Exploring Romania's Transylvanian Alps (Peles Castle, Bran, Brasov, Sibiu, Sinaia)

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Ep.71 Come with us as we tour some of the most beautiful locations in Romania, including the twists and turns of the Transfagarasan Highway and the elaborately appointed Peles Castle. We also stay overnight in Sighisoara and explore its history. And did we mention the bears?
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Chapters:
00:00 - Start
01:09 - Medieval Transylvanian Castle Tour
02:25 - Explore Peles Castle
07:07 - Nevermore Acadamy
07:28 - Bran and Dracula's Castle
09:20 - Beautiful Brasov
10:51 - Overnight in Sighisoara
12:56 - Sibiu is so popular
15:03 - Transfagarsan Highway
17:17 - Meet the bears!
19:53 - Our Tour Costs
20:51 - Gelato Member Credits
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@haberini 8 месяцев назад

Greetings from Romania 🇷🇴 ❤

@FindingGinaMarie 8 месяцев назад

Thank you so much for watching and for taking the time to comment. You might enjoy our other video from Romania, which I've linked below. -Judy Impressions of Bucharest: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-N9YVdPyjaAA.html

@cristianmoroianu6716 8 месяцев назад

Brașov the most beautiful city of Romania !!! ♥️💛💙

@FindingGinaMarie 8 месяцев назад

Hi Cristian, Thank you so much for watching. I wish we had spent more time in Braşov and that it wasn't raining during our brief time there! We will need to make a plan to stay there and explore more. -Judy

@sorinpopa1442 8 месяцев назад

No Sibiu or Oradea is !

@FindingGinaMarie 8 месяцев назад

@sorinpopa1442 We didn't visit Oradea, but we loved Sibiu as well! Thanks for watching! -Judy

@sorinpopa1442 8 месяцев назад

@@FindingGinaMarie I see nice !

@alexandrugrigore2628 8 месяцев назад

Romania is the hidden Diamond of the old continent❤

@FindingGinaMarie 8 месяцев назад

Our 2-day road trip far exceeded our expectations! -Judy

@DeannaSt 8 месяцев назад

@@FindingGinaMarie Being Romanian I believe I should help you with the pronunciation of the locality names: Sighișoara = See - ghee-shoe- uara = Seegheeshoeuara Brașov = Brush-off = Brushoff Peleș = Pal-ash Palash ✌️

@FindingGinaMarie 8 месяцев назад

@@DeannaSt Thanks so much for sharing this information with us. I did know (but forgot when we were filming and editing this video) that the ş has an "sh" sound, but all this is useful. We are sorry for butchering these names! -Judy

@DeannaSt 8 месяцев назад

@@FindingGinaMarie No, don’t take it the wrong way please, it’s normal not to know these things, my intent was to help with the pronunciation the past, present and future travellers if possible, because of a funny experience I had many years ago when my German friends visited me in Romania. They came by plane and after landing they decided to buy train tickets to my city instead of renting a car because it was so much cheaper and carefree. Because of them totally mispronouncing the name of the city of Baia Mare at the ticket counter, they were sold tickets to a touristy small town with a similar name, Băile Amara - hundreds of km apart . 😃😃😃 Long story short I kept in mind ever since the importance of pronunciation when asking for directions or tickets in a foreign land 😀 and most of us need to do that at least a couple of times during a trip. 😃

@FindingGinaMarie 8 месяцев назад

@@DeannaStNo offense taken at all! Thanks for sharing the story about your friends. We can see how easily that can happen! But we do want to do better regarding the countries we are visiting! We truly appreciate the linguistics lesson! -Judy

@florinwlad4434 8 месяцев назад

Peleș Castle and Sinaia are în Walachia, not in Trasnsilvania. There are Walachian Alps.

@FindingGinaMarie 8 месяцев назад

Hi Florin, We pulled our information from Brittanica Encyclopedia, and you can see the same information from the map we included. Thanks for watching. -Judy

@florinwlad4434 8 месяцев назад

@@FindingGinaMarie Thx for explanation ! For us there are only south Carpathians mountains , North of this mountains there is Transilvania and south is Walachia. The same mountains shared by 2 historical provinces of Romania country.

