Travelling to Romania is as rewarding as it is challenging. The country's fantastic mountain scenery and great diversity of wild life, its cultures and people, the traditional country live together with the western style live in the cities, leave few visitours unaffected. Romania's greatest asset is its diversity. Therefore, wheather you're interested into the cultural tours, exploring excursions, out door or wild nature itineraries, the country it self has plenty of destinatons.
Explore the country life of Maramures region. Visit the lively cities of Transylvania. Go hiking into the Carpathians and see wild animals in their own habitat. Climb 1480 steps to Dracula's original castle at Poienari. Visit the amazing painted monasteries of Bucovina. Go into an ice cave or explore the longest cave in the South Eastern Europe. See the Saxon fortified churches of Transylvania or explore the Danube Delta's wild waterways.
Wheather you have a few days or a month, the loffowing itineraries may halp you plan your trip.

Two days:
- visit the medieval city of Brasov and the royal castle of Sinaia;
- see the European Capital of Europe in 2007 - the city of Sibiu;
- go for a quick visit to the Danube Delta;

One week:
- visit the cities of Sighisoara, Brasov, the royal castle of Sinaia, the castle of Bran and Rasnov. Go to the modern cities of Cluj-Napoca and Sibiu, see the Ice Cave deep inside Apuseni Mountains, go for the thermal baths in Felix. Chose to go in the country side of Maramures region and see some of the old wooden churches.
- another alternative is visiting both Maramures and Bucovina region - worldwide famous for its preserved traditions, wooden churches and painted monasteries.
- combine your visit to the medieval cities of Transilvania with a visit to the original castle of Dracula, at Poienari or go to the highest mountains in Romania - take the cable car to Balea Lake and anjoy an amazing panorama view.

Two weeks:
- to the above options, add at least one hike in the Carpathian Mountains;
- explore some of the fortified churches in Transylvania;
- follow the Dracula's foot steps through Transylvania!
- head north and enjoy for few days the contryside life of Maramures;
- as alternative, visit the fathastic Danube Delta!

One month:
- you will have time enough to explore Bucharest, Transylvania - cities and coutryside, Maramures and Bucovina refgions as well as the Danube Delta and the Black Sea coast.

When to go?
The months of summer are by far the best months to visit, followed by the late May and September. The summer season can be very hot in the south part of the country; the resorts along the Black Sea coast start filling up in the late Juneand stay packed until late August. Although by far the hottest time of the year, summer and early autumn is the right time to see Transylvania's festivals and hiking trails, to see the painted monasteries of Bucovina or anjoy a working day on the high hills of Maramures.


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