Top 4 wow castles in Romania

How many times, when you think about what Romania has to see, castles start to come to mind? If the answer is “mm, not really”, you might want to stop looking for castles in Spain or Italy and start shooting Romanian ones in a hurry.You may have an idea or two about the multitude of castles that have been crammed into Romania’s territory throughout history, but you might not even realize that they number almost a hundred, not counting the mansions and fortresses that join them. Foreign publications are buzzing about the beauty of these Romanian buildings, and not a few tourists have arrived in the Ionian lands without having visited at least one of them.If I have convinced you to read this article, we invite you to go up in the author’s authorulot.

1. Corvinilor Castle – Hunedoara

You may have heard of it more likely as the Castle of the Huns (especially if you’re reputed to be a wine connoisseur among your fellow travelers, and if not, start with this white one – you’ll feel a considerable surge in popularity). You may have heard that it’s been placed in God knows how many European top lists of the most beautiful castles on the old continent. But no matter what you’ve heard, it won’t even reach the little finger of a visit there in person.Voila, a picture that will urge you to see it.Only in Huneodara you have a place to sleep with your motorhome. Free parking obviously, and a little vegetation can’t hurt, I know you.

2. Banffy Castle, Donțida, Jud. Cluj-Napoca

If, in your case, culture often loses ground to alcohol, we tend to think that you don’t usually come out on the losing end with festivals either. Well, in that case, you might have heard of Banffy as Electric Castle because since 2013 there’s been scenes and music and madness and people partying in the rain and mud like it’s the last party they’ll ever get to.The Baroque, Renaissance, Romanesque and neo-Gothic architecture of this building is so spectacular that it’s been dubbed the “Versailles of Transylvania” and is also known as “the most haunted place in Romania” (don’t raise your rational eyebrow in disbelief before you see for yourself what and how). It’s said that the ghostly ghosts that spook visitors are said to rightfully belong to those who died during World War II, when the building served as a military hospital. Well, whatever the truth, there hasn’t been a single Electric party-goer heard of being sent home in fear of ghosts.The motorhome will enjoy a cool campsite. City Camper Stop. Cost 10 euros/night. Supermarket, gas station, kinder playground. Wifi. Only you have to call for reservation in advance.

3. Sturdza Castle in Miclăușeni, Iasi County

The castle was built by the Sturdza family, one of the wealthy Romanian families of noble secular descent and one of the few who could afford to embrace Western models in the early 20th century. If, when you think of the country’s past, you are confronted exclusively with a plebeian plebeian of hard-working people, no strangers to the hardships of life and who like to satiate their days with wine from their own harvest, you will be confronted with the other kind of people in Sturdza Castle – Caragiale’s characters who changed their outfits twice a day, ordered from Paris, and who replied with “biensûr”, “on mange dans quelques instants”, when asked about mealtimes. Well, another life…

4. Rehal Castle of Săvârșin, jud. Arad

The Royal Castle of Săvârșin (not “Săvârșin”), one of the first properties of the royal family, along with its history, is one such example. Last century’s restoration was done with all the heart of Queen-mother Elena, but it was confiscated from the royal family in 1948 (don’t frown, there’s no point in blaming history). No, as the local people would say, I may have fooled you into going all over the country to see some centuries-old castles, but, as the saying goes, when you arrive in an area, being a traveler, you don’t limit yourself to a castle, you also scratch out the other riches of the place, and as we say every time, maybe you can tell us one or two interesting things. And Aradul has at least one convenient place to sit in your motorhome under the open sky. As far as we know from other caravanners, only two hours are paid per day, but at least across the street you have a restaurant and a swimming pool, or a beach… you name it. GPS coordinates: