The beautiful medieval city of Brasov has been included in a list of the world’s most desirable tourist destinations by National Geographic.
It is one of six European places to make the list of 25 in its recommendation for travelers next year.
Why Go Now,it asks.To trek the Transilvanica Trail
Brasov is the gateway to the Transylvania region, a land of ancient forests, rustic villages, and Carpathian peaks. And with its new airport—Romania’s first in 50 years—Dracula’s homeland is easier to reach.Tourists and travelers can explore the region along the Via Transilvanica, a hiking trail completed in 2022 that runs 870 miles from the Ukrainian border in the north to the Danube in the south.
The Terra Saxonum section of the route passes through Saxon hamlets and the 12th-century town of Sighişoara, a UNESCO World Heritage site, while the Terra Dacica section winds among vineyards and Dacian fortresses.
Transylvania’s name derives from a Latin term meaning ‘beyond the forest’, but it’s the destination’s gothic links that have given the region its international reputation. Over 125 years after Bram Stoker’s Dracula novel was st published, this region in central Romania still haunts the imagination as the homeland of the world’s most famous vampire. There are certainly enough dense woods and dramatic fortresses to persuade visitors that the legends might be true after all; a land of mystery, where tall tales come to life and predators prowl in the misty darkness.