@lucianflorianbrandus1406 8 месяцев назад

@@florinwlad4434ai perfecta dreptate! Ai putea să -i spui Muntenia, Valahii erau toate cele trei țări române!

@mihai-dinulazarescu9124 3 месяца назад

The mountains (The Southern Carpathians) are called The Transylvanian Alps and they have never been called The Walachian Alps, whether you like it or not!

@florinwlad4434 3 месяца назад

@@mihai-dinulazarescu9124What do I like or not it is not your business. 2nd I did I not say about Walachian Alps. And in this movie they speak a lot about Sinaia. Is that în Transilvania ? It is still 30 km to ' the border ' between these 2 historical provinces. I know very well mountains around Valea Prahova and Rucăr-Bran, even as a mountains trekker.

@CrosetamsiTricotamHobby 8 месяцев назад

I am happy and glad that you visited it. I wish you all the best and a nice trip! ❤❤

@FindingGinaMarie 8 месяцев назад

Thank you so much! We had a great time and definitely want to return again. Did you happen to see our first video from Romania? I'll add a link below if you are interested in it. -Judy First Impressions of Bucharest: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-N9YVdPyjaAA.html

@claudiahansen4938 8 месяцев назад

Bearantees. Very cute!

@FindingGinaMarie 8 месяцев назад

It was a very fun adventure! Thanks for watching, Claudia! I hope life is normalizing for you now and you have some breathing room. -Judy

@alexandrugrigore2628 8 месяцев назад

thank you for the visit to my country!❤

@FindingGinaMarie 8 месяцев назад

We enjoyed our time in Romania, Alexandru, and we have plans to explore more in 2024. Not sure if you saw our other video from Belgrade, but I'll link it below. Thanks for the kind words and for watching! -Judy First Impressions of Bucharest, Romania: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-N9YVdPyjaAA.html

@inapetrisor2874 8 месяцев назад

Welcome to Romania , my friends! Brasov (Poiana Brasov) is my favorite vacation spot! Greetings from Bucharest!

@FindingGinaMarie 8 месяцев назад

Hi Ina, thank you so much for watching! We didn't get to spend enough time in Brasov due to the rain, so I'm eager to return. We loved Sighisoara and definitely would return to Sibiu as well. We appreciate your feedback. Have you seen our video from Bucharest? I'll link it below. -Judy First Impressions of Bucharest: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-N9YVdPyjaAA.html

@inapetrisor2874 8 месяцев назад

@@FindingGinaMarie 🥰❤

@lindab5789 8 месяцев назад

What a lovely trip. And so nice you got to see all those bears. Thanks for sharing!

@FindingGinaMarie 8 месяцев назад

Thank you, Linda! And to think at first we hoped NOT to see them! -Judy

@GlobetrotterGranny 8 месяцев назад

OMG the bear waved at you!!!!! What an incredible experience! What a beautiful country. Looks like you guys were able to get to areas that most people never see because we don’t even know about these places. I marked all these places on my google map so that I can find them again in the future!!! Loved this video so much!

@FindingGinaMarie 8 месяцев назад

Hi Rebecca, We were thrilled with our experience with the bears! It was such an exquisite tour. Our guide was so good and it was nice for us to be able to enjoy the road without having to drive ourselves (we wouldn't have and would have missed this experience). It was the perfect sendoff from Romania. Thanks for watching and for your note! -Judy

@GlobetrotterGranny 8 месяцев назад

@@FindingGinaMarie based on your experience, I think when we finally make it to Romania (and Brasov specifically), we will have to plan on being in Brasov for at least a few days, or even up to a week, in order to explore the city as well as the surrounding area. I even marked the hotel you stayed at. What a gem, and very affordable from what I can tell. Romania has definitely moved up my list, and something tells me I just may have to create a small-group tour for that region because what there is available with mainstream tour companies is far too expensive and don’t really get to the heart of the culture the way places like these do.

