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A collection of stories, reflections, and travel insights from Romania and beyond. Discover the people, places, and culture that shapes each journey with us.
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Our First PURE Guests
Every since our presence at PURE in November 2014, we’ve been kindly harassing the agents we met to come and visit Romania. What better way to get to know a country and speak about it to clients than to experience it in person? With that in mind, we were happy to get Elisa’s and Ana’s […]
Romania and Beyond Dracula at PURE Life Experiences 2014
We’ve been preparing for it since we got the invitation to come. We were both excited and honored to be the ones representing Romania for the very first time at PURE Life Experiences, a one of a kind fair focused on experiential travel. November came and we were ready. To clarify experiential travel I will […]
Is this how you think Romania will be?
Copyright: British Pathe This video made me laugh. Is it really how people saw Romania in 1964? Anyone who last came 50 years ago would be in for a bit of a shock – Romania is such a different country now. But you can still see – and do – lots of what’s in […]
On Transalpina, one of the most beautiful roads we’ve been in Romania
After checking out a beautiful hotel in Ramnicu Valcea, I started driving towards Horezu, city famous for its ceramics and potters that use a very specific style when decorating their plates. I then decided to return to Timisoara driving on Transalpina. After the famous-by-now Transfagarasan, “the best road in the world” as Jeremy Clarkson of […]
What do you know about Romanian hotels?
They’re quite something, aren’t they? But they are not all like that. Some are like this: How do I find these places? I travel and test them out myself. Whatever kind of hotel you fancy, get in touch. E-mail me and I’ll find the ideal hotel(s) for you. Best, Raluca
Transfagarasan or “the best road in the world”
(put your volume up and make the video full screen) CLICK HERE Copyright: BBC, Top Gear Show If you want to come for a drive on Transfagarasan in a Ferrari (or maybe Aston Martin or Porsche are more your type of cars) e-mail me now. We’ll organize it for you. Our last clients came out […]
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