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The capital, Bucharest, lies between Transylvania's Carpathian Mountains and the Black Sea. Once known as "Little Paris", it had entire neighbourhoods designed by French architects. Some of these gems are now slightly obscured by more drab post-Stalinist buildings, but nonetheless a Byzantine-style chapel is not too hard to come by.
Wander the streets of this medieval town, including Peles Castle, the Black Church, the main square and its 15th-century hall. Get out of town to see the castle in Bran, with its connection to the fictional Dracula.
This area is home to remarkable painted monasteries, considered to among Europe's greatest artistic monuments. The monasteries include Voronet, Humor and Sucevita, which were all painted in the 15th and 16th centuries.
7 days 6 nights
From £3,735
King Charles III purchased his first Transylvanian property in 2006 - an 18th-century Saxon house in the village of Viscri - and again in 2010 in the village of Zalanpatak
11 days 10 nights
From £2,395
Travel by rail to where the Habsburgs reigned, visiting celebrated and unsung cities in Austria, Hungary and Romania, on a holiday tailored to you