Transylvania is a vast region included in the bow of the Carpathian Mountains and formed by trays and by sweet valleys where numerous villages are settled. Formerly province of the Austro-Hungarian Empire this region of Romania inherited from this past numerous minorities: Hungarians, Saxons, Gypsies, Ukrainians, Bulgarians etc. Inevitably, the evocation of the Transylvania reminds green hills, villages with wooden made houses, millenary traditions and, of course, the famous Dracula. It is true that the region knew how to preserve a charm inherited from the history. Actually, the traditions are still very present in villages and numerous inhabitants still wear the traditional costume during the days of celebration. Whatever is the season this region is magnificent and the villages welcoming, moreover, the strengthened churches will leave you a unique souvenir. Our trips in Transylvania: - Transylvania at the cross of cultures (Snowshoeing) - Villages of the Carpathian Mountains (Independent walking) - Hike in the Carpathian Mountains (Independent walking) - The Carpathian Mountains, villages and castles (Guided walking) - Mountain bike in the Carpathian Mountains (Mountain biking) - Discover the Carpathian Mountains and his villages in MTB(Mountain biking)
Maramures
Maramures is situated in a hollow ground in the heart of the Romanian’s Northwest Carpathian Mountains. The inhabitants of this region have known how to preserve their traditions and their folklore and you can admire the woolen traditional costumes, the flowery skirts, the colored head scarves which cover women’s head and the traditional hats which crest the men ones. Although it is surrounded by Ukraine, Hungary and Transylvania, Maramures presents an unmistakable cultural unity. One of the aspects of this common heritage is the architecture: here the majority of houses are wooden built according to an ancestral and proven technique. All the villages count at least a few centuriies-old wooden church (among which some are registered with the UNESCO world heritage list). The region lives essentially on its natural resources, especially on the farming and on the forest exploitation. The landscape consists of sweet hills on which alternate fields covered with flowers during the spring time, and forests with plenty of mushrooms and wild berries. The fieldwork reflect the seasons and add an undated charm to this bucolic region. Our trips in Maramures: - Villages of Bucovina and Maramures (Guided walking) - Through the Carpathian Mountains: from Bucovina to Maramures (Guided walking) - A multicultural Romania (Guided walking) - Discover Maramures by bike (Leisure cycling)
Saxon citadels
Transylvania is a region of hills surrounded by the Carpathian Mountains which always knew how to protect its mysteries. The South of Transylvania was always a strategic zone for the defense of the Austro-Hungarian Empire against the Ottoman Empire. So, impressive citadels were built here, which you will keep an immortal souvenir. In this bastion loaded with history abound Saxon citadels, registered with the UNESCO world heritage list. High spot of the discovery of this civilization, the city of Sibiu (Hermannstadt), founded under the domination of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, was elected European cultural capital in 2007. What will impress you maybe even more will be the rural world in which you will be immersed. A rural world and architecture very different from a place to another, according to the origin of inhabitants: Romanians, Hungarians or Saxons. You will also discover the villages perched on the trays of the Carpathian Mountains which have kept until our days a pastoral life in perfect harmony with the wild nature of the surroundings. Our trips in the country of the Saxon citadels: - A multicultural Romania (Guided walking) - Transylvania : Carpathian Mountains, castles and Saxon heritage (Leisure cycling) - Mysteries of the Carpathian Mountains and Saxon citadels of Transylvania (Walk & Drive)
Apuseni
Apuseni is an isolated massif of the Westerners Carpathian Mountains widely covered with forests and where the villagers live as their ancestors in a wild nature. The "Moti" are the inhabitants of this mountains where we find a unique concentration of caves (about 3000 in the region!) and subterranean glaciers (3000 years old). According to the season, the traditional activities vary completely: the summer, the men accompany animals in high mountain pastures and take back their lumberjack's profession. The winter the craft activities are concentrate in houses and the long evenings take place close to the chimney to listen the legends of the country.
