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Romania’s Top Skiing Destinations

2012-11-29 by Miruna Corneanu

Romania-ski

A guide to Romania’s best skiing destinations from the trendy resorts of Prahova Valley to Bucovina and Maramures’ picturesque alpine villages.

Tags: East Europe skiing, Europe skiing, Romania ski resorts, Romania skiiing, Romania travel, Romanian mountain resorts, ski resorts, skiing, Winter resorts

Monaco International Clubbing Show Labels Mamaia the World’s Most Fashionable Party Destination

2012-11-14 by Miruna Corneanu

Monaco Clubbing Show

Mamaia, the Romanian destination on the Black Sea Coast has been granted with the title of “The World’s Most Fashionable Resort” at this year’s edition of Monaco International Clubbing Show.

Tags: Beach destinations, clubbing destinations, Mamaia, MICS, Monaco International Clubbing Show, party destinations, Romania clubbing, Romania tourism, Romania travel

Romania Tourism Today: Time for a Class Marketing Act

2012-10-18 by Phil Butler

Carpathian village

Recent data from the Romanian Federation of Tourism Employers (FPTR) shows some 650,000 plus tourists having arrived from outside the country in Bucharest every year. The data shows most tourists taking advantage of Bucharest hotels are in fact business travelers.

Tags: Bucharest tourism, Bucharest travel, Europe brides, human trafficking, Romania travel, Romanian brides, Russian brides, sex industry, sex trafficking

TUI & ITS To Stay in Romania

2012-08-28 by Liliana Steffens

Lake Galbenu in Romania © xalanx

Good news for Romania tourism, leading tour operators TUI and ITS have decided not to withdraw from the market there for the coming year. According to the news, the Romanian Ministry of Tourism and Regional Development’s (MDRT’s) recent talks with the German companies ended in success apparently.

Tags: Cristian Barhalescu, Europe tours, ITS, MDRT, Romania travel, Romanian tourism, travel agents, travel companies, TUI, TUI Travel

Paltinis – A Mountain Oasis For Body & Soul

2012-07-02 by Miruna Corneanu

Road to Paltinis

Most Romanians like me may love to travel abroad during the hot months of Summer, but on the flip side, Eastern Europe developed into a fashionable destination among travelers in search of culture and authenticity, an increasingly number of foreign tourists has begun to target Romania as an excellent travel spot.

Tags: Carpathian mountains, Cindrel Mountains, Dumbrava Sibiului, Paltinis, romania, Romania skiiing, Romania travel, Romanian mountain resort, Romanian mountains

Gardenia Fair Comes to Arad, Romania

2012-04-17 by Delia Gavrilescu

Gardenia Fest, courtesy Arad City

Coming up later this month, the Arad International Expo kicks off the Gardenia Flower Fair from April 19 through April 22. Some 40 plus exhibitors from Romania and Hungary will show off some of the most exotic and beautiful plants anywhere. Arad, Romania, in the far West of the country near the Hungary border, will […]

Tags: Arad, Arad flowers, Arad International Expo, Arad Romania, flower show, Flowers, Monguls, Romania shows, Romania travel, Romanian tourism

Sibiu – Where Romania’s Past Meets the Present

2012-03-27 by Miruna Corneanu

Romania’s European Capital of Culture in 2007, Sibiu is not only an important cultural center of Romania, but one of the most beautiful cities in the country.

Tags: Capital of Culture, Carpathian mountains, Europe towns, famous places, Romania places, Romania tourism, Romania travel, Romanian destinations, Romanian history, Sibiu, Transylvania

Sun Plaza Mall: Sunniest Mall in Bucharest, Romania

2012-03-19 by Miruna Corneanu

Claiming itself to be the largest shopping center in Eastern Europe, Sun Plaza Mall was inaugurated on February 25, 2010 and since then, has received two CIJ Awards in the categories of “Best Shopping Centre Development” and “Best Overall Development” and it has also achieved an official record, accepted by the Guinness Book – In 2010, it created the world’s largest indoor Christmas display, using 449,658 lights.

Tags: Bucharest shopping, Eastern Europe, romania, Romania shopping, Romania travel, shopping malls, Sun Plaza Mall

Piatra Neamt and the Potential of Romanian Travel

2011-05-19 by Mike Wheatley

Awesome Cozla Mountain abover Peatra Neamt

The region of Piatra Neamt, with its beautiful surroundings – nature parks, medieval fortresses, traditional villages, monasteries and year round festivals – is a travel operator’s dream. It’s a place that is bursting with tourism potential, and yet, it just hasn’t happened. The problems lie not just with the local authorities, but with local tour […]

Tags: Bogdan Puscasu, Cozla Mountain, Mihaela Stoica, Neamt Fortress, Piatra neamt, Piatra Neamt travel, romania, Romania tourism, Romania travel, Stefan Lungu

Sun Plaza – Romania’s Guinness Book Poster Child

2011-02-21 by Delia Gavrilescu

Sun Plaza in the Spring season

Located in Bucharest, Romania, the Sun Plaza shopping center is an indoor shopping complex that landed a place in the Guinness Book of World Records in November of 2010, when it displayed an indoor Christmas lights decoration featuring 449,658 light bulbs.

Tags: Baumax, Bucharest attractions, Bucharest Christmas, Bucharest travel, Flanco, Guinness Book, Mobexpert, Romania tourism, Romania travel, Romanian records, Sun Plaza Mall

The Wooden Churches of Maramureş

2011-02-09 by Delia Gavrilescu

Barsana Monastery - courtesy Adam Jones, Ph.D. & Photopedia

Visitors to Rogoz will find one of Romania’s greatest architectural treasures, a painstakingly detailed church known as the Wooden Church of the Holy Archangels. Situated along the valley of the Lapus River, where once a different church once stood in the spot, the current edifice was constructed in 1663 by the villagers of there.

Tags: Barsana Monastery, Biserica Sfânta Parascheva, heptagonal apse, Lapus River, maramures, narthex, Romania travel, Romanian churches, Romanian landmarks, Romanian tourism, Sf. Paraschiva, Transylvania, Visit Romania, Wooden Churches

The Gift of Art from Romania’s Eugen Mihai

2010-12-30 by Phil Butler

A traditional Romanian welcome

Argophilia is proud to announce another great gift of love from one of the world’s great photographic artists, Eugen Mihai. In keeping with Argophilia Travel’s vision to show the world the best of Eastern Europe, still another extraordinary talent has contributed inestimable worth to our project. We hope you enjoy today, and in the months to come, the award winning images of on Romania’s and Europe’s great photographers.

Tags: Bon Mariage, Eugen Mihai, images, Peles Castle, Photographic Association of Brazil, photographic excellence, photographic society, Photographic Society of America, photography, romania, Romania travel, Romanian Minstry of Defense, travel pictures, travels, Welcome Romania

Bulgaria’s Slopes Beckon, Fine Powder Cheap

2010-10-05 by Phil Butler

Bansko ski slope

Bulgarian officials foresee a great year for Winter sports. With incentives and prices too good to be true, and ski resorts capable of competing with any in the world, Bulgaria’s ski paradise beacons any in search of powder on a budget.

Tags: Bansko, Bansko ski resort, Bulgaria skiing, Bulgaria travel, East Europe skiing, Poiana Brasov, Romania skiiing, Romania travel, ski vacations, travel economy, Winter sports

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