Now available online! Our latest edition of the "Holidays in Romania" brochure in French.

https://welcome-to-romania.com/brochure-de-voyage-roumanie/

Holidays in Romania | French version 🥰 Now available online! Our current edition of the "Holidays in Romania" brochure in French.

https://welcome-to-romania.com | https://willkommen-in-rumänien.de

As of today at 7 a.m., the Transfagarasan road (and also the Transalpina from 9 a.m.) is open again. The roads of all roads in Romania 🥰

If you are currently driving these roads, we would love to see lots of up-to-date pictures and info in the comments. Thank you so much!

https://welcome-to-romania.com | https://urlaub-in-rumänien.de

Info for June 2025: Transfagarasan open from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m., Transalpina from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Since both the Transfagarasan and the Transalpina are open from today, you will meet them again especially on these roads... the brown bears.

First of all, the MOST IMPORTANT:
DO NOT FEED BEARS!!
DO NOT ATTRACT BEARS!!
BEARS are wild animals of the forest and not "experience objects", please respect this on your trip and when encountering one or more bears! Enjoy it, but stay in the car and just drive slowly.

In Romania, there are approximately 8,000 to 10,000 wild brown bears and more and more bears are attracted to the roads and towns, because, unfortunately, some drivers / travelers feed the bears and therefore they always return, but especially with their offspring, to the roads.

We understand, it is a special experience... but bears can also be very dangerous, especially a mother bear with her cute babies. Mothers know, with children the fun ends quickly and it can become very dangerous. Therefore, once again... PLEASE SHOW RESPONSIBILITY AND RESPECT for these animals.

By attracting or feeding them, you destroy the natural basis of life of the animals... for a moment of attraction. We therefore ask you to let the bears... be bears... do not feed the bears and please do not stop if you see one or more bears on the side of the road. By this behavior, you attract the bear, because it thinks it will get food. Leaving the vehicle in such a situation to see a bear closer should NEVER happen anyway. Thank you!

Below is a link to further rules of conduct, in case you encounter a bear (e.g. during a mountain hike). Here, the example is Trentino, but it is also valid for Romanian bears > https://www.trentino.com/de/freizeit-aktiv/berge-wandern/nuetzliche-informationen/verhaltensregeln-bei-baerenkontakt/

Transylvania is rich in history and around 160 fortified churches invite interested visitors to take a journey through the past and present of the Transylvanian region.

An overview of all these fortified churches and much more information:
https://xn--urlaub-in-rumnien-2qb.de/de/uir/kirchenburgen/

We would like to thank the Fortified Churches Foundation (https://kirchenburgen.org) for permission to use the images and data.

The Sphinx (in Romanian Sfinxul) is a natural rock formation located in the Bucegi Mountains*, at an altitude of approximately 2,215 meters.

*The Bucegi Mountains are located south of the city of Brașov, on the eastern edge of the Southern Carpathians in Romania.

https://willkommen-in-rumänien.de | https://welcome-to-romania.com

June 1st, Children's Day, is, as in many other countries around the world, also a public holiday in Romania and today is also a Sunday.

We wish all children, whether small or big 😊, a wonderful, eventful, and happy day... and that we adults never forget that not only today, but actually every day of the year should be a day for our children!

We start at the end, but at the beginning we want to thank the Zitzmann family, who allowed us not only to use the pictures of the trip (end of September 2023), but also to take over the experiences. Thank you

"We drive the Transalpina, but after a few hours we realize that we miss the beautiful part. Google talks about blockage, missing guard rails and that the road was never finished...well, we let it come to that, turn around, drive back (the Transalpina is somehow divided in two) 100erte Schwammerlsucher pull 1000s of kilos of mushrooms from the forest, in large vats that we know from the grape harvest. Incredibly which quantities there are.

We find a great place to sleep, one may drive the road only from 8-18 clock...well we stand anyway, and do not drive. In Romania it is apparently no matter, locals drive around of course also after 18 o'clock, dig for stones, etc.. In the morning then a flock of sheep near us, still spend a lot of time in the wonderful mountain area, to finally arrive in the afternoon at the castle in Hunedoara to visit it."

Thanks to Gerhard Daniela Zitzmann for pictures and text.

Pictures from a holiday trip (August 2024) to Romania, starting in Sibiu (in German Hermannstadt), over the Transfagarasan and down into the valley of the Olt River.

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Beautiful pictures from the Transylvania region in Romania ... Places & impressions

‘Blue’ hour in Sighisoara / Schässburg | gorge / rock Rapa Rosie | sheep in the ethnological museum Astra in Sibiu | Salina / salt mine Turda | Kronstadt / Brasov | view from Bran / the Törzburg | bear reserve Zarnesti | alley in Bucharest.

We would like to thank Julia ( instagram.com/jules_the_municorn ) for sending us these pictures.

Visit the Romanian summer festival at Kornmarkt (in the center of Nuremberg) at the beginning of July (Saturday and Sunday) starting at 12:00 🥰

City Break Bucharest from 549 euros / person (instead of 698 euros). Enjoy a city break in the exciting and vibrant city of Bucharest, completely private, just for two. Everything is organized for you. You will visit the cultural highlights in Bucharest and the surroundings, including the possibility of a wine tasting at a very beautiful winery.

https://drs-reisen.de/reise/city-break-bukarest-mit-kultur-und-weinprobe/

German travel agency including travel price insurance.

