Maramureş
Run by a charming English couple, Duncan and Penelope, this idyllic property has three rooms in the main farmhouse and three traditionally styled cottages…
Maramureş
Run by a charming English couple, Duncan and Penelope, this idyllic property has three rooms in the main farmhouse and three traditionally styled cottages…
Sighişoara
This dazzling boutique hotel is hived out of an old burgher's house at the northern end of the citadel. The restoration left period details like wood…
Transylvania
Brimming with charm and colour, this former barn has been transformed into a welcoming guesthouse with unique hand-painted decoration, firm beds and…
Cluj-Napoca
A labour-of-love restoration project has transformed a 1920 building, abandoned for a decade, into something between a hostel and an ecotourism retreat…
Braşov
Less than five minutes' walk from Piața Sfatului, these individually decorated apartments allow you to live like the most glamorous of Braşov locals…
Maramureş
Five colourful rooms (only one with private bathroom) are enlivened by richly coloured rugs, wooden ceilings and wall hangings, as well as cable TV…
Maramureş
Friendly Cobwobs sits down a leafy lane in a pleasant house whose garden is so crowded with fruit trees, flowers, chickens and goats that you may forget…
Sighişoara
You’ll feel some trepidation as you tread down stone passageways and up a creaking wooden staircase to tiny Casa Baroca. Despite this ominous beginning –…
Danube Delta
This family-run pensiune offers clean and comfortable accommodation just a few metres' walk from the town centre. Rates include half-board, which means…
Wallachia
La Strada offers a highly tempting mix (especially if you've been travelling through the countryside) of a great location and tastefully contemporary…
Transylvania
It's named for the guesthouse where Jonathan Harker stayed in Bram Stoker's Dracula, but this is a faultless business hotel rather than a forbidding old…
Hunter Prince Castle & Dracula Hotel
Transylvania
The fanged face of Vlad Țepeș, beaming down from a stone wall, might not be the warm welcome you’d hope from a hotel. But it’s hard to resist staying at…
Sighişoara
Stride past walls lined with medieval weaponry towards elegant rooms, some with rib-vault ceilings, within this 400-year-old building. In the citadel's…
Bucovina
A cheerful, well-maintained hostel with accommodation in three- and four-bed dorms spread out over half a dozen rooms. There's a shared kitchen and…
Wallachia
This beautifully maintained, family-owned pension is one of the best-value options in town, with only one drawback: it's about 4km north of the centre…
Moldavia & the Bucovina Monasteries
Family-owned Eden, in an updated farmhouse setting, boasts the nicest rooms in the general area of the Neamţ monasteries. There's an excellent restaurant…
Romania
This family-owned guesthouse is arguably the area’s most handsome pensiune, with a dozen snug timber-lined rooms, an attractive garden along a babbling…
Bucovina
This historic hotel has been extensively refurbished and offers uncommonly good value. The rooms are stylishly modern yet sport period details like high…
Romania
One of the finest small hotels in western Romania, the Italian-owned six-room Picasso is housed in a delightful 19th-century townhouse. Rooms are…
Little Bucharest Old Town Hostel
Bucharest
Bucharest's most central hostel, in the middle of the lively historic centre, is superclean, white-walled and well run. Accommodation is over two floors,…
Wallachia
This clean, smart and well-run hotel occupies a nondescript strip of shops along Hwy E70, but it's set back from the highway so noise is not an issue. The…
Romania
This beautiful hotel has 38 spotless and well-maintained rooms, but the major drawcard is its gorgeous heated (and child-friendly) outdoor pool straight…
Timişoara
An unexpectedly attractive boutique hotel, located in a green residential district about 1km south of the centre. The hotel occupies an old villa, and the…
Maramureş
The 22 rooms and suites here are elegant and cool but only a handful are in the fine, old-wood-accented villa, with most in a newer annexe. Expect…
Wallachia
While the rooms are relatively new and comfortable, the real treat here is the homely atmosphere; the family will go to heart-breaking lengths to make…
Bucovina
A piece of paradise in an isolated spot north of Humor Monastery. Guests sleep in restored traditional Bucovina houses. There's an excellent restaurant…
Târgu Mureş
Instantly seizing attention with its deer-antler furniture and marbled entrance, the Atlantic is an oasis despite its central location. Flamboyant…
Iaşi
The Select hits all the sweet spots: excellent central location, clean, stylish room decor, gleaming baths and friendly staff. The setting is a renovated…
Cluj-Napoca
This enjoyably zany hotel has a rainbow of individually styled rooms to choose from, with themes ranging from Hollywood, ballet, and a rock ‘n’ roll room…
Constanţa
Beautifully refurbished townhouse with spacious, suite-like rooms on three floors. The rooms have retained period details like large windows and panelled…
Transylvania
This swish, four-star complex with spacious modern rooms and flower-filled balconies acts as a luxurious one-stop shop for stays in Poiana Braşov…
Wallachia
On the shortlist for the best three-star hotel in the country. Ultra-clean rooms with high-thread-count linens, thick-weave carpets, sparkling baths and a…
Vama Veche
Clean, well-run hostel with a perfect perch, on the northern end of Vama beach. There are a handful of private doubles as well as a couple of multibed…
Transylvania
Housed in former 18th-century barracks within the citadel, this five-star belle beguiles guests with carved hardwood furnishings, occasional antiques and…
Bucovina
Gerald's Hotel is among Moldavia's nicest hotels. Unexpectedly, it's loaded with business-class amenities, like a fitness centre and elegant baths in…
Danube Delta
A likeable version of a boxy high-rise, with the biggest selling points being the friendly staff and very good inhouse restaurant. The rooms are plain but…
Braşov
A regal feel permeates Bella Muzica, housed within a 400-year-old building, thanks to its tastefully restored wooden beams, exposed brick, high ceilings…
Moldavia & the Bucovina Monasteries
This well-signposted yellow-and-red structure is on the right, 200m before Lacu Roşu (when entering from the Bicaz Gorges side). It offers big bouncy beds…
Romania
In a building that dates to 1876, this wonderful old hotel has 28 huge rooms with high ceilings that feature art deco details throughout. It's in an…
Transylvania
The HQ of award-winning Carpathian Nature Tours, this cosy guesthouse has spick-and-span rooms with pine beds, colourful bedspreads, and corridors lined…