Romania family vacations guide

Take your family from the tree-lined boulevards of Bucharest to the rural traditions of Transylvania where you'll be invited to pedal and paddle through glorious countryside as well as having the chance to saddle up and hit the Transylvanian trail on horseback. Aside from activities that can be added to a tailor made tour and accessed from center based accommodation, Romania family vacations encourage a walk on the wild side with volunteering at the Libearty Bear Sanctuary a really rewarding experience for families with children aged over 14. It's often the simple pleasures that resonate most with families visiting Romania with warm and welcoming local people – still using horse and carts, scythes to cut grass, and hands to milk cows – conjuring up visions of the way things used to be against a backdrop of birdsong and refreshingly organic home cooking.

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Although family vacations in Romania will usually feature a trip to Transylvania, to experience life in Sibiu, Sighisoara and the southern Carpathians, it’s worth mentioning the Black Sea resort of Constanta that makes a worthy extension to a centrally-located itinerary. Bucharest provides access to the coast and the mountains with a 2.5hr train ride north to Brașov offering an adventurous start to a tour that may well include vampires, bears and foreboding fortifications. Staying in Sinaia or the remote village of Miclosoara, in a guesthouse owned by an actual Count, opens up life in the Carpathian countryside. Here, a slower pace of life prevails for families looking to get back to basics.