Once this was a sacred dance danced only in the spring by a chosen number of men. Today Calusarul is a form of entertainment and the members of the groups still dancing it probably don’t even know its mystic signification. The ancient rules behind it are no longer respected, but the dance, even in its [...]

Somewhere in Dobrudja, just off the Black Sea, the land of Murfatlar stretches out under the blue Romanian skies with its endless vineyards.

Dionysus himself was once dancing on these hills, blessing the wines with his magical touch. Murfatlar’s wines have been loved ever since and today they are some of the most popular in Romania [...]

Horezu is one of those many Romanian heavenly locations, where people are genuine and traditions are still preserved. The Monastery of Horezu, foundedin 1690 by Wallachian Prince Constantin Brancoveanu, is an official UNESCO World Heritage monument.

What made Horezu so popular around the world is not this incredible Christian monument, but the pottery.

The Horezu pottery [...]

In the times when faith was stronger than life and pure love of God meant a supreme sacrifice, a young man immured his wife alive in the walls of a church, thus the most beautiful house of God emerged in the county of Arges.

The founder of the church, a voivode known for his cruelty, impressed [...]