Activities in Transylvania
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Pan Travel
This top-notch outfit, led by engaging Andrei, can book accommodation, car rental,provide English- or French-speaking guides and arrange trips to the Apuseni or around Maramureş. It's best to contact them ahead, via website or telephone. They can get trips together in a few days. The trips themselves are authoritative and unstaged - a more 'knock on door' approach than a pre-planned artificial event. Bus 30 goes from near Piaţa Unirii.
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Snow
A good source of equipment and information in town, Snow, near the cable-car station, hires skis and bikes in summer. They offer ski instruction services. Check out the 1930s skis on the walls of their shop. Their outdoor/indoor Romanian restaurant is about as good as the centre gets. There are ham-and-cheese pancakes and a vegetarian platter, plus several breakfasts (but skip the disappointing coffee).
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Discover Romania
This small agency (aka Aventours), led by English-speaking guides, offers tailor-made tours and oodles of information on the area. A great place to start for little or big things - like finding someone hiring cross-country skis in Zărneşti or full-on week-long hikes with guides. Staff can help even if you're not planning to take a tour.
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Hikes
Hikes are everywhere - from atop Mt Tâmpa in town, Poiana Braşov, Zărneşti or into the Bucegi Mountains. Pick up maps from Himalaya or talk with a travel agent specialising in hikes.
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Daksa
This experienced group offers horseback riding excursions outside Cluj, including transport, accommodation, food, guides. Trips last three to seven days. Carriage rides are also available.
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Sibiu Jazz Festival
In 2005 Sibiu resurrected its week-long jazz festival which died, along with its first founder, in the early 1990s. it is held annually in May. Check website for details.
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Cross-Country Farm
Cross-Country Farm, 17km west of town, offers six-hour horseback rides past traditional villages. There are wagons for beginners and guides speak English.
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Roving România
An Englishman runs this out-of-home agency for personalised, usually small-scale tours - great for birding, 4x4 trips. Email for sample itineraries.
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Explorer Sport
This sport shop rents bikes (about around €5 a day), skis in winter, sells packs and boots, and repairs bikes.
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National Festival of Folk Traditions
Displays of craft traditions at Astra (aka Museum of Traditional Folk Civilisation), which holds many summer events
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Mayfest
Sibiu's remaining 5500 German-speaking Saxons flock to Dumbrava forest for pagan frolicking and beer bingeing.
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Casa Luxemburg
Travel agent offering loads of city tours and day trips; has a useful free map of the centre too.
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International Astra Film Festival
Bi-annual event held on even-numbered years in mid October. Check the website for details.
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International Opera Music Festival
The International Opera Music Festival is held in late September. See website for details.
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International Theatre Festival
The International Theatre Festival is held in May/June. See website for more details.
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Snow Rental Outlet
There's a rental outlet in Bucegi that rents bikes, skis and snowboards.
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