video/3X_CC9sSVrs/v-deo.html , * and here you have MAMAIA Beach ( Bleacj Sea ), the largest Beach of the World :* ua-cam.com/video/vuB2a71qSSY/v-deo.html ! All the best from France ( the sister of Romania since 140 years ) !
Amazing! Need to add to my bucket list! :D
Awesome to hear it’s going on your list, This place was a serious surprise to us! We would definitely go back. There are a few towns we didn’t get to check out like Cluj, Timisoara and many of the Saxon villages!
You have to visit Bucharest ( the Capital of Romania ) full ( you need 3 months ) , and you need to visit the Black Sea Citys and realms ( you need again 3 months ). Here is a professional Video of BUCHAREST, the bigesst City of Europe, the Green City of Europe (UNESCO ), and the Secret City of the World ( Forbes ): ua-cam.com/video/3X_CC9sSVrs/v-deo.html , * and here you have MAMAIA Beach ( Bleacj Sea ), the largest Beach of the World :* ua-cam.com/video/vuB2a71qSSY/v-deo.html ! All the best from France ( the sister of Romania since 140 years ) !
You guys are so sweet. Thank you for visiting and showcasing Romania.
Thank you! 😊 we enjoyed Romania!
@@HelenandTimTravel Glad you like our country. Have fun in your adventures!
I really liked this one. I would enjoy this place.
Thanks, Vern! You really would. It’s a pretty special place. You should go 😉
You have to visit Bucharest ( The Capital of Romania ) full ( you need 3 months ) , and you need to visit the Black Sea Citys and realms ( you need again 3 months ). Here is a professional Video of BUCHAREST, the bigesst City of Europe, the Green City of Europe (UNESCO ), and the Secret City of the World ( Forbes ): ua-cam.com/video/3X_CC9sSVrs/v-deo.html , * and here you have MAMAIA Beach ( Bleacj Sea ), the largest Beach of the World :* ua-cam.com/video/vuB2a71qSSY/v-deo.html ! All the best from France ( the sister of Romania since 140 years ) !
I've spent many months in Romania, it's an amazing country!
So great that you spent many months there. It’s a really spectacular place with such interesting history
It didn't take over 600 years to bild😊. Bran Castle Built between 1377 and 1388, the castle is an important national monument that inspired famed writer Bram Stoker to create one of the most popular novels of all time: Dracula.
Thanks for the info. What we read at the museum and they made improvements over 600 years. We are always learning! Appreciate you correcting us and taking the time to write this.
Thank you for visiting, I really enjoyed your informative style of the video. Enjoy your stay!
Thanks so much! We appreciate the kind words ☺️
Great video guys. A small fact - Sinaia and Busteni are not in Transylvania, but in the Wallachia region.
Thanks! ☺️We appreciate you mentioning and letting us know. We more so used Brasov and Sibiu as our travel hub and base camp in Transylvania, so we called the video our Transylvania road trip. We found on Wikipedia “Peleș Castle is a Neo-Renaissance palace in the Royal Domain of Sinaia in the Carpathian Mountains, near Sinaia, in Prahova County, Romania, on an existing medieval route linking Transylvania and Wallachia.” Cool stuff!
Thank you for this beautiful video. I’m at a lady that I work with that is from Romania and we are so close. We became best friends. She is going back to Romania to visit for six weeks this fall, I will miss her very much.❤
Thank you so much! Great to hear you have a friend from Romania. Such a beautiful country and the people were very nice. We recommend a visit sometime. It's a very underrated country.
that was very informative ! very nice video I really liked it really !
Thanks so much! Glad you like it. Many haven’t been as nice in the comments, so we really appreciate you ☺️
My husband was born in Brasov. It is one of the most beautiful cities in Romania.
That’s awesome! We totally agree with this ☺️ Brasov was a gem. Thanks for watching!
Beautiful description of our country. Thank you!
Your country is so beautiful and we recommend a visit to anyone that asks us about it ☺️
Welcome to Romania! Great video! Congratulations!
Thanks so much for the welcome! ☺️ we enjoyed our time in Romania!!! We will definitely be back
You missed many places. If you come back again you should check out the Danube Delta and Moldovan Monasteries.
We will definitely be back in the future! Adding these to our list. So many places to see. Thanks for these
@@HelenandTimTravel Thank you for visiting and appreciating the nice aspects of this country.
@@shockandawe7274 you live in a beautiful country! Thanks for welcoming us. Everyone was very kind!
