Transylvania Tourism

Our goal is to present locations in Transylvania, which are not so familiar for tourists but they are prominent through their beauty. We want to present these locations in many languages, to make available for more people. We are intrested to present locations and accomodations in Harghita, Mures and Covasna Countys. We present in our site the folowing citys: Băile Tușnad (Tusnádfürdő), Băile Harghita (Hargitafürdő), Ciumani (Gyergyócsomafalva), Miercurea Ciuc (Csikszereda), Borsec (Borszék), Praid (Parajd), Gornești (Gernyeszeg), Borsec (Borszék), Băile Șugaș (Sugásfürdő).

A SHORT HISTORY OF TRANSYLVANIA

Transylvania is situated in the south-eastern corner of the Carpathian Basin. Its area is roughly 100,000km2 (40,000 sq. miles). The Carpathian Mountains, reaching above 2,000 meters (6,600 feet) in places, form its boundary to the east and the south, separating it from the Romanian regions of Moldavia and Wallachia. Easy to cross hill country borders it to the north, while to the west its limits are defined by the Great Hungarian Plain.

The first known state that existed in this area was that of the Dacians, an Indo-European tribe, in the 1st century B.C. The Roman Emperor Trajan vanquished Decebal, King of the Dacians, after a bloody struggle in A.D. 106, and annexed the area to the roman Empire. During the subsequent period of migrations, waves of conquerors passed through the region: the Goths, the Gepidae, the Huns and the Avars, none of whom were able to establish a durable state. Around 890, when the Hungarians arrived, Transylvania had a sparse Slavic population, who owed nominal allegiance to the Bulgarian Empire centred on the lower Danube.

Hungarian tribes occupied the Carpathian Basin, including Transylvania, during the ninth century. The first Christian King of Hungary, St. Stephen, was crowned in the year 1000. From that time on, right up to 1920, Transylvania was part of the Kingdom of Hungary. At first, the horse-riding, cattle-raising Hungarians settled in the river valleys of central Transylvania. The defence of the eastern borders was entrusted by the kings of the House of Árpád (the first Hungarian royal family) to one of the Hungarian ethnic groups, the Székelys (Szeklers). The southern borders of Transylvania were settled in the 12th century by colonists invited from the Holy Roman Empire, i.e. Germany. In Hungary these German settlers were known as Transylvanian Saxons. While most Transylvanian peasants were serfs of the nobility, the Szeklers retained their status of free soldiers, and the Saxons obtained the right of self-government.

The ancestors of the Romanians first appeared in the high mountains of South-Transylvania towards the end of the eleventh century. They were shepherds who migrated in from Wallachia and lived in scattered settlements in the mountains. They were distinguished from the roman Catholic Hungarians and Saxons by belonging to the Greek Orthodox religion. Towards the end of the fifteenth century, Transylvania had a population of about 800,000, of whom 65% were Hungarians, the rest split evenly between Saxons and Romanians.

In 1526 the Kingdom of Hungary was defeated by an invading Turkish army in the battle of Mohács, the King himself dying on the battlefield. The heart of the country was conquered by the Turks, while its western and northern parts passed, together with the Hungarian crown, to the Habsburgs in Vienna. Transylvania became an autonomous principality, paying tribute to the Turks, but ruled by Hungarian princes. This principality, now Protestant, became for a time the center of Hungarian culture, and it was here that the political traditions of Hungary survived at their best. At the end of the 17th century the Turks were expelled from Hungary by a coalition of Christian armies, and Hungary regained its unity. The Habsburgs however, although Kings of Hungary, did not allow Transylvania to be administered by the Hungarian authorities, and ruled it directly from Vienna.

Living mostly in the plains, the Hungarians had borne the brunt of the warfare against the Turkish and Mongolian invaders during the preceding two centuries. Consequently, their numbers were heavily reduced. Meanwhile the Romanians, protected against the invaders by being high up in the mountains, had increased their numbers considerably. Their population was further increased during the 18th century by the influx from Wallachia of numerous refugees fleeing rulers installed by the Turks. By the middle of the 18th century the number of Romanians in Transylvania had increased to 50% of the population. This was the period of national awakening among Romanians, when the theory of Daco-Romanian continuity was invented. According to this theory, Romanians are the descendants of the Dacians and of Roman legionaries, and Transylvania is theirs by right of inheritance.

After the Hungarian revolution of 1848 against Habsburg rule, the Transylvanian Diet (Parliament) voted union of the principality with Hungary. After the defeat of the Hungarian War of Independence in 1849, this union was dissolved in Vienna, but it was restored when the Austro-Hungarian Empire was established in 1867.

