Touristic GuideTransylvania

About the name Transylvania or Transilvania (from Latin – “the land beyond the forest”)

Location Central Romania - surrounded by the arc of the Carpathian mountain chain

Area 34.177 sq miles

Population Approximately 5 million

Main cities Alba Iulia, Bistrita, Brasov, Cluj Napoca, Medias, Miercurea Ciuc,Sebes, Sibiu, Sighisoara, Targu Mures

Get in

By plane-Cluj-Napoca International Airport -Sibiu International Airport -Transilvania International Airport

By train-Dacia Express -Pannonia Express -Ady Endre Express -Maros/Mureş Express

Get AroundThe Transylvania Triangle Train Tour is a 12-day "self-guided" train tour of the main attractions of Transylvania, Romania.

• - Sinaia day trip

• - Brasov • - Sighisoara • - Cluj-

Napoca • - Huedin

• - Oradea • - Arad • - Timisoara • - Alba Iulia • - Sibiu • - Brasov

Food & Wine

Ciorba de Burta

Sarmale

Mici

Vineyards

Ursus Black beer

Bergenbier

Lacrima Lui Ovidiu

Dracula Beer

Saxon Fortified Churches

The Transylvanian Alps and Balea Lac

Places to Explore

Sibiu

Brasov Sighisoara

Best-preserved medieval

towns

Dracula’s Castle

Bran Castle (also known as

Dracula’s Castle), built in 1377 .

Main Museums

Unification Museum in Alba Iulia

Ethnographic Museum in

Brasov

Art Museum in Brasov

Brasov History Museum

Weavers’ Bastion Museum

in Brasov

Ethnographic Museum in Cluj

National Art Museum in

Cluj – collections of

weaponry

Outdoor Adventures & Parks

Apuseni Nature Park Piatra Craiului National Park