The Romanian Tourism Fair

Now in its 37th year, the Romanian Tourism Fair is an opportunity for travel agencies to present their most interesting packages.

Daniel Onea, 23.02.2017, 12:48

Now in its 37th
year, the Romanian Tourism Fair is an opportunity for travel agencies to
present their most interesting packages and to promote tourist attractions from
Romania and abroad, as well as travel accessories and equipment. We’ll first
stop in the southwest of Romania. Diana Nodit, the president of the
non-governmental Pro-Mehedinti Association will next look at some of this
area’s main attractions:

Wherever you go in
Mehedinti county you will discover wonderful places. Some of them include the
Danube Gorges, in the southwest of the county, the Danube Cauldrons, and the
famous effigy of King Decebalus carved in stone, which is the tallest in
Romania and also extremely beautiful. Mehedintii also boasts many wonderful
accommodation places. In the south of the county you will discover gorgeous
natural areas where pelicans are nesting. It is an extraordinary region. In the
north, there is a breathtaking limestone area where you will discover caves and
the natural bridge in Ponoarele, which is the only natural bridge on which
traffic is possible. The area is very scenic and boasts a diversity of
traditional crafts.

Next we’ll go to one
of the best-preserved historical sites in Romania: Fagaras Fortress. Horia
Pirau, a museum curator with the Valer Literat Museum of Fagaras has more:

Fagaras Fortress is
one of the few fortresses in Romania never to have been conquered. It was
besieged 26 times but it never opened its gates except to welcome the Romanian
ruler Michael the Brave in 1600, when, following a defeat in Miraslau, he took
refuge here with part of the remaining troops and his wife, Lady Stanca. The
fortress’ architectural style is that of the Italian Renaissance. Its plan is a
little different from that of other Transylvanian fortresses, which were built
in the Vauban style, while Fagaras Fortress has the shape of an irregular
quadrilateral.

Bistrita Nasaud is
represented for the first time at the Romanian Tourism Fair. Travel packages
for this region are mainly based on the legend of Dracula. Here is Claudia
Anton, the head of the Association for Tourism Promotion in Bistrita Nasaud.

Tourists have
started seeking us out, and this is why we came to the Romanian Tourism Fair
this year, in order to allow people to get to know us better, to make friends
and tell them about a new tourist destination. Our slogan is Discover Bistrita
Nasaud. If people go to Maramures in search of traditions and to Bukovina for
the monasteries, in our county they can find both. We have ecological and rural
tourism, ecumenical, cultural and historical tourism. We also have the true
story of Count Dracula. In Bram Stoker’s novel, the action takes place in
Bistrita Nasaud, in Tihuta Pass. We came at this edition of the Tourism Fair
with passports, which we hand to visitors travelling to Transylvania. Bistrita
Nasaud is a transit region between Moldavia and Transylvania, as well as between
Maramures and Transylvania. The people arriving in our county receive a
passport with warnings and recommendations for their trip into Count Dracula’s
country.

In the west of
Romania there is a county that has it all: beautiful scenery, history, mountains,
historical vestiges and mountain resorts. Here is Radu Barb, the director of
the Hunedoara Agency for Social and Economic Development:

We have offers for
Corvin Castle, for Deva Citadel, for Geoagiu spa, and many other attractions in
the county. We also have an offer from makers of traditional and organic
products in Hunedoara county. In the Hateg area we have plenty of B&Bs, as
well as in the areas of Valea Muresului and Brad, where accommodation is also
plentiful. Let us not forget Prislop Monastery either. We have the monastery in
Crisan, and several monasteries in Baita. You also should not miss the stone
churches in Hateg Country. The offer is diverse for anyone who wishes to spend
Easter in this area.

Also talking about
the west of Romania, Diana Antonescu, the head of marketing with Felix Spa
Tourism, told us about their attractive packages:

We have plenty of
attractive offers. We have packages for leisure and for spa treatment. We also
have special packages for Easter, for Pentecost, and for May 1st.
The Easter package is for three nights per person, providing a double room with
breakfast included, spa therapy, Easter lunch and access to the pool for 3 and
4 star hotels, starting at 329 lei per person at a two-star hotel. The price
for the package at a four-star hotel is 558 lei per person. Also very
interesting is the Felix Spa and Relaxation package. This is a package of at
least five days accommodation, breakfast included, a medical test by the hotel
physician, two spa procedures a day per person, as well as free access to the
hotel pools and sauna, for three and four-star hotels. The fee for a five-day
stay starts at 480 lei, in a two-star hotel, and can go up to 930 lei for a
four-star hotel. These fees are valid between January 4th and July
15th.

Tune in to our
following editions of this feature for more tourist destinations. Until then,
bear in mind that you can still take advantage of special prices for summer
packages for various tourist destinations in Romania.