Historic sites
Painted Monasteries of Bucovina
Gura Humorului, Suceava
A group of 15th and 16th-century monasteries in northern Romania whose outer walls are covered with vivid frescoes of Bible stories, painted to teach…
Historic sites in Romania
Historic sites
Sighișoara Citadel
Sighișoara, Mureș
One of the best-preserved inhabited medieval citadels in Europe, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, with colourful houses, cobbled lanes, and nine survivi…
Historic sites
Bran Castle
Bran, Brașov
A medieval castle perched on a rock at the Bran Pass in Transylvania, marketed as 'Dracula's Castle' because it looks like the castle in Bram Stoker'…
Historic sites
Brașov Old Town
Braşov, Brașov
A Saxon town in Transylvania below the forested Tâmpa mountain, with a colourful main square (Piața Sfatului) and the Black Church, the largest Gothi…
Historic sites
Corvin Castle, Hunedoara
Hunedoara
One of the largest castles in Europe, a Gothic fortress with towers, battlements and a drawbridge over a ravine, built in the 15th century by John Hu…
Historic sites
Sibiu Old Town
Sibiu
A Saxon town of colourful squares, where houses seem to watch you through 'eyes', small dormer windows in their roofs.
Historic sites
Wooden Churches of Maramureș and the Merry Cemetery
Sãpânţa, Maramureș
Maramureș, in Romania's far north, has a traditional village life, with wooden gates and tall-spired wooden churches, eight of them UNESCO-listed, su…