If you're doing a circuit, let's start in the north: Sapânta has a very funny graveyard. Viseu de Sus has a beautiful narrow-gauge railway, partly using steam engines. The track goes far into the dark forests near the Ukrainian border. The mountain pass east of Borsa is nice to drive. At Cârlibaba take the dirt road north, which leads to the so-called forest monastries, beginning with Putna. They are a real must-see with all the biblical paintings inside and outside.
South from here is the town of Brasov with a nice old city and nearby Bran, with its Castle. Not far away is the above mentioned Transfagaras. Don't miss Sibiu, Sigisoara and the fortified church in Biertan.
The south-western part has large forests, a beautiful road is along the Danube from Drobeta-Turnu westwards past the famous Iron Gates canyon (see Wikipedia).
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(Rod McKuen)
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