10 places in Transylvania worth visiting

Eszti-Téka is a blog about maternity, becoming a mother and the difficulties of the first few years. Eszter, the writer of this blog decided to make a trip in Transylvania visiting ten different places with her little son. As she writes, Noel was a hero: only one-and-a-half-year-old but enjoyed the trip very much. Her experiences are published by szeretlekmagyarorszag.hu. The trip in numbers included 1700 km, 5 different accommodations and 10 places to visit.

The family travelled by car for a week and wanted to see as much as possible. According to Eszter, although they could not visit many of the sights, they had a wonderful week and could see beautiful places. Let’s see what they saw.

1. Kolozsvár / Cluj-Napoca

Kolozsvár is located halfway between the family’s home and their first accommodation. It was good to get out of the car after a long time of sitting. They could park next to St. Michael’s Church and after lunch, they went inside the Gothic church. Next to the church is the statue of Matthias Corvinus.

Their accommodation was in Cserefalva in a small guesthouse. It was absolutely 10 out of 10 for them, they would have enjoyed spending the whole week there.

2. Salt mine in Praid / Parajd

Eszter imagined the place somewhat different but was not disappointed at all. It was not too cold inside and the playground and the chapel simply enchanted her. Of course, everything was made of wood.

Obviously, Noel really liked the playground, so they spent a little more time there than they had planned. Throughout their whole trip, this was the only place where they could find a normal baby dresser.

They were only sorry for not bringing in their sandwiches for lunch because they could have eaten them in the “canteen” of the mine. The spa next to the salt mine became an item on their bucket list, but Noel is too small right now to swim in water as salty as there. They will return for that.

3. Red Lake

After leaving the salt mine, they headed for the Red Lake. They arrived right after the rain, but they didn’t mind it as the air cooled down a bit.