Travel Guide

The sayings” Home, sweet home” and “My home is my castle” are well illustrated by the Romanian peasant homes that you can see at The Village and Folk Art Museum (the second most important in Europe after the one in Stockholm). Everything in this open-air museum is original. T Read More

Cismigiu Gardens are the oldest and most beautiful park in Bucharest (opened to the public in 1816). Situated in the center of the city, opposite the City Hall and next to Gheorghe Lazar High School this park has lots of trees, plants, birds and a large lake. Red tulips and roses surround fine statu Read More

The Museum of the Romanian Peasant is one of the most important sights in Bucharest. In 1996 it was the winner of the European Museum of the Year Award. It houses 18,000 pieces of pottery from different regions of Romania. The old ceramic item existing in this museum bears the inscription 1746. Ther Read More

The Salt Mountain is located in Slanic Prahova, Romania. There is a hole into the mountain (called the Bride’s Cave) through which you can see a saline lake. The sun rays reflected in the lake create a wonderful sight. Here is the story of the Bride’s Cave: My grand-grandmother told me the s Read More

Built at Curtea de Arges between 1512 and 1521 this monastery is one of the most beautiful religious monuments in the Balkans. It was built under the pious prince Neagoe Basarab’s supervision and following Artisan Manole’s plans. Carol I and Ferdinand, the kings of Romania were buried in Read More

The Castle of Mistra was built in 1249 by Guillaume II de Villhardouin, but in 1263, having been taken prisoner by the Byzantine Emperor Michael VIII, he was compelled to yield it up to the emperor, together with the castle of Maina and Monemvasia. Until the Turkish conquest in 1460, Mistra was rule Read More

The Minoan palace is the main site of interest at Knossos, an important city in antiquity which was inhabited continuously from the Neolithic period until the 5th c. AD. The palace was built on the Kephala hill and had easy access to the sea and the Cretan interior. According to tradition, it was th Read More

The river waters flowing for thousands of years between the Rodopi mountains have carved out a beautiful narrow pass. ? botanical treasure which offers refuge to animals has also been created here. In 1977, the Nestos Pass was included as an “Aesthetic Forest” region and is legally prote Read More

The Acropolis The Acropolis were both the fortified citadel and state sanctuary of the ancient city of Athens. Although the great building programs of the 5th century B.C. have disturbed or covered many of the earlier remains, there is still a great deal of archaeological evidence attesting the impo Read More

John Forrest National Park John Forrest National Park in  Western Australia is the place to go if you want  to see natural bush land which is found in Western Australia. History It is one of Australia’s oldest conservation areas and was Western Australia’s first n Read More