@FindingGinaMarie 8 месяцев назад

Just in case it wasn't clear, the hotel we were in was in Sighisoara, not Braşov. Braşov was the city where it was raining, so we didn't have much footage from there. Personally my favorites were Sighisoara and Sibiu of the places we visited (and of course the Transfagarasan Highway). Note that the highway was a long day of driving, but it was very worthwhile! I can't imagine how lovely it would be on a clear day! And if you can find some less touristy places to eat, it is even less expensive. One of our viewers had given us some tips and mentioned that a single-course meal shouldn't cost more than 35 lei. We paid a good bit more than that, but we weren't searching for deals. -Judy

@GlobetrotterGranny 8 месяцев назад

@@FindingGinaMarie thanks for that clarification. I will keep that in mind. :-)

@777alexsiu 8 месяцев назад

Next time in the area, visit Cetatea Fagarasului. A must see medieval citadel, hosts a great museum.

@FindingGinaMarie 8 месяцев назад

Thank you so much for watching and for your suggestion. We plan to visit again, and it's always great to have a long list of places we want to see when we arrive! -Judy

@gigihentz5510 8 месяцев назад

excellent trip and adventure that you had, guys ! outstanding info !

@FindingGinaMarie 8 месяцев назад

Thank you so much, Gigi! We had so much fun on this roadtrip. Our guide and fellow tourists really made it special. Thank you for taking the time to leave such a kind comment. We appreciate it! -Judy

@Vasile10012 8 месяцев назад

👍

@FindingGinaMarie 8 месяцев назад

Thank you so much for watching! You might be interested in our first impressions of Bucharest video from last week, which I've linked below. -Judy Impressions of Bucharest: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-N9YVdPyjaAA.html

@Daniel-lh4do 8 месяцев назад

Carpathians is bears ,wild cats. etc..Alps is wiew. .wild..

@FindingGinaMarie 8 месяцев назад

Hi Daniel, I know there's confusion about what is Transylvanian Alps and Carpathians, but whatever name you want to call them, we are glad we only saw brown bears! -Judy

@danvision5086 8 месяцев назад

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙

@FindingGinaMarie 8 месяцев назад

Thank you so much for watching, Dan. We ♥️ the ♥️♥️! -Judy

@MMP1116 7 месяцев назад

I’d love to go on this trip in April but it looks like they only take a minimum of two travelers per booking. Do you know if they ever make exceptions?

@FindingGinaMarie 7 месяцев назад

They may be willing to do it as a private tour, but it likely would be much more expensive. However, April is a long time away and there's plenty of time for others to join a tour on the date you're interested. Perhaps you could ask to go on a waiting list for the day you're interested in. We ended up booking our trip only a few days before the tour. And don't quote me but I think it was offered three or four days that week, so as one filled up, we applied to another and then another. I think if you book a month or two in advance, your likelihood of getting the date you want is much more likely. Good luck! Also, just want you to know that the tour we took was a derivation of the tour we linked. For whatever reason, our guide gave us the option of combining the Transfagarasan with the other stops and skipping a monastery that originally was on the trip. Also, here's another episode from Romania if you are interested in it! -Judy Impressions of Bucharest: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-N9YVdPyjaAA.html

@MMP1116 7 месяцев назад

@@FindingGinaMarie this is so helpful! Thank you so much. ❤️ I will keep you posted if I’m able to get on the tour.

@FindingGinaMarie 7 месяцев назад

Please do! Also, I can try connecting you with our tour guide if you think that would be helpful. If so, email us and send us your WhatsApp number if you have one -Judy

@MMP1116 7 месяцев назад

@@FindingGinaMarie thank you! I will do that!

@purdeaeugen1629 8 месяцев назад

Visit Oradea it is the most beautiful city inRomania

@FindingGinaMarie 8 месяцев назад

Hi Purdea, thanks for the recommendation. We plan to visit Romania again and will add it to our places to visit. Thank you so much for watching! Have you sen our other video from Romania? -Judy Impressions of Bucharest: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-N9YVdPyjaAA.html

@b.c.2177 8 месяцев назад

Similar eyes on the roof you can see in the German city Görlitz.