Szurdok Pension

Place nr: 35

Rooms:
- 7 rooms with three beds
- 3 rooms with two beds
- 2 rooms with four beds

Services: TV, Parking, Kitchen, Cooker, Accommodation,

Location: Tusnad

Hotel Merkur

Place nr: 80

Rooms:
- 21 rooms with two beds
- 10 rooms with king-size beds
- 6 rooms with three beds

Services: Telephone, TV, Wireless Internet, Parking, Kitchen, Restaurant, Bar, Accommodation,

Location: Miercurea Ciuc

Pension Varteto

Place nr: 31

Rooms:
- 2 rooms with double bed
- 2 rooms with two beds
- 3 rooms with three beds
- 2 rooms with four places
- one room with six places

Services: TV, Parking, Kitchen, Cooker, Refrigerator, Terrace, Accommodation,

Location: Tusnad

Bella Vitae pension

Place nr: 16

Rooms:
- 5 double rooms
- 2 triple rooms

Services: TV, Parking, Kitchen, Cooker, Restaurant, Refrigerator, sauna, Terrace, Garden Furniture, Accommodation,

Location: Baile Harghita

Marton pension

Place nr: 21

Rooms:
6 camere cu 2 paturi
3 camere cu 3 paturi
Cele nouă camere dispun de 5 băi

Services: TV, Parking, Kitchen, Cooker, Refrigerator, Oven, Garden Furniture, Accommodation,

Location: Baile Harghita

Cabana Harghita

Place nr: 43

Rooms:
- 15 double rooms
- 3 triple rooms
- 1 room with 4 beds

Services: TV, Wireless Internet, Parking, Restaurant, sauna, Bar, Terrace, Accommodation,

Location: Baile Harghita

Tirol pension

Place nr: 20

Rooms:
- 10 double rooms

Services: TV, Parking, Kitchen, Cooker, Restaurant, Refrigerator, Bar, Terrace, Oven, Accommodation,

Location: Baile Harghita

Tofalvi pension

Place nr: 12

Rooms:
- 6 double rooms

Services: TV, Parking, Kitchen, Cooker, Refrigerator, Terrace, Oven, Garden Furniture, Accommodation,

Location: Baile Harghita

Albert pension

Place nr: 24

Rooms:
- 3 rooms with 2 beds
- 1 room with four places
- 1 room with five places
- 1 room with six places

Services: TV, Parking, Kitchen, Cooker, Refrigerator, sauna, Terrace, Accommodation,

Location: Baile Harghita

Cabana Piatra Bufnitei

Place nr: 28

Rooms:
- Douăsprezece camere duble cu baie proprie
- Un apartament cu doua camere care au o baie comuna

Services: TV, Wireless Internet, Parking, Restaurant, Bar, Terrace, Accommodation,

Location: Baile Harghita

Cabana Uz Bencze

Place nr: 50

Rooms:
- 1 cameră cu 1 pat
- 2 camere cu 2 paturi
- 2 camere cu 3 paturi
- 1 cameră cu 4 paturi
- 1 cameră cu 6 paturi
- 2 camere cu 5 paturi

Services: TV, Parking, Cooker, Restaurant, Refrigerator, Bar, Garden Furniture, Accommodation,

Location: Baile Harghita

Marton Villa

Place nr: 7

Rooms:
- 1 room with 3 beds
- 1 room with 4 beds
- In rooms can be included more matresses.

Services: TV, Parking, Kitchen, Cooker, Refrigerator, Terrace, Oven, Garden Furniture, Accommodation,

Location: Baile Harghita

Mandala pension

Place nr: 48

Rooms:
- 8 rooms with two beds
- 4 apartments(1 room with 3 beds and 1 room with four beds with a common bathroom for the two rooms)

Services: TV, Parking, Kitchen, Cooker, Restaurant, Refrigerator, Bar, Terrace, Oven, Garden Furniture, Accommodation,

Location: Baile Harghita

Biro pension

Place nr: 40

Rooms:
- 11 rooms with 2,3 and four beds

Services: TV, Parking, Kitchen, Cooker, Restaurant, Refrigerator, Bar, Terrace, Oven, Garden Furniture, Coffee Maker, Accommodation,

Location: Baile Harghita

Silex pension

Place nr: 17

Rooms:
- 2 rooms with 2 beds
- 1 apartmen (with two triple room)
- 1 room with 7 beds

Services: TV, Parking, Cooker, Refrigerator, Terrace, Oven, Garden Furniture, Accommodation,

Location: Tusnad

Harghita Villa

Place nr: 14

Rooms:
- 4 camere duble
- 2 camere triple

Services: TV, Parking, Kitchen, Cooker, Refrigerator, Terrace, Oven, Garden Furniture, Central Heating, Accommodation,

Location: Baile Harghita

Pokat pension

Place nr: 24

Rooms:
- 7 double rooms.
- 1 room with three beds.
- 2 rooms with four beds.

