Crisana and Banat

Arad County - Bihor County - Caras Severin County - Timis County

Other zones : Dobrogea - Maramures - Moldova and Bucovina - Muntenia and Oltenia - Transylvania

Area description

Many people all over the world have heard about Timisoara, as the town-hero where Romanians started the 1989 Revolution. Anyway, there are few that know the western part of Romania, the historical provinces of Crisana and Banat, and also the towns of Oradea and Arad with their cultural heritage.

Diverse architecture, religious and lay edifices and the folklore are arguments to visit these regions.

In Banat and Crisana you will meet elements of culture and civilization that are a mixture of many and different traditions : Hungarian, German, Serb, Czech, Slovak, Bulgarian, Ukrainian.

The tourist attractions are all over the place, especially in the counties of Bihor, Arad, Timis and Caras-Severin, where you can spend exquisite vacations. Trekking, mountain climbing, hunting, fishing, horse riding are only some of the tourist offers
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Natural scenery, rich traditions and folklore are the ingredients of unique experiences while visiting the historical regions of Crisana and Banat.