@FindingGinaMarie 8 месяцев назад

I did not know this. Thanks for sharing it with us. They are a bit creepy in some ways if you think about it! -Judy

@alexakay4648 4 месяца назад

Peleș Castle is in Wallachia region, Sinaia city, Prahova county, not in Transylvania.

@FindingGinaMarie 4 месяца назад

Hi Alexa, We mention that Peleș Castle is in the Carpathian Mountains. The tour we took simplified things by calling it "Medieval Transylvania tour of Romania." We figured if it was good enough for the tour company to reference it that way, it was a lot more straightforward to follow their lead. Thanks for watching. We have a second video from Bucharest as well. -Judy Impressions of Bucharest: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-N9YVdPyjaAA.html

@walkerskii 8 месяцев назад

I'm watching your 'packing' video from 8 months ago & figured if I put this comment there, you might not see it? Kevin was considering a 3rd pair of pants (jeans & slacks) something that's been so useful for me is a pair of nice sweats, not adidas stripes down the legs & not tacky 1970s baggy Haynes style, but sharp clean navy or black sweats, which almost look like slacks. I used them for lounging in the hotel room & also for exercise walks when the weather is too cold for shorts

@FindingGinaMarie 8 месяцев назад

Thanks so much for reaching out and for this recommendation. We get updates and look at all our comments, Brian! It's sometimes harder to see replies when they are to others, but comments directly to us are easy for us to spot, regardless of how old a video is. We actually will have an updated packing video coming out in a month or so. Currently Kevin has two pairs of what I'd call "tech" or travel pants that are quick drying. We both have ditched all of our denim because it's heavy and takes forever to dry. We both actually have shifted almost exclusively to wool (he buys from Wool&Prince (except for his pants). He's actually done fine with just those two pairs of pants so far. Do you have a brand that you would recommend? We are trying to avoid as much super cold weather that we can because parts of this year were brutal for us! Thanks so much for watching! -Judy

@liviupaduraru5395 8 месяцев назад

maybe, sure, you missed Iași! a bit of history, it wouldn't hurt to see!

@FindingGinaMarie 8 месяцев назад

Thank you for the reminder. Iași actually is very high on our list of places to visit in Romania when we return next year! Thanks for watching! -Judy

@liviupaduraru5395 8 месяцев назад

@@FindingGinaMarieI don't want to become tiresome or too insistent! Romania in its current form and version is due to Iași, its history begins there! ...and, thank you for your reply!❤

@FindingGinaMarie 8 месяцев назад

@@liviupaduraru5395You truly don't have to twist our arms. We've heard great things about Iași. We are going to try our best to be back in Romania again next year and definitely will make plans to visit there! -Judy

@dinuelena2793 7 месяцев назад

Sinaia it is not / never was in region Transilvania

@FindingGinaMarie 7 месяцев назад

There was no way for us to practically reference exactly where everyplace we visited was located, especially in the title of our video. We took a roadtrip and this was how it was framed by the tour company. It seemed like an accurate enough reflection for us. We have a second video from Romania if you are interested in watching it, so I've linked it below. Thanks for watching. -Judy First impressions of Bucharest: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-N9YVdPyjaAA.html

@JEricMiles 8 месяцев назад

Did you change the pronunciation of the towns on purpose for an English viewer?

@FindingGinaMarie 8 месяцев назад

We did the best we could! Thanks for watching. -Judy

@RazvanMihai88 8 месяцев назад

never thought I'll see a video, calling the Carpathian mountains, the Transylvanian Alps.

