Anyone Seen Dracula in Brasov, Romania?, Brasov, Romania

The central bus station in Brasov is small and crammed next to the train station. There’s not much room in between buses which makes it challenging to retrieve large items. (like touring bicycles and large Chinese shopping bags full of panniers!) The task is even more difficult due to the constant wave of people squeezing through every possible gap. We had to ferry each item through the crowd while trying to keep an eye on either end. Thankfully nothing went missing during the operation. Despite this slight inconvenience were more than happy we hadn’t ridden the steep, winding and busy road.

There are bike racks opposite the buses where you can chain your bikes and a restaurant close by where you can watch out for them. We settled in until our Airbnb host Julian arrived to guide us home.

To make life easier, and the trip home faster, we packed all our gear in the car. There was minimal traffic on the 4.5 kilometers to the unit, and drivers were quite considerate, so we were at our destination in no time at all. Once again we lucked out. We were smack bang in the middle of the old fortified town; we’d heard so much about.

Brasov sits in the southern Carpathians at the foot of Mount Tampa in the famous Transylvania region. Apart from its attractive, well kept Old Town, Brasov is a hub for hikers and mountain bikers, neither of which we had planned!! People also flock to the region to ski in the winter, which wasn’t too far away. There was already a nip in the air. ...... (follow the instructions below for accessing the rest of this article).