Specialist Tours to Romania

Ffestiniog Travel is now one of the UK’s leading tour specialists to Romania – and not just for holidays by rail. We are able to offer families and groups other special interest holidays to the country including culture and history, walking and wildlife.

Variously described as “Europe’s last wilderness” and “Europe’s best kept secret”, Romania is a true gem of a destination. With a rich and varied history, stunning mountain scenery and a rural way of life unchanged for centuries, it has a charm of its own and yet is almost unknown. Amongst its many attractions is Transylvania with its castles and unspoiled forests and mountains, still home to bears, wolves and other rare fauna. Then there are Bucovina’s famous painted monasteries and the northern region of Maramureş where old wooden houses and churches stand in villages where most people live by agriculture and follow traditional crafts and customs. Everywhere in rural Romania we find horses and carts instead of tractors and villages with traditional looking wells. Such scenes have now become unique in Europe.

In addition to well-appointed hotels and guest houses, Romania boasts a large number of homestay premises where local enterprising families have converted or modernised their properties to be suitable for visitors. Such amenities include full en suite facilities. Invariably, these properties are in rural areas well away from main centres of population and they allow the visitors to immerse themselves in village life, eating and drinking home grown organic produce – fruit and vegetables, meat, dairy products, honey, jam and bread all come from the village. We have available to us a number of such homestays in the Saxon and Hungarian villages of Transylvania, also in Maramureș and Bucovina.

Almost all the money spent on these holidays goes directly into Romania’s local economy – locally owned accommodation, restaurants, transport and so on, not forgetting local guides who rely on visitors for their livelihood. An English speaking Romanian guide is provided and we can also, if required, provide a tour leader from the UK for private groups.

Contact us direct on 01766 512400 or click the ‘Request More Information’ button to find out more about planning a family or group tour to Romania and the costs involved.