Services: Telephone, TV, Parking, Kitchen, Cooker, Restaurant, Refrigerator, sauna, Bar, Terrace, Garden Furniture, Central Heating, Coffee Maker, Accommodation,

Location: Baile Harghita

Borsika Pension

Place nr: 16

Rooms:
- 6 rooms with double beds
- 1 room with four beds

Services: Telephone, TV, Wireless Internet, Parking, Kitchen, Cooker, Restaurant, Refrigerator, Terrace, Garden Furniture, Refrigerator, Ski lessons, Accommodation,

Location: Ciumani

Hotel Ozon

Place nr: 54

Rooms:
- apartment - 290 Ron
- single room -170 Ron
- double room - 230 Ron
- room with two beds - 230 Ron

- The prices include breakfast

Services: Telephone, TV, Wireless Internet, Parking, Restaurant, Refrigerator, sauna, Bar, Terrace, Garden Furniture, Accommodation,

Location: Baile Harghita

Muskatli pension

Place nr: 16

Rooms:
- 2 double rooms.
- 2 triple rooms.
- 2 apartmaents with 3 beds.

Services: TV, Parking, Kitchen, Cooker, Refrigerator, Bar, Oven, Garden Furniture, Accommodation,

Location: Borsec

Sovirag pension

Place nr: 16

Rooms:
- 4 rooms with own bathroom

Services: TV, Wireless Internet, Parking, Kitchen, Cooker, Refrigerator, Terrace, Oven, Garden Furniture, Accommodation,

Location: Praid

Grand Lion pension

Place nr: 50

Rooms:
- 25 double Rooms

Services: Telephone, TV, Parking, Kitchen, Restaurant, Bar, Terrace, Accommodation,

Location: Gornesti

Alszegi pension

Place nr: 10

Rooms:
- 2 rooms with 3 beds
- 1 room with 4 seats

Services: TV, Parking, Kitchen, Cooker, Refrigerator, Oven, Garden Furniture, Accommodation,

Location: Praid

Ilonka Villa

Place nr: 22

Rooms:
- Camera 1: un pat dublu.
- Camera 2 (apartament): 3 paturi single.
- Camera 3: 1 un pat dublu.
- Camera 4: 2 paturi single.
- Camera 5: 2 paturi duble si un pat single.
- Camera 6(apartament): 5 paturi single.

Services: Kitchen, Cooker, Refrigerator, Terrace, Oven, Washing Machine, Central Heating, Accommodation,

Location: Baile Harghita

Balint villa

Place nr: 21

Rooms:
- 7 rooms with three beds

Services: TV, Parking, Kitchen, Cooker, Refrigerator, Swing, Accommodation,

Location: Baile Harghita

Nostalgia pension

Place nr: 12

Rooms:
- 2 rooms with a double bed
- 2 rooms with 4 beds

Services: TV, Wireless Internet, Parking, Kitchen, Cooker, Refrigerator, Terrace, Oven, Garden Furniture, Swing, Washing Machine, Central Heating, Creek, Accommodation,

Location: Borsec

Emy house

Place nr: 10

Rooms:
- 2 double rooms
- 3 rooms with 2 beds

Services: TV, Parking, Kitchen, Cooker, Refrigerator, Terrace, Oven, Central Heating, Creek, Recreational fishing, Accommodation,

Location: Borsec

Agnes pension

Place nr: 9

Rooms:
- 3 double rooms
- 1 double bunk bed

Services: Telephone, TV, Wireless Internet, Parking, Kitchen, Cooker, Refrigerator, Oven, Garden Furniture, Swing, Washing Machine, Central Heating, Accommodation,

Location: Borsec

Rose pension

Place nr: 24

Rooms:
- 10 rooms with 2 beds.
- 1 apartment with 4 places.

Services: Telephone, TV, Parking, Kitchen, Cooker, Refrigerator, sauna, Garden Furniture, Washing Machine, Central Heating, Jacuzzi, Living room, Accommodation,

Location: Borsec

Korona pension

Place nr: 24

Rooms:
- 3 double rooms.
- 6 rooms with two beds.
- 3 rooms with four beds.

