Poiana Brasov is excellent for beginners but the more experienced skiers would also find the facilities perfect for learning and developing their skills further. Beginners can hire instructors to help them learn the basics and to try out the slopes for themselves. It’s safe here and the place is well-guarded and well-preserved. Come here during the months of December up to March where it gets good snow coverage.

The terrain is wooded and you’ll love the view of all the pine trees. The view is definitely captivating and breathtaking that many tourists love staying here for several days at a time. There are hotels, bars or night clubs around the resort where tourists enjoy some dancing and dining with some of the excellent meals at a great price.

The city of Brasov is just 13 km away and you can also  travel to Dracula’s Castle which is half an hour drive from Poiana. The locals make sure their tourists are happy so they’ll keep on coming back. It’s definitely going to be a wonderful experience if you decide to have your ski vacation at Poiana Brasov!

The city is the oldest in Romania and is located in Dobruja region, on the Black Sea coast.

The best time to be in Constanta is the summer. Grab a chair on the beach and enjoy the heat, the sun and the sea. After you cool down in the waves of the Black Sea you can walk around The Casino – a beautiful art nouveau building which is representative for the city. Later in the evening you can have dinner in an open air restaurants on the old streets of the city or you can head to a club and party until morning.

Another good spots to see are the port of Constanta or The Great Mahmudiye Mosque which combines Byzantine and Romanian architecture. The centrepiece of the mosque is a large Persian carpet which was a gift from Sultan Abdul Hamid and which is one of the largest carpets in Europe.

From Constanta you can further explore the Black Sea coast and its resorts: Jupiter, Neptun, Saturn or Venus or you can have an adventure in the Danube Delta which is the best preserved delta in Europe.

A very serious eruption of muddy volcanoes took place in May 2006 in Sidoarjo, Indonesia. By November 2006, the eruption was throwing out almost 125.000 cube metres of mud.

Around the muddy volcanoes the landscape looks you are on a different planet where life is lacking because few plants find perfect conditions for growing in the area. So you can have photos taken and pretend you’ve been to the moon and back.

Visiting Brasov is relatively easy. Although there are no airports yet, there are buses from nearby airports of Bucharest and Sibiu. The city is also a major hub for trains in the country which makes it even easier for tourists to visit other cities. As of this writing, an airport is being built in Brasov to accommodate the increasing number of tourists.

Aside from the natural beauty of the city, religious structures from different religions could be found here. The old town is home of the cities oldest structures such as the Black Church and the Cathedral. During winter, Brasov also becomes a ski resort.

Festivities in Brasov are never lacking. The Feast Days of Brasov is the city’s oldest tradition. Celebrated during Orthodox Easters the best of Brasov is displayed here. Another popular festivity that should not be missed is the Festivalul Berii or Beer Festival. Delicacies such as sausages and music complement the beer companies who show up annually to display their beer.

The city is also famous for the Golden Stag festival who saw stars  such as: Julio Iglesias, Patricia Kaas, Coolio, Kylie, Ray Charles, Soul II Soul and many more.

I mentioned  “death” and  Maramures is the place that provides something unique in the world, they say: The Merry Cemetery. The cemetery was founded in the 1930s and now it contains about 800 crosses. It is an Orthodox cemetery with all the crosses painted in vivid colours with  naive portraits of the inhabitants below.

Apart from the portrait, each cross  also displays an epitaph which is written in verses  and tells a story about that person and a major episode in his/her life. The story is told  in a simple and funny way:  a man who was a womanizer,  a woman who  was killed by a taxi, another one who like alcohol  etc.   It is said that The Merry Cemetery is based on a Dacian (the ancient inhabitants of Romania)  belief that death was a reason of joy and being merry.

So if you thought that Transylvania is all about  bleakness and grey cemeteries, The Merry Cemetery would prove you  wrong.

What else you can do in Maramures is have a ride with mocanita. It is a narrow gauge railway with steam-powered locomotive, running in Vaser Valley, Maramures. Michael Palin also tried it in his “New Europe” voyages and he liked it.

The easiest way to get to Maramures is to land in Baia Mare (the seat of Maramures county), Cluj-Napoca or Targu Mures. Then is best to hire a car and drive. You can stay in a hotel or in various  houses that provide quite cheap accommodation.