Everyone coming here says it's not okay to feed the bears, but that's how we build the bond. If they get hungry enough they can try to attack campers for their food, so it's better to keep them well fed and friendly. Although we have the highest number of bears in Europe, the bear attacks are very rare so we must be doing something right.
Very interesting information. Thanks for sharing and watching!
Beautiful video ❤ Thank you
Thanks so much, Gaby! 🤙🏽 Glad you liked the video. Cheers!
You covered multiple beautiful places in Romania, which is pretty great for someone who’s not Romanian and traveled there for the first time. Good job!
Thanks! We leaned on some friends that have traveled there before and didn’t want to miss some of the beautiful spots. Thanks for watching
Visit Brașov the most beautiful city of Romania !!! ♥️💛💙
We visited Brasov and it was very beautiful!! ❤️
tons of places to visit once u come back :) can't w8 for new videos
If you recommend any, please let us know. We have started a list for our next visit in the future. Thanks for watching ☺️
Castles 😍😍😍
Ice Hotels 🥰🥰🥰
Romania is a pretty cool place to visit! 🌍✈️ thanks for watching
Guys, this was such an incredible video. Love the pacing and the quality of the vlogging! The drone shots are incredible. Romania is a fascinating country and this video should convince any human to visit. Keep it up!
Thanks so much! Appreciate it coming from a fellow vlogger. The videos always take us wayyyy longer than we think. Sometimes we want to switch to more raw like yours 😆 Glad you enjoyed it! Hope you both are well
@@HelenandTimTravel 😃😀
Excelent!
Thank you ☺️☺️☺️
Amazing, you answered all the comments. So nice, so polite, what a nice feeling to see that. The video is too short for how long the trip lasted, but it is pragmatic and with a lot of useful information, even if some of them are a little different than how they were presented, but don't bother, it's fine. Next time, try the bean soup (ciorba) with smoked pork knuckle served on a plate, not in bread. You will see that it is much tastier because it is more liquid. Nice to have you because you are doing a better job than our Minister of Tourism. Thanks!
Thanks for watching and taking the time to give your thoughts. It’s always hard to capture a long trip in a short video. We definitely want to show how amazing Romania is and people should visit. We did have ciorba without the bread and smoked pork knuckle and it was tasty! 😋Cheers and happy new year
Such a beautiful country! Hope you had a great time 😍🇷🇴
We loved Romania! Would definitely go back! Still so much left to explore ❤️🇷🇴
BIG LIKE GUYS 10X TO VISIT GUYS
Wellcome in Romania!
Thank you! It’s a beautiful country and we loved it. Would definitely return and visit again 🤙🏽☺️
Amazing view out there, but hope that was a joke with the train system. 😅
Such a beautiful country! Definitely joking, but we did have a few instances where it was very late and didn't notify us until we got to the station.
Train system in Romania I hear that is usually OK except in the winter time. :) They aren't Japanese, so let's have a low expectation. :)
@dhanyrafael winter in Romania would be an experience🥶 very true! The important thing is they have public transit. So much more available than the U.S. especially where we live on the west coast in oregon
Well, I do hope that USA improves the railroads and starts making more city bike lanes. :) Like in Netherlands, Denmark. :) Car culture is sick. :( @@HelenandTimTravel
"The black castle" on the left! That'll do me!
😆 so many cool places to see in Romania!
@@HelenandTimTravel Like… The Black Church?🤣🤣🤣
Yeah we totally said the wrong thing 😂😂😂
@@HelenandTimTravel Sometimes, you don’t see the Forest for the trees! Slow down a bit… but, that’s just me… what do I know…
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Guys, your video is promoted now by all sorts of Romanian tourism and state agencies, its preety cool.
Wow! Thanks for letting us know! Can you share any links? We haven’t heard about this yet and will go search 🥹😬
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Thanks for the love! ❤️
Thanks for visiting!! ❤❤
I love your video! ❤ and yes, Romania it's a stunning place! It can also feel like a spiritual retreat in some parts of it 😊
P.S. definitely rent a car if you are about to leave the big cities
Awe thank you so much 🥹 Such a beautiful place. Definitely has a spiritual vibe, especially in the mountain. Renting a car is very affordable and the roads outside of the city are very easy to drive.
we in Romania love swiss prices for gondola :X
Definitely more affordable gondola prices than Switzerland 🤙🏽 The smaller ones in the less touristed parts in Switzerland aren’t too bad
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We appreciate the love 🥰❤️
Thank you for visiting our country 🙏 🎉
None of the Romanian restaurants that you eat in Brașov heave a real authentic taste 😢 sadly 😔 not even those in Poiana Brașov, if i found one i let you know 😊
Thank you!! It is a beautiful country. Ohhh yes, if you could recommend to us and our viewers, always open to finding local eats.