Services: TV, Wireless Internet, Parking, Kitchen, Cooker, Restaurant, Refrigerator, Bar, Garden Furniture, Swing, Central Heating, Living room, Coffee Maker, Accommodation,

Location: Borsec

Ghiocelul pension

Place nr: 22

Rooms:
Ground floor:
- Room no. 1 to 2 seats - 90 Ron
- Room no. 2 to 3 places - 110 Ron
Floor:
- Room no. 3-2 seats - 90 Ron
- Room no. 4-2 seats - 90 Ron
- Room no. 5 - Apartment for 4 persons - 140 Ron
- Room no. 6-3 seats - 100 Ron
- Room no. 7-2 seats - 90 Ron
- Room no. 8-3 seats - 110 Ron
- Room no. 9-1 place - 60 Ron

Services: TV, Wireless Internet, Parking, Kitchen, Cooker, Refrigerator, sauna, Terrace, Swimming pool, Oven, Garden Furniture, Central Heating, Jacuzzi, Refrigerator, Hair dryer, Accommodation,

Location: Borsec

Roland pension

Place nr: 18

Rooms:
- 2 rooms with 3 places.
- 2 apartman.

Services: TV, Parking, Kitchen, Cooker, Refrigerator, Balcony, Terrace, Oven, Garden Furniture, Swing, Washing Machine, Central Heating, Living room, Coffee Maker, Accommodation,

Location: Borsec

Maria Guesthouse

Place nr: 8

Rooms:
- 3 double room.
- 1 apartment.

Services: TV, Parking, Kitchen, Cooker, Refrigerator, Terrace, Oven, Garden Furniture, Swing, Central Heating, Refrigerator, Accommodation,

Location: Praid

Istvana pension

Place nr: 19

Rooms:
- 3 rooms with 3 beds.
- 5 rooms with double bed.

Services: Telephone, TV, Wireless Internet, Parking, Cooker, Restaurant, Refrigerator, Balcony, Bar, Terrace, Garden Furniture, Accommodation,

Location: Baile Balvanyos

Edelweiss house

Place nr: 4

Rooms:
- An apartment with four places.

Services: TV, Wireless Internet, Parking, Cooker, Refrigerator, Terrace, Garden Furniture, Swing, Accommodation,

Location: Tusnad

Kopacz house

Place nr: 10

Rooms:
- 1 room with 4 beds.
- 2 rooms with 3 beds.

Services: TV, Kitchen, Cooker, Refrigerator, sauna, Oven, Washing Machine, Living room, Ski lessons, Accommodation,

Location: Baile Harghita

Csiki pension

Place nr: 50

Rooms:
- 50 places in 19 rooms
- 12 rooms with two beds
- 3 rooms with 3 beds
- 3 rooms with 4 beds
- 1 room with five beds
* Each room has its own bathroom.

Services: TV, Wireless Internet, Parking, Cooker, Restaurant, Refrigerator, sauna, Bar, Oven, Garden Furniture, Central Heating, Hair dryer, Ski lessons, Coffee Maker, Accommodation, Credit-card payment,

Location: Baile Harghita

Vass house

Place nr: 13

Rooms:
- 1 x 2 beds
- 1 x 3 beds
- 2 x 4 beds

Services: TV, Parking, Kitchen, Cooker, Refrigerator, Oven, Garden Furniture, Central Heating, Living room, Ski lessons, Coffee Maker, Accommodation,

Location: Baile Harghita

Antal villa

Place nr: 14

Rooms:
- On the ground floor 1 bedroom with a double bed.
- On the ground floor one living room with sofa bed with kitchen and bathroom.
- On the first floor two double rooms.
- Upstairs bedroom with double bed and a bunk bed.
- Upstairs room with sofa bed.

Services: TV, Kitchen, Refrigerator, Terrace, Oven, Minibar, Ski lessons, Accommodation,

Location: Baile Harghita

Szabo Tibor houses

Place nr: 12

Rooms:
- House 1: 6-8 places.
- House 2: 4-5 places.

