Rick Steves' Europe Preview: Romania

Published: Nov. 11, 2016, 3 p.m.

b'Check your local public television station for this new Rick Steves\\u2019 Europe episode! We\'ll tour Romania\'s vibrant capital, Bucharest, with its "Little Paris of the East" architecture and lingering reminders of a brutal communist dictator. Then we\'ll head into Transylvania, where we\\u2019ll visit fortified churches, cobbled merchant towns like Sighi\\u0219oara, and castles made famous by an imported German king and the real-life Dracula. Finally we\\u2019ll explore Maramure\\u0219, where everyday life still feels like an open-air folk museum. At http://www.ricksteves.com, you\'ll find money-saving travel tips, small-group tours, guidebooks, TV shows, radio programs, podcasts, and more on many European destinations.'