Travel back in time to Transylvania on a horseback tour through mysterious Romania. Gallop across vast green fields while weaving in and out of hay stacks, climb steep mountains for breathtaking views and experience the incredible history of Romania on a horse riding holiday. Experience ancient monasteries, organic and local produce, shepherds who spend their days in fields and a dark sky scattered with stars. On a Romanian horse, you will find it all!
Horse Riding in Romania
Romania is perhaps most famous throughout the world for Transylvania – the home of Bram Stoker’s Dracula. Transylvania is a land of mountains and forests, folklore and tradition, hospitality and mystery, and to this day Transylvania remains Europe's best-kept secret.
On a horse riding holiday in Transylvania you will discover traditional folk villages, where horses still plough the fields. Here, the food is grown on small traditional farms, and the tranquility will inspire you – back to a time before the hustle and bustle of modern day machines. Monasteries sit on quiet hillsides, and forests shelter an abundance of wildlife. In Transylvania, you will discover locals who are unaffected by the stresses of modern life, and welcome you to their little slice of heaven. Experience all this the same way the locals do, from the back of a horse!
Hidden Trails has several horse riding holidays available in Transylvania.
The Transylvanian Ride will introduce you to the forested hills made famous in the movie Cold Mountain – horse and man work together in the fields and country houses scatter the landscape.
The Carpathian Mountains Ride takes in medieval villages and some of Europe’s oldest fortified churches.
The History and Nature Ride will guide you through Central and Eastern Europe’s largest area of pristine nature – the Carpathian Mountains.
Finally, the Szekler and Saxon Land trips go deep into the hinterland where different ethnical groups made their home.
Romania Weather and Climate
Temperature averages are: April 11°C; May 16°C; June 19°C; July 21°C; August 21°C; September 18°C; October 13°C. It may be about 5 degrees hotter at midday and 5 degrees colder at nightfall. Showers are possible at any time. The sun will be warm and bright in the clear mountain air.
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