FAST FACTS

   Area: 91,725 square miles (roughly the size of Oregon) – the second largest country in East-Central Europe, after Poland.
   Population: 23,500,000 (Bucharest 2,200,000; Brasov 320,000; Cluj 310,000; Constanta 350,000; Iasi 340,000)
   Languages: Romanian (Latin-based, related to Italian, French and Spanish)

"…why should you go to Romania? The straight answer is because it is one of the most beautiful countries of Southeast Europe." (The Blue Guide)

"Few regions offer a more dazzling display of cultural and artistic treasures than Romania." (Smithsonian Journeys)

"Considered by many the most beautiful country in Eastern-Europe, Romania still claims regions that seem bastions of a medieval past long since lost elsewhere."
(Fodor's Eastern and Central Europe)

"Romania has majestic castles, medieval towns, great hiking and wildlife…"
(The Lonely Planet)
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