{"id":9390,"date":"2014-01-13T19:51:52","date_gmt":"2014-01-13T17:51:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mountainguide.ro\/?page_id=9390"},"modified":"2022-01-11T21:08:23","modified_gmt":"2022-01-11T19:08:23","slug":"hiking-trekking-mountaineering-in-the-romanian-mountains","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.mountainguide.ro\/en\/hiking-tours-romania\/","title":{"rendered":"Walking on the borders of old empires"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-10409\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mountainguide.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/trail.jpg\" alt=\"Hiking in Romanian mountains, explore the Carpathian garden\" width=\"670\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mountainguide.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/trail.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.mountainguide.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/trail-300x100.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The spectacular mountain ridges of the South Carpathian Mountains, stretching from East to West on the Southern limit of Transylvania, Romania, marked the historical border between the Central European great powers and the Ottoman (Turkish) Empire.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Physical borders, as well as empires, are a thing of the past. Cultural and historical heritage, though, are still present. The German order and efficiency is nicely completed by the Oriental relaxed attitude. You can see it in the way the houses are built, streets aligned, public services provided, businesses run, or dishes prepared.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You might be aiming, when coming for hiking, trekking, mountaineering in South Transylvania, to enjoy the mountains. You will definitely do that, and so much more.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The variety of landscape, geography and geology, flora and fauna in a relative small area is simply one of a kind. If you are looking for a pure alpine, high-mountains experience, the Fagaras main ridge is here for you. If you are after some milder walks, focusing on the mind blowing diversity of alpine flowers, or maybe foraging for some delicious <em>porcini<\/em> mushroom, then the hills of the Bran Country, guarded by the Piatra Craiului National Park and the Bucegi Natural Park are the place to go. And there is Ciuca\u0219 Mountains, and Post\u0103varu Mountains, and the historical city of Bra\u0219ov (Kronstadt), the (in)famous Bran Castle, the Fortified Churches, and so on.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We have a more than 20 years of experience organizing outdoor activities in the mountain areas of South Transylvania. In this quarter of a century we learned that all tours are custom tours, each group of people, or individual travellers have their own specifics. Being able to customize and compromise, sometimes on the go, is an ability we have built along numerous programs, be it for a weekend tour or a two-weeks traverse of the South Carpathian mountains.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our track record speaks volumes about the diversity of people we have guided here: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mountainguide.ro\/en\/category\/testimonials\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.mountainguide.ro\/en\/category\/testimonials\/<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Some of them enjoyed our services so much that they asked us to organize more extensive programs in Romania, covering Bucovina, Maramure\u0219, and the Danube Delta, or even in the neighbouring Bulgaria and Greece.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Leave a comment below, or go to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mountainguide.ro\/en\/contact-iulian-cozma-hiking-guide\/\">Contact<\/a> page to send us a message: we\u2019d be happy to start discussing with you about a holiday in Romania that you simply cannot find anywhere else.<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The spectacular mountain ridges of the South Carpathian Mountains, stretching from East to West on the Southern limit of Transylvania, Romania, marked the historical border between the Central European great powers and the Ottoman (Turkish) Empire. Physical borders, as well as empires, are a thing of the past. 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