Transylvanian diaries – part 3
By Stephen McGrath
In the vast green orchard behind the barn, our apple, pear and peach trees are sagging under the weight of ripe fruit as myriad species of butterfly flutter calmly in the overgrowth. It's a ...
Transilvania Train, Back on the Tracks in Less than a Week
A Unique Travel Experience by Train through the Heart of Transylvania, the Journey Starts Again in Brașov, on August 22nd.
It’s the second year since Globe 365 and Free Spirit Travel tourist agencies launch...
Transylvanian diaries — part 2
By Stephen McGrath
The early evening sun is casting an auburn glow over the village and industrious swallows swoop in and out of our front cellar to build their nest on the side of a wooden beam. I’m sitting...
Romanians Are Going, The British Are Coming!
A trip to Transylvania in early 2017 opened my eyes to the hidden beauty of Romania, although I’m not the first one to realize how beautiful being here is. Thousands of Brits move here each year, as thousands o...
Global Village
How one village in Saxon Transylvania is coping with too many of the wrong kind of tourists.
by James de Candole
The Saxon farming settlements of Alma Vii (or Almen in German), Biertan (Birthälm) and V...
Targu Mures airport reopens after EUR 12 mln investments
Transylvania Airport Tîrgu-Mureş reopened on Monday after the completion of investments of over 56 million lei and the first international passenger trip was made to Antalya (Turkey), MEDIAFAX correspondent rep...
A highway to connect Moldavia and Transylvania is needed, World Bank representative says
Tatiana Proskuryakova, World Bank country manager for Romania and Hungary, has posted on her blog an analysis about her recent visits in our country. She mentions the main challenges Romania is facing on the wa...
Marian Simon, the only painter exhibited in Turnul Sfatului from Sibiu during FITS 2018
SAMSARA by Marian Simon - surrealist graphic exhibition at Council Tower in Sibiu - is the first art exhibition to , be included in the schedule of Sibiu International Theatre Festival, the second largest thea...
HE Prince Charles is back at Viscri
His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales visited the Foundation that carries his name in the village of Viscri on Thursday, a house since 1700, where he met with small farmers and craftsmen from Romania, discussi...
4 Places in Cluj to have a Glass
By Alan Clark
In Romania it sometimes seems hard to avoid short term changes to plans. And so I decided to go to Cluj at 6 days notice to promote my cider in person recently, at a “tap takeover” ev...