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Romania is rethinking tourism to combat overtourism by redistributing visitors beyond crowded hotspots like Bran Castle. Backed by an EU-funded initiative, the country is promoting sustainable travel, ...
News Romania » Transylvania » Tourism: Romania backpacking guide: Bucharest and Transylvania on a budget
This article is based on my 2015 backpacking trip through Romania. Romania wasn't even on my shortlist when I first mapped out that 2015 backpacking loop through Eastern Europe. By the time I crossed ...
News Romania » Transylvania » Tourism: Matca opening in Romania's Transylvania region
A rendering of the lobby at the Matca hotel in Simon, Romania. Photo Credit: Courtesy of Matca The hotel Matca, set to open late October in Simon, Romania, will feature 16 rooms and 10 villas as well ...
News Romania » Transylvania » Tourism: In Transylvania, a New Hotel Is Carrying Tradition into the Future
Cut off from the rest of Romania by the arc of the Carpathian Mountains, Transylvania still embodies a certain rural self-sufficiency. There are few better examples than the picturesque village of ...
News Romania » Transylvania » Tourism: On Safari in the Transylvanian Alps, Where Bison Roam Once More
In Europe, “rewilding” is aiding the reintroduction of key animal species, including bison, which visitors can track in the forests and meadows of western Romania. By Charly Wilder It wasn’t a ...
News Romania » Transylvania » Tourism: One million tourists visit fortified churches of Transylvania in 2025, with most of them Romanian
One million tourists visited the 160 fortified churches in Transylvania in 2025, belonging to the Evangelical Church, of whom 600,000 were Romanians, and the rest were Germans, Austrians, Swiss, but ...