Prahova Valley
Cabana Caraiman (2025m) sits on an outcrop with dizzying views of the valley below. Cosy though basic, this makes for a memorable night's stay. Call ahead.
Must-see hotels in Transylvania
Transylvania
Forty-two rooms and suites, in bright primary colours and crisp monochrome, fill this amicable guesthouse. It's a 10-minute walk from the ski lift.
Prahova Valley
Comfortable modern rooms with safes, mini-bars and balconies with mountain views fill this 1600m-altitude hotel, near the cave monastery.
Székely Land
Plain rooms with pine furniture fill this magenta-coloured guesthouse, just off the main road at the southern end of Băile Tuşnad.
Transylvania
Right near the cable car up to Lake Bâlea, this lodge offers roomy but simply furnished rooms with dreamy views of the mountains.
Székely Land
This graceful Habsburg-era building is ornamented in stucco casts and carriage lamps and has 16 functional rooms with en suites.
Transylvania
These simple cottages and guestrooms are located on the road between Nucșoara and the edge of Retezat National Park.
Transylvania
Rooms feel faded, but Flamingo's location just outside the eastern gate of the citadel is hard to beat on value.
Transylvania
Pleasant rooms with alpine touches fill this amenity-rich hotel, which boasts a gym, jacuzzi and sauna.
Transylvania
The plain rooms in a building adjoining the Brâncoveanu Monastery suit pilgrims, budget travellers, or anyone seeking a distraction-free environment near…
Cluj-Napoca
It's the location you're paying for with Meteor: the hotel stands on cafe-lined B-dul Eroilor, 250m from the main square. On our visit the rooms were…
Transylvania
If you're arriving by car and want to dip in and out of Retezat National Park without resorting to barebones hiking huts, rooms at Pensiunea Iris have a…
Braşov
Though it looks forbidding, the marbled lobby of this business traveller and tour group favourite sets the tone for upmarket rooms with good views from…
Transylvania
Simple hiking huts at a spectacular 1480m altitude, with trails extending from the door. It's possible to reserve a space via SMS. Bring your own sleeping…
Cluj-Napoca
Up a steep residential lane north of town, the simple rooms at this family-run pension make a pleasant base away from the traffic of central Cluj.
Prahova Valley
Shared dorms, electricity and running water are available at this hiking shelter (altitude 1509m). Simple meals offered (5 to 10 lei).
Prahova Valley
Perched high at 2206m, this hikers’ refuge has simple dorms and doubles, and there's restaurant on the premises.
Transylvania
A simple, wood-lined hiking lodge 35km south of Haţeg, by the northwestern boundary of Retezat National Park.
Prahova Valley
This is a simple electricity-free refuge (2505m) with beds but no running water. Meals are available (15 lei).
Prahova Valley
No-frills three- and four-bed dorms and homespun Romanian cuisine by the shores of Lake Bolboci.
Transylvania
Simple hostel-style accommodation for hikers, and meals are available on request.
