Romania feels plucked from a Gothic-tinged fairytale: pastel-hued Timișoara hums with café chatter, while forested Transylvania suddenly lifts two dream castles into view—brooding Bran, forever entwined with Dracula lore, and lavish Peles, a royal jewel box of carved wood and stained glass. Enjoy the historic and medieval Sighișoara all the way through to Bucharest, where the colossal Palace of the Parliament rises like a modern pyramid above Belle-Époque boulevards and buzzing Lipscani bars. Thread it all together and you have Europe’s best-kept secret: richly storied, warmly welcoming, irresistibly photogenic.
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