Europe Forums

Start a new topic Change Forum

Advanced search

Romania in the fall?

Posted by: darailise on May 16, 10 at 10:45 PM Posted in: Europe Tagged: Jump to last reply

My husband and I were invited to a wedding in Bucharest this September. We are about to start a family and figured it's now or never with certain locals...

We're seriously considering making the trip from Chicago to Romania but we want to make the most of the trip.

What is there to do in Bucharest and its surrounding areas? We would only be staying for about 3-4 days.

1 Reply |

Add a Reply
  • Report Abuse
    flat4 on May 17, 10 at 08:12 AM

    In Bucharest you could visit the Palace of Parliament (one of the world's largest&most useless buildings), the Village Museum (old traditional houses brought from villages throughout the country and displayed in one of the large parks in northern Bucharest) and the old quarter (a small surviving part of pre-20th century Bucharest, it has a few landmarks worth seeing and dozens of clubs, restaurants, bars etc.) - this should take about one day.

    Spend the rest of the time in southern Transylvania, preferably in/around Brasov (a historical city about three hours away from Bucharest by train or car). Along the way to Brasov stop in the mountain resort Sinaia to visit the Peles palace (the former summer residence of the Romanian kings) and maybe do a bit of hiking into the Carpathian mountains

    Then once you get to Brasov explore the city's well preserved medieval neighborhoods and try to do some side trips to the tourist sites around Brasov, like the so called Dracula's castle in Bran (~40 minutes away by bus), the fortified churches in Harman or Prejmer (30 minutes away).
    You could even try to do a day trip to places a bit further away like Sibiu (the other major historical city in southern Transylvania, 2 1/2 hours away from Brasov) or Sighisoara (one of the few actually inhabited medieval citadels in Europe, about 2 hours from Brasov).

    •

1 Reply |Back to top

| Add a Reply

Sign in to comment.

Recent Activity

View all Europe activity »
  1. 1 Prague Itinerary by Castellanese | Be the first to reply; posted on May 25, 13 at 07:31 AM Tagged:
  2. 2 Zagreb, rental car and Slovenia by Pam09 | 4 responses; most recent on May 25, 13 at 07:28 AM Tagged: ,
  3. 3 browsing homes for sale in Kent by MoWriter | 5 responses; most recent on May 25, 13 at 07:26 AM Tagged:
  4. 4 Weather's crummy in northern Italy now--suggestions for places by julies | 3 responses; most recent on May 25, 13 at 07:23 AM Tagged:
  5. 5 A Christmas Store in Paris by ktyson | 9 responses; most recent on May 25, 13 at 07:12 AM Tagged:
  6. 6 A few questions about the Amalfi Coast (in May) by flygirl | 82 responses; most recent on May 25, 13 at 07:05 AM Tagged:
  7. 7 Northern Italy by Jezzie | 5 responses; most recent on May 25, 13 at 06:59 AM Tagged: ,
  8. 8 Help me choose places to visit in Italy by ga9497 | 4 responses; most recent on May 25, 13 at 06:56 AM Tagged:
  9. 9 How to make a phone call from a pay phone in London to Germany by LittleT | 12 responses; most recent on May 25, 13 at 06:51 AM Tagged: ,
  10. 10 Sicily- two week summer vacation by lostnyctraveler1 | 4 responses; most recent on May 25, 13 at 06:30 AM Tagged:
  11. 11 Best castle for 7 and 9 year old boys by gstiefel | 9 responses; most recent on May 25, 13 at 06:22 AM
  12. 12 Sights to see, places to stop in drive from Edinburgh to London by nancyaustin | 2 responses; most recent on May 25, 13 at 06:21 AM Tagged:
  13. 13 EU Rule On Olive Oil Roils Europe! by PalenQ | 8 responses; most recent on May 25, 13 at 06:13 AM
  14. 14 I am Planning about to spend holidays at Windermere by adamdic | 4 responses; most recent on May 25, 13 at 06:06 AM Tagged:
  15. 15 Best area for wine and which one? by mibrownidgirl | 9 responses; most recent on May 25, 13 at 06:05 AM Tagged:
  16. 16 Time Out London - is there a replacement? by Elizabeth | Be the first to reply; posted on May 25, 13 at 06:03 AM Tagged:
  17. 17 Trip Report Venice - another trip report (deja vu all over again) by Peter_S_Aus | 102 responses; most recent on May 25, 13 at 05:55 AM Tagged:
  18. 18 Gatwick Express 5 for 3 -- available at Victoria station or only online? by MaddieEms | 7 responses; most recent on May 25, 13 at 05:29 AM Tagged:
  19. 19 Pre-paid SIM card at Munich Airport by mohanapte | 7 responses; most recent on May 25, 13 at 05:28 AM Tagged: ,
  20. 20 Bellevue House in Florence Contact ? by besozem | 3 responses; most recent on May 25, 13 at 05:08 AM Tagged:
  21. 21 Must-do Day Trips from London by cvilleva | 15 responses; most recent on May 25, 13 at 04:57 AM Tagged:
  22. 22 Beaune Hotel or B&B Recommendation Please by dugi_otok | Be the first to reply; posted on May 25, 13 at 04:26 AM Tagged:
  23. 23 Drive Rome Florence by Shujbhar | 2 responses; most recent on May 25, 13 at 04:16 AM Tagged:
  24. 24 Backpacking for the first time in 2014 by katie1029 | 2 responses; most recent on May 25, 13 at 03:57 AM Tagged: , , ,
  25. 25 Which tour company would be best? by Sophie2135 | 40 responses; most recent on May 25, 13 at 03:54 AM Tagged:
View next 25 » Back to the top