Daily Mail: Romania’s Maramures is becoming something of an unlikely hotspot

Romania's Maramures region and its traditions are praised in an article published in the British newspaper Daily Mail, in which the author tells British tourists to visit this Romanian land to discover its special traditions and customs. “ Maramures, stretching from Transylvania to the Ukrainian border, is becoming something of an unlikely hotspot. Interior decorator Nicky Haslam has recently bought a farmhouse and Prince Charles has been singing its praises for ages”, writes Nick Maes in Dailymail.co.uk. Maramures countryside is presented as “ludicrously pretty” and the author admits that during his visit in this region of Romania, he “felt like he'd gone back 100 years when he came across four shepherds hunched under a temporary bower of hazel twigs milking sheep”. Nick Maes said he was impressed by the cemetery in Sapanta, the Orthodox churches of this region, by the weekly fairs in Sighetu Marmatiei and Ocna Sugatag, and by the mill in Budesti. “Local prices - Romania hasn't yet joined the euro - will come as a pleasant surprise - a slap-up meal out shouldn't set you back more than a tenner a head”, is written in the article. Read the entire Daily Mail article here. Irina Popescu, irina.popescu@romania-insider.com (photo source: Visitmaramures.ro)