Hunedoara
- Hunedoara: Corvin Castle and the Town Around It
Hunedoara is a small Transylvanian town in Hunedoara County, and Corvin Castle is why most travellers come. Here is where the town sits, how to reach it by road and rail, and how it fits a trip around the county.
- Dacian Fortresses of the Orăștie Mountains: Which to Visit
Six Dacian hilltop fortresses in Hunedoara County form one UNESCO World Heritage site. Sarmizegetusa Regia is the one to build a day around; the others are short stops on the same valley road. Here is what survives at each, how the sites sit together, and where the Roman city of Ulpia Traiana fits in.
- Densuș Church: Romania's Roman-Stone Church and How to Visit
Densuș Church is a village church in Hunedoara County built from Roman stone and columns, with a south-facing altar and 1443 frescoes. Here is what you see inside, where the village sits and how to reach it from Deva.
- Hațeg: The Town, the Basin and the Sights Nearby
Hațeg is a quiet base, not a destination in itself: the centre needs an hour, the Roman colonial city is down on the flat, and the Dacian capital sits at the end of a mountain road. Here is how the pieces fit.
- Orăștie: What to See in the Town and Nearby
Orăștie works as a short stop on the road between Sibiu and the Hunedoara castles, not as a destination on its own. See the compact centre and its churches first, then treat the Dacian sites in the surrounding hills as a separate drive that needs a sturdy vehicle and a dry day.
- Sarmizegetusa Regia: Visiting the Dacian Capital in the Mountains
Sarmizegetusa Regia is the ruined Dacian capital high in the Orăștie Mountains, reached by a drive up the Orăștie valley and a short walk. Here is what stands in the sacred zone, how the fortress and civilian settlement fit around it, and how to pair the site with the Roman city of Ulpia Traiana Sarmizegetusa in the Hațeg Basin.
- Ulpia Traiana Sarmizegetusa: Roman Capital Ruins & Museum
Ulpia Traiana Sarmizegetusa is the Roman colonial capital founded after Trajan's Dacian wars, a low-key archaeological site in Țara Hațegului where the amphitheatre, forum fragments and a small museum across the road reward an hour or two. The modern village sits on top of the Roman town, so expect ruins in gardens as well as in the fenced field.