Services: TV, Parking, Kitchen, Cooker, Refrigerator, Bar, Terrace, Oven, Garden Furniture, Swing, Washing Machine, Central Heating, Living room, Toaster, Coffee Maker, Accommodation,

Location: Baile Harghita

Vera house

Place nr: 27

Rooms:
- 2 twin rooms equipped with bathroom;
- 1 Double room + 1 single bed, equipped with bathroom;
- 2 bedrooms with double bed + 3 single beds, equipped with bathroom;

- One room with double bed + single bed;
- A room equipped with 3 single beds, both rooms have a shared bathroom*;

- A double twin room;
- One room with double bed,
The two rooms have a shared bathroom;

Services: TV, Parking, Kitchen, Cooker, Refrigerator, Oven, Central Heating, Coffee Maker, Accommodation,

Location: Baile Harghita

Tanko house

Place nr: 10

Rooms:
- 4 rooms with 2 beds

Services: TV, Kitchen, Cooker, Refrigerator, Oven, Swing, Central Heating, Coffee Maker, Accommodation,

Location: Baile Harghita

Laczko Kucko guesthouse

Place nr: 12

Rooms:
- 4 rooms with double bed

Services: TV, Wireless Internet, Parking, Kitchen, Cooker, Restaurant, Refrigerator, Terrace, Oven, Garden Furniture, Swing, Central Heating, Living room, Coffee Maker,

Location: Gheorgheni

Csillag Motel

Place nr: 30

Rooms:
- 6 double rooms
- 1 room with two bunk beds
- 10 seates at attic Part on 5 double mattress

Services: TV, Wireless Internet, Kitchen, Cooker, Refrigerator, Oven, Central Heating, Living room, Coffee Maker, Accommodation,

Location: Baile Harghita

Buzogany house

Place nr: 12

Rooms:
- 3 rooms with 3 beds
- A living room with sofa bed

Services: TV, Kitchen, Cooker, Refrigerator, Balcony, Oven, Central Heating, Living room, Coffee Maker, Accommodation,

Location: Baile Harghita

Ilu house

Place nr: 14

Rooms:
- 2 rooms with 3 places
- 2 rooms with four places

Services: TV, Kitchen, Cooker, Refrigerator, Oven, Central Heating, Toaster, Coffee Maker, Accommodation,

Location: Baile Harghita

Olt pension

Place nr: 28

Rooms:
- 6 rooms with two beds: own bathroom, television, fridge (mini-bar)
- 8 rooms with double bed: own bathroom, television, fridge (mini-bar)

Services: Telephone, TV, Wireless Internet, Parking, Restaurant, Balcony, Bar, Terrace, Garden Furniture, Swing, Central Heating, Minibar,

Location: Tusnad

Motel Csillag

Place nr: 52

Rooms:
Our rooms: 52 accommodation places in 21 rooms
- bedrooms with 2, 3 and 4 beds with own bathroom

- 7 double rooms with two separate beds
- 7 double rooms with queen size bed
- 4 rooms with 3 beds
- 2 room with 4 beds
- 1 apartman

Services: TV, Wireless Internet, Parking, Restaurant, Bar, Central Heating, Coffee Maker, Accommodation, Credit-card payment,

Location: Miercurea Ciuc

Becsiszelet pension

Place nr: 14

Rooms:
- 7 Double rooms

Services: TV, Wireless Internet, Parking, Restaurant, Bar, Central Heating, Hair dryer, Accommodation, Credit-card payment,

Location: Miercurea Ciuc

Julius pension

Place nr: 34

Rooms:
- 11 two-bedded rooms
- 2 one-bedded rooms
- 1 family room with 4 beds
- 3 rooms with double bed

Services: TV, Wireless Internet, Parking, Restaurant, Bar, Garden Furniture, Central Heating, Minibar, Hair dryer, Coffee Maker, Accommodation, Credit-card payment,

Location: Miercurea Ciuc

Eszti house

Place nr: 10

Rooms:
- 2 x 4-seater room
- 1 living room with sofa

Services: TV, Kitchen, Cooker, Refrigerator, Garden Furniture, Living room, Refrigerator, Ski lessons, Coffee Maker, Accommodation,

Location: Baile Harghita

Gergely house

Place nr: 17

Rooms:
- 1 room with a sofa bed bath and sauna.
- 1 room with a sofa bed.
- 1 bedroom with a double bed.
- 1 room with 5 beds.
- 1 room for 3 persons.

Services: TV, Kitchen, Cooker, Refrigerator, Balcony, Central Heating,

Location: Baile Harghita

Sandor house

Place nr: 6

Rooms:
- 2 rooms with double bed

Services: TV, Parking, Kitchen, Refrigerator, Oven, Ski lessons, Coffee Maker, Accommodation,

Location: Baile Harghita

Fodor guesthouse

Place nr: 14

Rooms:
- 3 rooms with 2 places
- A loft with 8 seats.

Services: TV, Parking, Kitchen, Cooker, Refrigerator, Balcony, Terrace, Oven, Garden Furniture, Swing, Living room, Accommodation,

Location: Baile Harghita

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