Transylvania

Transylvania Castle is an architectural legacy, now accommodating tourists with its guest lodges that date back to the 1800s. Set in the heart of Transylvania, the property is home to wildlife not dissimilar to what we find in our own national parks: bears, large birds, and a variety of colorful insects. The castle’s Web site homepage has photo tours of the property and the surrounding landscape.

One tourist’s sojourn in Romania is documented in this slideshow on travel video site Travelistic. The trip covers explorations of castles in Transylvania and tours of beautiful fall foliage in and around Bucharest, Romania’s capital.

Take a tour, via text and images, of Corvin’s Castle in the region of Transylvania known as Hunedoara, which boasts archeological discoveries from many eras and is a hub of Renaissance innovation in Romania. The castle itself demonstrates the transformation from one artistic era to the next, and has a dungeon and other mysterious features as well.

Head to the visitors’ site below for a slideshow of some of Transylvania’s best landmarks. Click on the “Places” gallery link for a fine display of the region’s varied artistic styles as well as an array of human structures, religious and secular, gracing the beautiful landscape.