Glamping in Romania

Not every place is as authentic, natural and cultural as Romania. These are the best words to describe this tourist destination, full of dynamism, history, art, and landscapes as beautiful as they are varied. Here you will find mountains, beaches, valleys, villages and much more. But, in addition to that, you will also have the best glamping options with excellent locations and dreamy facades to make your holiday stay the best of all.

In a place like Romania, the only thing you can expect are great experiences and amazing places, but we are not only talking about the places you are going to visit, but also where you are going to stay. At Holidu you will find the best place for your holidays where you will have all the amenities you need to make your stay as comfortable as possible, for prices that are affordable for all budgets. All with enough space for your whole family or group of friends, and some are even pet-friendly!

Romania is a perfect place for people who love to go on adventures and you will never run out of activities to do. If you are an adventurer, you'd probably like to spend a night camping by one of the many rivers or in one of its astonishing mountains. There are so many things to do that it is difficult to narrow them down. You could do some cycling on the many routes available for both beginners and experienced ones; go hiking through its beautiful mountains, forests, caves, volcanoes and more; go skiing or snowboarding and many other activities that will make you feel the adrenaline of an unparalleled adventure that you will only experience in this destination.

Romania is the perfect place to find the best architecture, as the locals have always been in charge of expressing all that imagination and spirituality that characterizes them through their buildings, monuments, and works. Best of all, everything in this destination is incredibly well-preserved, so you can appreciate every detail and be amazed by the architecture from the museums and churches to the traditional houses found and restored in every corner of Romania. Moreover, not only the classical architecture will blow your mind, but also the modern buildings with fascinating facades that now decorate the Romanian landscapes and urban areas.

Dracula's Castle is one of the most touristic places in Romania. It is located in Transylvania and you can take a tour around the whole place. It has more than 57 rooms, a “secret” passageway and many “hidden secrets” that you will discover throughout your visit, which can be guided or on your own. The most interesting thing of all is that you will be able to see the sarcophagus where this famous vampire slept. Would you dare to go?

Romania has something very peculiar and that is that, throughout the year, they have numerous festivals. So, no matter when you go, you will probably come across one of them. At these festivals, you can enjoy the most traditional folk customs of Europe and there are different types of festivals. If you go in June, you'll probably find a traditional crafts festival. While in July, you can experience the city's celebration with parades, horse-drawn carriages, music, special performances and more. You can also experience the Maidens' Fair in the Avram Iancu village, in the Apuseni Mountains or the “Hora de la Prislop” one-day festival in August.

Something that characterizes this tourist destination is the great variety of their cuisine, which is influenced by the Greek and Roman culture. Here you can taste the incredible flavour of Romanian cheeses, which are very popular and well-known. You can't leave Romania without tasting the “kurtoskalacs”, or chimney cakes, which consists of a cylinder cake made of sweet yeast dough. This delicatessen used to be made only on special occasions, but now you don't have to wait for an important date to eat as many as you can, thank goodness!

Besides Transylvania and its legend of Count Dracula, Romania has other medieval towns that seem to have come straight out of a fairy tale and have a lot to offer, such as Sighișoara, Brașov and Sibiu. In all of these towns, you can marvel at the architecture, which will make you feel like you've stepped into a fairytale or travelled back in time to centuries gone by.

This is one of Romania's most picturesque treasures and is located in the northeast of the country. All its walls are decorated with incredible scenes and are considered masterpieces of Byzantine art, so, if you are an art lover, this should be a mandatory stop. It is guaranteed that will fall in love with all the wall decorations and you won’t want leave the place.

Romania has many national and natural parks, and they all have unique landscapes worth seeing. They are full of meadows, gorges, caves, underground volcanic lakes and many other surprises that will enchant you and make you connect even more with nature and yourself. What's more, one of these parks is part of the UNESCO Biosphere Reserve.

Romania's curious stories are not only about Dracula's Castle. There is also a 250-hectare haunted forest, which gained international fame after an alleged UFO was photographed in 1968. It is said that this forest is haunted by all kinds of spirits and that very strange things happen there, so, logically, now people are visiting it to check it out. It's a 2-3 hour private tour that starts in the morning, although for the braver ones there is a night tour as well.