Many more Romania trips and offers from the German provider DRS Reisen GmbH in Stuttgart.

https://drs-reisen.de/reise/mittelalterliches-siebenbuergen/

German travel agency, including travel insurance certificate.

Welcome to Romania! Romania impresses with its magnificent nature, untouched landscapes, rich history, cities & villages, sights and so much more.

https://xn--urlaub-in-rumnien-2qb.de | https://xn--willkommen-in-rumnien-m2b.de

From the Carpathian Mountains and the Black Sea coast to the Danube Delta, Romania as a travel destination offers a multitude of possibilities for the perfect vacation. Modern cities, lots of history, interspersed with untouched nature and villages where people live according to centuries-old traditions enrich the "vacation in Romania" experience

We have "rummaged" a little in last year's posts and put together a selection of the most popular pictures again. It's a beautiful journey through Romania, and not only these places are worth a visit.

Conclusion, the vacation destinations for the next 3 - 5 years are secured.

https://uir-news.com | https://xn--willkommen-in-rumnien-m2b.de/

We would like to thank Vlad the Impaler - Dracula, the Dracula Fan Club (https://draculafanclub.com), the photographers Daniel Micu, Relu Chiriac and Marius Nistor, romania iq (https://www.instagram.com/romania_ig), Banatul Montan, Plimbari cu barca Delta Dunarii - Murighiol / Boat trips in Danube Delta and Castelul Bran for the permission to use these pictures.

We have "rummaged" a little in last year's posts and put together a selection of the most popular pictures again. It's a beautiful journey through Romania, and not only these places are worth a visit.

Conclusion, the vacation destinations for the next 3 - 5 years are secured.

https://xn--urlaub-in-rumnien-2qb.de/ | https://xn--willkommen-in-rumnien-m2b.de/

We would like to thank Vlad the Impaler - Dracula, the Dracula Fan Club (https://draculafanclub.com), the photographers Daniel Micu, Relu Chiriac and Marius Nistor, romania iq (https://www.instagram.com/romania_ig), Banatul Montan, Plimbari cu barca Delta Dunarii - Murighiol / Boat trips in Danube Delta and Castelul Bran for the permission to use these pictures.

Discover Carpathians and Romania with the German tour operator Karpaten Outdoor Tours.

https://www.karpaten-offroad.de/ | https://rotravel24.com

Printing is in progress, and now you can finally order the 2025 brochure with 68 pages directly to your home in Germany (protection fee 2.80 Euro per brochure, shipping costs 2.00 Euro).

Link: https://romania-euro24.de

The brochure will be delivered in the first week of March and will arrive at your home in 1-2 days (shipped from Niederbayern). For questions / requests / suggestions, please send a PM or an email to ja@red-frog-galati.com

View the brochure online in Romanian / German / English:
https://welcome-to-romania.com or
https://xn--willkommen-in-rumnien-m2b.de/

Romania is rich in history and therefore also rich in the corresponding buildings and many stories about them.

There are still around 180 fortified churches in Transylvania (Siebenbürgen) alone, as well as fortresses, palaces, many castles, and also a large number of ruins.

https://welcome-to-romania.com | https://urlaub-in-rumänien.de

We thank the photographers / Facebook groups of the pictures for allowing us to use them.

Life in the countryside is very different from life in the cities. It is characterized by family, hospitality, traditions, hardships, and hard work well into old age.

And ... it is often a happier life than we imagine. Those who have little worry less, and the many daily news updates of the world, which we constantly receive on our phones (and don’t really need), reach these people less often or perhaps not at all.

We thank the photographer Sorin Onișor ( Sorin Onișor ) for the permission to use these atmospheric images.

They are not prepared everywhere in Romania according to the same recipe. Depending on the region and taste of the individual, they also in size vary from one place to another.

Sarmas contains meat wrapped with other ingredients in vine leaves or sauerkraut. Sarmale can be without meat (vegetarian) with vegetables.

We present a special recipe from Moldova with meat filling.
For 1 kg of minced meat (pork, beef, chicken or a mixture) add:
- 4 - 5 medium onions
- 100 grams of rice
- salt, pepper - one teaspoon each
- Dill and parsley - to taste
- Tomato broth (150 grams)
- 4 tablespoons oil (in combination with chicken)

If the meat is lean, add a few tablespoons of breadcrumbs or corn flour to better tie the mixture. Mix the contents well and then wrap it in vine leaves or cabbage, according to your preferences.

Cook for about two (2) hours, placing the sarmale close to each other in a saucepan and adding water. When the liquid in which the sarmale boils is low, add hot water to compensate. Check after the first hour of cooking and then whenever you think it is necessary.

We thank "Mama" Postolache for the recipe and her daughter for work and images.

From the amount of ingredients, about 120 wires are produced. They are usually consumed with sour cream (cream / cream) and hot pepper (chili pepper). Also, depending on the region, white bread and polenta (from maize semolina, similar to Italian polenta) are added.

We wish you good appetite (Bon appetite) 😋🥰

Two pictures, one from the Stelvio Pass in Italy, the second highest mountain pass in the Alps, and one from the Transfagarasan in Romania, the second highest mountain pass over the Carpathians (in Romania).

We thank Mr. Thomas Götten for the suggestion and the picture from the Stelvio Pass.