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Să nu ratați NV-ul României , zona Maramureșului cu reședința de județ Baia Mare,unde datorită minelor de aur din regiune ,a fost monetăria imperiului Austro Ungar
That sounds very interesting! Thank you! We will be saving this for future travels to Romania ☺️
Sa vizitati neapărat Muzeul Mineralogic cu flori de mină din regiune !
What time of the year did you go? Would you recommend September/October?
We were in Romania around August/September and really enjoyed the weather. Never felt like it was too hot and mostly had sunny weather. We would recommend going around that time. October during the fall time, we heard was beautiful too from the Romanian locals. Would be awesome to see changing colors. Shoulder season in Oct would be nice, but maybe the weather would be a bit more back and forth :)
next time go in Bucovina. Amazing sceneries and food (not saying something about beautiful woman...BUT THEY ARE :))
Thanks for the suggestions 🤙🏽
Hi. Bram Stoker changed the history a bit in his book. Vlad Tepes was not the ruler of Transylvania, and he never set foot in Bran`s Castle. The was the ruler of Walachia (Tara Romaneasca). He is associated with Bran Castle only through Bram Stoker's book.
Thanks for sharing. Such interesting history in Romania that we want to learn more about. We heard he may have been imprisoned there, but that wasn’t confirmed. Any resources/website you can share with us to learn more about this you recommend? ☺️
@@HelenandTimTravel He was not imprisoned there, he was caught in that area, near Oratea citadel. There was a Netflix documentary about Vlad Tepes (I have not watched it): ua-cam.com/video/ntCAxdBOYBg/v-deo.html&ab_channel=NetflixRomania . A wiki page with Romania's history, from the Romans to modern times: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Romania
Thanks! Tim says he actually watched the Netflix documentary after we visited Romania and putting together this video 😬. Appreciate you taking the time to share the sources!
In a nutshell, the Ottomans were fighting the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the romanian countries (Wallachia, Moldovia, Transylvania) were in the way. Ottomans conquered Moldovia and Wallachia and needed someone to rule the regions and pay tribute. Vlad Tepes was raised at the sultan court, he was military trained by the ottomans and was named the ruler of Wallachia. Because he knew how ottomans fought, he rebelled against the ottomans and had a few victories.
@alexrebega1289 thanks for posting and sharing your knowledge 💪🏽
Guys.. Bușteni is not in Transylvania it is în Wallahia..
We have been told :) Thanks! We used Transylvania as a homebase.
It's actually not the black castle, it's the Black Church
Ahhh meant to say the black church 🤦🏻♀️ we are far from being good at the UA-cam thing 🤣🤣🤣
Sorry but it's a bit unfair to say about the influences of the neighbours cuisine over the romanians dishes culture as long as the older and the larger culture in the area from Anatolia to the Baltic sea is the Thracians or Getae culture, as the Greeks use to call them but they use to call themselves "rumâni or râmâni. So all the others came much later and to find the same dishes to all of them is much probably an older culture where the common elements are the Thracians and the Getae peoples. The Greeks came 3500 years ago and they wrote about finding there the "pelasgians", the south branch of the Thracians, same culture with the Minoan and Trojan culture. The Turkish came about 800 years ago the romans conquered a quarter of Dacia (the today Romania area)1900 years ago but they suppose to teach all the Dacians habitants Latin language, from South of Germany to south of Ukraine, a large area having a lot of habitants living on the rivers unaccessible valleys without any importance for them. To deny such a big and old culture which is still visible on the traditional clothes and wood carved gates and buildings,the myths, the legends and the sustainable way of life is just a matter of hegemony of the new culture which replaced it, the culture of patriarchal insted of matriarchy, a culture of money, possession and authority instead of shearing everything, fair changes and peace which characterised the old Europe.
Thanks for the thoughtful comment! We are always learning and appreciate you taking the time to leave this comment.
Thank for your nice words considering that my comments can be easely considered quite subjective due to the lack of opportunuties to prove any of my statements which would suppose a huge amount of shown sources. 😏
This is dacomania bulshit!
The castle was built in 5 years not in 650 years as you said.
You are right, it was completed in 5 years 😀We read in the museum while in the castle it was under construction across 650 years because of renovations, add ons, etc.
