Hello and welcome to my page about trips in Romania!

My name is Mircea Gastaldo and I am a national tour guide.

You will find in this site useful info about trips in Romania and my suggestions regarding the tourist attractions that you shouldn't miss while traveling in here.I believe that discovering a country's culture and nature can be rather difficult being crammed along with 40 unknown people in a tour bus. That's why I understand and I agree with independent travelers.
However, I know there are people who feel better to go on a guided trip, where they don't have to worry about a decent place to sleep or eat. An organized tour provides the much needed comfort which every traveler enjoys at least once in a while.

That's why my offer as a tour guide is targeted to groups of 1 to 8 people. This apparently small number of tourists per group allows us to go to places untouched by what we call today "mass tourism", without damaging the environment or the tourist attraction itself. One major advantage would also be the flexibility of the chosen route, as the group itself would be quite homogeneous
Romania is a vast country which is beginning to open itself to the westerner tourists. This means that in just a few years, we'll have fewer wild and isolated attractions. I don't agree with mass tourism, and that's why I'm trying to offer you a better alternative regarding a trip in Romania.

In the following pages I would like you to enjoy, if not the texts, at least the pictures! :)

Mircea Gastaldo,
May 2004

Updated info regarding accomodation in rural Romanian pensions: www.turistinfo.ro