Romania travel: Experiences to consider this summer holiday
The summer holiday can be an opportunity to get acquainted with various crafts, learn about local traditions or do some wildlife watching. We outline below some of the leisure options available.
Simona Fodor · Journalist
· Updated · 4 min read
The summer holiday can be an opportunity to get acquainted with various crafts, learn about local traditions or do some wildlife watching. We outline below some of the leisure options available.
Astra Museum, the open-air ethnographic museum located 4 km away from Sibiu, holds a range of workshops aimed at getting the public acquainted with traditional crafts and customs. Several recent ones allowed participants to mow in a section of the museum.
The workshop, part of the institution’s program dedicated to gardening and landscape, started early in the morning (7:00), in keeping with the traditional practice. Those attending the workshop could also learn more about the techniques used to prepare the scythe and how mowing was done in the past. As part of the same program, the museum organized last fall a Crop Day, an event that included gastronomy workshops, where participants could see the preparation process and sample several products such as the vegetable spread zacuscă or the plum jam.
Another event, held on the week ending on July 25, invited the public to see potters from Romania, Hungary, and the Republic of Moldova practicing their craft and attend workshops, designed for both children and grownups, on clay modeling and ceramic decoration. Traditional Romania, Hungarian, and Moldovan dishes were also be prepared on site, and those present will get a chance to taste them.
Astra announced at the beginning of the year plans to turn a historic house in Sibiu into a crafts center, which will hold crafts workshops as well as a gallery retailing artisan items. Until it opens, updates about the upcoming events at the museum are posted here.
Numerous workshops focused on traditional crafts can be found at Satul Meșteșugurilor (The Village of Crafts) in Comana, about an hour’s drive south of Bucharest. Visitors can try a range of activities here from rush weaving and woodwork to ceramics modeling, loom weaving, or bookbinding. More details are available here.
Glamping options multiplied in the country in recent years with the growing interest in holidays spent in quiet locations, away from the crowds, and as close to nature as possible. Now, an urban glamping facility in Brașov offers accommodation in covered cart wagons, in addition to tents.
