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Admire the gorgeous UNESCO-listed painted monasteries of Bucovina, walk in the footsteps of Bram Stoker\u2019s legendary literary creation Dracula at Bran castle, and get to know the traditions of the Romanian people.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7232,"menu_order":0,"template":"","trip_experiences":[14,638],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Essential Romania Private Tour | MIR Corporation<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Romania has everything \u2013 medieval towns, mountain landscapes, castles, and hospitable people \u2013 and travelers are just beginning to discover it.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/trip\/essential-romania\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Essential Romania Private Tour | MIR Corporation\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Romania has everything \u2013 medieval towns, mountain landscapes, castles, and hospitable people \u2013 and travelers are just beginning to discover it.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/trip\/essential-romania\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"MIR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MIR.Corporation\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-12-15T19:25:03+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/00122_s_r13ajrxlmry0122-Peter-Guttman.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1920\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"651\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@mircorp\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/trip\/essential-romania\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/trip\/essential-romania\/\",\"name\":\"Essential Romania Private Tour | MIR Corporation\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/trip\/essential-romania\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/trip\/essential-romania\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/00122_s_r13ajrxlmry0122-Peter-Guttman.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-04-22T15:47:45+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-12-15T19:25:03+00:00\",\"description\":\"Romania has everything \u2013 medieval towns, mountain landscapes, castles, and hospitable people \u2013 and travelers are just beginning to discover it.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/trip\/essential-romania\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/trip\/essential-romania\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/trip\/essential-romania\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/00122_s_r13ajrxlmry0122-Peter-Guttman.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/00122_s_r13ajrxlmry0122-Peter-Guttman.jpg\",\"width\":1920,\"height\":651,\"caption\":\"A monastery in Romania.\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/trip\/essential-romania\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Trips\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/trip\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Essential Romania\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/\",\"name\":\"MIR\",\"description\":\"Journey to legendary destinations at the crossroads of Europe, Asia &amp; 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