LAST UPDATED
22 / 6 / 2009

Beyond the Forest is an travel information site providing everything you need to plan your holiday in Romania. The site is divided into the following sections:

1. REGIONS OF ROMANIA (below): pages with information about places to visit, what to do and see in different geographical regions of Romania.

2. HOLIDAYS : a wealth of ideas for qualirty, semi-independent and fully inclusive holiday programmes

3. SPECIAL INTERESTS : information about specific aspects of Romania: culture, nature, Dracula etc

4. GENERAL INFORMATION (left): Travel Advice, Books about Romania, our Guestbook, and information about Flights, Car Hire, Transfers and Rail Travel to assist you to plan your holiday.

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SAVE THE VASER VALLEY FOREST RAILWAY - VISEU DE SUS

Severe flooding along the border with Ukraine on 25-26 July 2008 caused considerable damage in Maramures. Funds have been allocated fpr rebuilding houses washed away in Maramures and Suceava Counties. One of the worst hit areas was the Vaser Valley where large sections of trackbed and bridges were lost to floodwaters. A campaign has beenset up to raise funds to reopen the line, which is not only unique as the last steam-hauled forestry railway, but is an essential lifeline to the people and communities of this remote mountain valley. Please see: www.cffviseu.ro/MocanitaNews.htm for updates.
Latest: trains are now running again for the 2009 season.


WIZZ AIR FLIGHTS TO CLUJ & TIMISOARA
Direct flights from Luton to Cluj from only £ 60.00 per person Avoid the Bucharest traffic jams by flying DIRECT to TRANSYLVANIA or the BANAT. Cluj and Timisoara are excellent cultural centres - ideal for an inexpensive city break.


TRANSPORT IN BUCHAREST
Prebook your transfers if travelling from Otopeni (Henri Coanda) airport into Bucharest. Some visitors have reported having been charged over EURO 150 to the city!. The journey into the city can take up to 2 hours due to severe traffic congestion at certain times of the day. If your final destination is not Bucharest consider flying direct to other cities, or making a domestic connection.

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Our Top Tips for ROMANIA in 2009


MARAMURES - this magical region is one of the last enclaves of traditional rural life still remaining in Europe; visit now before EU and Romanian laws change this magical, pastoral region with its enchanting landscapes forever. We arrange connections from Cluj (new direct services with Wizz work very well) or Bucharest, or from the new Austrian Airlines service to Baia Mare

SECRET TRANSYLVANIA - delightful, quality breaks based in the picturesqueSaxon village of Cisnadioara on the edge of Sibiu. Excellent value all inclusive holidays based in a British-run pension with a special focus on cuisine and a range of activities and excursions into Saxon Transylvania, the Carpathians and the Cindrel Mountains. Ideal for Honeymoons, Valentines Day breaks, Halloween etc

TOUCH OF CLASS - fully, inclusive holidays with a genuine Transylvanian Count in the Brasov area. These popular holidays are an ideal introduction to Transylvania with a focus on cultural heritage, natural history and adventure. Accommodation is in beautiful, restored houses in the small Szekely village of Miclosoara (Miklosvar)

FLY TO REGIONAL AIRPORTS to avoid the mayhem and congested streets of Bucharest. There are connecting scheduled flights to Sibiu, Cluj, Timisoara, Iasi, Targu Mures and Baia Mare and direct, low-cost services to Cluj and Timisoara with WIZZ from Luton. Alternatively, take a domestic service from Bucharest to most major towns in Romania.

Treeflights.com do one thing ~ they plant trees for people who fly.

When we take a flight we burn up hundreds of litres of fuel, a non-renewable resource that took millions of years to make, and we produce a lot of CO2, the main culprit for global warming. There’s no way of avoiding it, flying is inherently environmentally destructive and we shouldn’t do any more of it than we have to. Planting a tree is an ecologically constructive thing to do. Trees use the sun’s energy to absorb CO2, taking it out of the atmosphere and turning it into the renewable material that we call wood. Trees also encourage biodiversity and are fantastic air purifiers. However, they take ages to grow.

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