@FindingGinaMarie 8 месяцев назад

We've had people come down on us about not being precise enough so we looked as thoroughly as we could to be accurate. According to Brittanica encyclopedia, "Brașov ... is on the northern slope of the Transylvanian Alps (Southern Carpathians)." Also, "Sibiu is situated on the north side of the Turnu Roșu (“Red Tower”) Pass, which links Transylvania to southern Romania across the Transylvanian Alps (Southern Carpathians)." The map we used very clearly labeled the area Transylvanian Alps, so that's an additional reason for referencing them that way. We reference Peles Castle as being in the Carpathian Mountains because that's how every article we could find referenced it. -Judy

@dacian_1346 8 месяцев назад

@@FindingGinaMarieyou’re not wrong, in English the Bucegi mountains, Fagaras mountains, Retezat mountains and Parang mountains are also called Transylvanian alps. In Romania people mostly use southern Carpathians but both are correct, sadly many Romanian are very ignorant when it comes to geography of Romania and Romania in general.

@mihai-dinulazarescu9124 3 месяца назад

but they are called that!

@valisuciu6002 8 месяцев назад

Carpati,no Alpi!

@FindingGinaMarie 8 месяцев назад

@strongestdirector6137 8 месяцев назад

Those bears look so friendly but I know they could easily rip your arm off of your body

@FindingGinaMarie 8 месяцев назад

Exactly. That’s why we were rolling our eyes when the people in the car in front of us were outside of the car and walking closer to them. That was a dangerous move and could have been pretty scary. The bear had started to move towards them! -Judy

@AI-kt1gs 8 месяцев назад

Carpathians, not Alps (different mountain chains)

@FindingGinaMarie 8 месяцев назад

We specifically mention the Carpathian Mountains, but our trip also included the Transylvanian Alps. We included a map and also referenced the Transylvanian Basin, which is where Sighisoara is. Thanks for watching! -Judy

@AI-kt1gs 8 месяцев назад

Southern Carpathians or Meridional Carpathians, Carpații Meridionali (romanian name). The name Transilvanian Alps was given by a french geographer in 1906 as a comparison to the french alps however the Carpathians are distinct from the Alps…as a romanian myself I feel I need to make it known so that other people don’t confuse Romanian geography with Austrian Swiss Italian French German Liechtenstein Monaco Slovenia (where the Alps actualy are)

@FindingGinaMarie 8 месяцев назад

@@AI-kt1gs We were comfortable with the information we gave since we found multiple sources with the same information, including the map that we referenced in our video. Thanks for watching. -Judy

@morpheuszzz662 8 месяцев назад

It's a shame people still insist on feeding bears in the wild. They are training them to become reliant on humans for easy access to food, which draws them toward where humans live. Eventually a bear will hurt someone and they will have to kill it.

@FindingGinaMarie 8 месяцев назад

Sad but true. It’s a heartbreaking reality. There should be serious consequences for the humans that do this. It’s dangerous for everyone, but especially the bears. -Judy

@razvanteleanu4302 8 месяцев назад

This is insane and I'm not proud of it at all (as a Romanian); the bears are the most dangerous animals on this planet, our government should do something about this. Otherwise, I'm glad you had a great trip in Romania 🙂

@FindingGinaMarie 8 месяцев назад

We were surprised that there was a BBQ restaurant only a few hundred feet from where we saw at least one of these bears. Someone will get hurt, but it’s not fair that the bear will experience the consequences. I’m not sure what people are thinking. Otherwise, it was a very cool roadtrip and we loved it. -Judy

@visator5785 8 месяцев назад

The people who feed the bears should to be fined.The bears with normal behaviour run away when the humans are around. I am not a crazy activist. I studied cynegetic..:)

@FindingGinaMarie 8 месяцев назад

@visator5785 We agree there should be consequences to people who endanger the lives of bears by feeding them. I think brown bears are naturally curious, and they will seek out food if they smell it. But typically they do avoid humans unless (1) there's food or (2) they've been trained to see humans as providing food for them. Thanks for watching. -Judy

@visator5785 8 месяцев назад

@@FindingGinaMarie Some people feed them for money ( for example in my town, Brasov) and take pictures with them. Worse they bring tourists to see bears. The cubs stay with their mothers two years and they copy their mums.

@FindingGinaMarie 8 месяцев назад

What a shame. I'll acknowledge it was fun to see them, but not at the expense of their lives. Feeding them for money/tourism is horrible. -Judy