Romania, The Carpathian Mountains, Bucharest, Brasov

Welcome to Romania

Romania borders the Black Sea, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Hungary, Serbia, and Moldova. It has an area of 92,046 sq mi. With over 19 million inhabitants, the country is the seventh most populous member state of the European Union

Driving through Transylvania

38 A view from the highway on the road to Brasov_Fotor

Transylvania Romanian Carpathian Mountains

Everywhere we went the people of Romania were friendly and helpful

The Transylvania Carpathian Mountains

Often called the Transylvanian Alps the cold winters and hot summers make this area a year round resort.

A typical Transylvania Town in Romania

Most of the people live in towns along the highways that cut through the valleys of the county.

Driving through Transylvania

As you drive through this beautiful Mountain Range you can enjoy the fresh clear mountain air.

A new Orthodox Church in Transylvania

The communists tried to destroy religion but they lost and the faith of these people is still strong.

Along a Romanian Road in The Carpathian Mountains

Very often when we hear of the Carpathian Mountains we see a dark forbidden place and think about the Dracula legend. These picture show the beauty of these mountains and their towns.The most spectacular Carpathian area is represented by the Southern Carpathians. They are also called “the Romanian Alps”, because they reach high altitudes in Fagaras Mountains (Moldoveanu Peak-2544 m), offering wonderful views and trips in a landscape of a carved glacier.

A Romanian Village in the Transylvania Carpathian Mountains

Each of these village have a certain charm with interesting architecture

Along the Romanian highway to Brasov

Could you just hear the traffic report on morning radio.

Along the Road in the Carpathian Mountains in Romania

The drive offer beautiful scenes of the Carpathian Mountains

Sheep on the main highway between Bucharest and Brasov

This picture is really a study of two different time periods - the old era when villages cared for the herd of sheep and the new era of today with a gas station by the side of the road.

Romanian Sheep on the way home from the fields

These sheep are cared for and protected by their Shepherds who spent 11 months a year in the fields with them.

Shepherd with their sheep on a main Romanian Highway

These shepherds spends 11 months of the year living and walking in the hills with his sheep. At night, he curls up in his sheepskin jacket and sleeps in a wooden hut no larger than a dog kennel in order to protect his flock from bears and wolves.

Sheep on the main highway between Bucharest and Brasov

This picture is really a study of two different time periods - the old era when villages cared for the herds of sheep and the new era of today with a gas station by the side of the road.

View of the Carpathian Mountains in Romania

The Carpathian Mountains or Carpathians are a range of mountains forming an arc roughly 932 mi long across Central and Eastern Europe, making them the second-longest mountain range in Europe (after the Scandinavian Mountains, 1,056 miles. They provide the habitat for the largest European populations of brown bears, wolves, chamois and lynxes, with the highest concentration in Romania

On the way to Brasov Romania

The highest mountain in the Romania Carpathians is Grelachovsky.

The view of the Carpathian Mountains

The Carpathian Mountains provide the habitat for the largest European populations of brown bears, wolves, chamois and lynxes, with the highest concentration in Romania, as well as over one third of all European plant species. The Carpathians and their foothills also have many thermal and mineral waters, with Romania having one-third of the European total. Romania is likewise home to the second largest surface of virgin forests in Europe after Russia, most of them in the Carpathians, with the Southern Carpathians constituting Europe's largest unfragmented forested area.

Driving through a Transylvania town

Driving from Bucharest to Brasov we passed a large number of small towns and villages. All were surrounded by the beautiful Carpathian Mountains.

Transylvania Carpathian Mountains

The most important cities in or near the Romanian Carpathian Mountains are Cluj-Napoca, Sibiu and Braşov

A typical Transylvania town

A Carpathian Town long the highway on the way from Bucharest to Brasov.

Government Building in a small town in Romania

Driving to Brasov from Bucharest we passed a number of small villages and towns. This is a government building in one of those towns.

The Beautiful Romania Carpathian Mountains

The Carpathian mountains cover about 30% of Romania.

Examples of Romanian Houses Along The Road to Barsov

Romanian Homes in the Carpathian Mountains

Sinana, Romania

Sinaia is one of the most famous and oldest mountain resorts in Romania.

The Orthodox Sinaia Monastery in Romania

This 17th Century monastery was built by a Romanian nobleman after undertaking a pilgrimage to Mount Sinai in Egypt. The town takes it's name from this monastery. As of 2005, it is inhabited by 13 Christian Orthodox monks led by hegumen Macarie Bogus. It is part of the Bucharest archdiocese.

The Peles and Pelisor Castles

These castles where the summer residences of the Romanian Royal Family

Peleș Castle

Located on Peles brook valley, on the spot named the Burnt Stones, the Peles Castle, the most famous royal residence in Romania, was built between 1875 and 1883 – when it was officially opened.