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Cities

Bucharest

Bucharest

The capital of Romania, in which megalomanic monuments, including "House of the People", built during Ceaușescu's reign, overlook medieval neighbourhoods

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Brașov

Brașov

In south-eastern Transylvania, its main attractions are the well kept medieval downtown, the nearby luxury resort of Poiana Brașov and the proximity to the Râșnov fortress and the Bran Castle.

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Cluj-Napoca

Cluj-Napoca

The largest town in Transylvania and the second largest Romanian city, a major economic centre and also a very youthful city, as it has one of the largest universities in Europe.

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Constanța

Constanța

Romania's main Black Sea port and one of the major commercial hubs in the region. The northernmost district, Mamaia, is one of the best Black Sea resorts.

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Iași

Iași

The 3rd largest Romanian city, it was the capital of the Moldavian principality until 1861 and then briefly capital of Romania. Today it remains one of the major economic and cultural centres in the country.

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Sibiu

Sibiu

One of the most beautiful cities in the region, it has the best preserved historical sites in the country, numerous museums and exhibitions, proximity to the stunning Făgăraș mountains, for which reasons it became the 2007 European Capital

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Sighișoara

Sighișoara

The city's downtown area, the Sighișoara Citadel, is the last inhabited medieval citadel in Europe and one of the best preserved.

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Suceava

Suceava

The main city in Bukovina and the medieval capital of Moldavia; it can be used as starting point for visiting the Painted Monasteries of the region.

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Timișoara

Timișoara

The largest town in the Banat region, one of the most prosperous and modernised cities in Romania; it was here that the 1989 Romanian anti-communist revolution began.

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Other destinations

Corvin Castle

Corvin Castle

Gothic-Renaissance castle sometimes considered (wrongly) a source of inspiration for Dracula's Castle

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Sinaia

Sinaia

Ski resorts of , , ,

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Transylvanian Alps

Transylvanian Alps

Within the Carpathian Mountains

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