In Brasov it is the Black Church, not castle!
We realized after we published it, we said it wrong 🤦🏻♀️ meant to say black church. Can’t re edit and upload again.
@@HelenandTimTravel Not problem!😂
I watched your a couple of your videos because I am in Romania for 3 weeks and sent so of your videos to show family where I am. Just a word of advice because none of them watched the whole video and I also found it hard to watch the whole video. Stop focusing on yourselves and your thoughts and more on the destinations. I am not trying to be mean but just giving me and my family’s perspective. Maybe it might help if you watched other travelers videos. A great couple to study from is the flying nest. Wishing you the best in your future adventures.
Thanks for the feedback. We create the videos to look back and document our travels. We don’t try to appease others ✌🏽. Plenty of other channels out there to watch if you dislike ours. Best of luck in your travels.
Us followers watch their videos because we're invested in HELEN and TIM TRAVELING. We came here specifically to hear THEIR thoughts on how THEY are experiencing a new destination. Their channel name says it all. But if this place isn't for you, no need to critique, feel free to fly the nest. 👋🐦
Sorry wrong people never saw your video thought I was commenting on another video
My bad
Sorry
@@HelenandTimTravel sorry wrong video
I have never watched your videos must have moved to your video at the end of the one I wanted to comment on
My bad sorry
pov: you're hungarian and watching this video:😭😭😭😭😭😭
Sorry if we made you upset. We want to check out Hungary sometime 🤙🏽
I don't understand why all tourists are surprised that there is 'Uber' in Romania. Big deal! It has been around for at least 10 years, there's also Bolt, and there are even other ridesharing apps that work exactly like Uber or Bolt but for regular, classic taxis.
Just an observation 😀 we don’t live there and it was our first time visiting. Each country also have their own ride sharing and not everyone we have visited has Uber.
why u guys go only to turist traps ?????
Our first time there so we wanted to see the sites ☺️ but we hope to go more off the beaten path next time. Do you have any recommendations for our next trip?
careful with the bears because they cant shot them anymore because of the environmentalists. now there are too many bears who became aggressive because there is not enough food for them.
That is very sad to hear. We definitely kept our distance and stayed in the car. We always use zoom lenses from our camera. Appreciate your concern!
If you did just that you missed a lot...
Our first time, but we plan to visit again someday :)
Vlad II Dracul was Vlad III (Drăculea) Țepeș' father. He got his nickname from Emperor Sigismund's Order Of The Dragon, a Crusader Christian order meant to unite Christian countries against the Ottoman Empire. Vlad Țepeș (The Impaler) and his cousin, Ștefan cel Mare (Stephen the Great) kept Europe safe from Ottomans and criminals for which We, Romanians, are eternally grateful. The Irish book character Dracula is not even mentioned in schools here, you have to really, really hate history to poison yourself with that rubbish. Ireland should make some Disney fake castle and charge money and leave Queen Marie's (Bran) castle alone.
Also, Town = < 2500 citizens, while Bucharest has 2 million and its a Capitol, Brașov about 250.000, Sibiu about 140.000 and so on. And that doesn't take in account the millions of tourists every year. What surprises tourists is when they go to the Black Sea resorts and they find out that those aren't actually cities inside the city and county of Constanța, but mere villages with A LOT of hotels and terraces.
And about the last part, there are free bus rides that take you to Bucharest Therme Spa and back, they have the schedule on the Therme stations or online and they have the Therme logo on them. Enjoyed your journey, come again, you have only scratched the surface! Noroc!
Yes, we have only scratched the surface. This was our first visit and we loved Romania and feel like it is an underestimated place to visit. Thanks for all the helpful information and taking the time to educate us and our audience.
You were surprised Romania has Bolt and Uber...u lived under a rock?!We didnt.
We didn’t do prior research before on ride share. So it did surprise us! Just wanted to share the info for those planning a trip. We do love living among rocks in the mountains though 😆😉
@@HelenandTimTravel not funny....Tipical american ignorance. Hopefuly you wont return to our country.
Dupa agresivitatea limbajului tau, se pare ca tu chiar traiesti intr-o pestera sub o stanca. Este treaba lor daca au fost sau nu surprinsi, nu e treaba ta decat in cazul ca te simti tu mai frustrat. Eu cred ca le este greu tare cu tine celor din jurul tau,
@@10august80 poți să mergi să îți bați coasa.
Este strict problema lor, nu cred ca era nevoie de comentariul tau. Sper sa nu inmultesti.