Travel Destinations Romania

Football is popular in Romania, the most internationally known player being Gheorghe Hagi. The Romanian soccer club Steaua Bucureşti was the first Eastern European club to ever win the prestigious European Champions Cup title (1986). The gymnast Nadia Comaneci was the first gymnast to score a perfect "ten" in the 1976 Summer Olympics. She also won three gold medals, one silver and one bronze, all at the age of fifteen. Romania has also reached the Davis Cup finals three times. Though maybe not the force they once were, the Romanian national rugby team has so far competed at every Rugby World Cup.

Facts, Icons and Landmarks

The name of Romania (România) comes from Român ("Romanian"), which is a derivative of the word Romanus ("Roman") from Latin.
Romania is the largest country in southeastern Europe and the twelfth-largest in Europe.
The country's most significant rivers are the Danube, which marks part of the border between Romania and Bulgaria,
Romania's geographical diversity has led to an accompanying diversity of flora and fauna. The country has the largest brown bear population in Europe.
On the UNESCO List of World Heritage Sites there are some of Romania's most unique places such as the Saxon villages with fortified churches in Transylvania, the Painted churches of northern Moldavia with their fine exterior and interior frescoes, the Wooden Churches of Maramures unique examples that combine Gothic style with traditional timber construction, the citadel of Sighişoara and the Dacian Fortresses of the Orăştie Mountains.