at the Kornis Castle in Manastirea (Cluj County) various activities will take place with the participation of scouts in Gherla as well as plenty of activities for children Visitors can also join one of the two guided tours of the castle The Mikes Castle in Zabala (Covasna County) opens its doors to the public on May 26, starting at 10 am, and includes various activities for children and adults – treasure hunting, face painting, craft wool and plasticine activities, building cardboard castles replicas, Renaissance dance workshops and a picnic. the castle will host a violin concert by Belgian artist Rosanne Philippens The Kendy-Kemeny Castle in Brancoveneşti (Mures County) a dance show offered by the Helikon Group in Brancovesti a picnic and a painting exhibition from the Dr The Kalnoky Castle in Miclosoara (Covasna County) will be open to the general public on May 26 and 27, with the two-day program offering car and pony rides, guided tours, exhibitions of Hassari layouts, treasure hunting in the castle park, of popular dances and picnics. Urmanczy Castle from Toplita (Harghita County) awaits visitors on May 27 guided tours organized in the languages Romanian and Hungarian The event “PIKNIK – Open Castles Week” is organized by the Castle Coalition in Transylvania, which joins the Private Heritage Week initiative launched by the European Historic Houses organization in Brussels. We use cookies for keeping our website reliable and secure providing social media features and to analyse how our website is used Romania’s state-owned public roads company (CNAIR) will open in October the most beautiful motorway in the country located in Transylvania near the city of Cluj The 9-km Gilau-Nadaselu section of A3 motorway is ready since 2017 but the connection-bridge with the national motorway network is under construction and will be completed this month According to CNAIR representatives, the connection will be inspected next week, and if there are no problems, the section and its connection will be open to the drivers in October. Many infrastructure experts think that Gilau-Nadaselu section is Romania’s most beautiful motorway Photo credit: Asociatia Pro Infrastructura Romania will soon open its first urban motorway as the Transport Ministry prepares to allow circulation on a 3 km section in northern Bucharest The building works on the Popasului-Petricani section of Bucharest-Ploiesti motorway, part of A3 motorway, are in the final stage, according to the Transport Ministry. Popasului-Petricani section is the first motorway located within a city in Romania as current motorways are built to connect major cities and are all located outside the populated areas In September Romania’s state-owned public roads company (CNAIR) has opened the most beautiful motorway in the country The 9-km Gilau-Nadaselu section of A3 motorway was ready since 2017 but the connection-bridge with the national motorway network was completed in September With the new section – the third opened this year after 2 section of A10 Sebes-Turda motorway - The renovated castle in Gilău (Gyalu) was inaugurated over the weekend and will now serve as a cultural centre The Rákóczi-Bánffy castle near Cluj-Napoca (Kolozsvár) was renovated with EU funds and support from the Romanian and Hungarian governments The first written record of the castle dates back to 1439 was owned by Countess Katinka Bánffy before nationalisation before the castle was bought from the Barcsay family by Hungarian businessman Elek Nagy ten years ago Hundreds of guests were present at the opening ceremony of the Transylvanian castle The Romanian state secured EUR 5 million in EU funding for the renovation so the Hungarian state matched this with a grant of HUF 850 million (EUR 2,2 million) The cultural centre has multifunctional event halls and plans include furnishing them and renovating the garden and castrum The castle gardens will also host major events the founding president of the Transylvanian Traditions Foundation recalled at the opening ceremony that ten years ago the castle had almost fallen into disrepair and he felt it was a mission worthy of his ancestors to save it for the benefit of the wider and narrower community expressed his delight that the restored castle would put the village on the tourist map As we wrote yesterday, hundreds of thousands of Hungarians celebrated Pentecost in Csíksomlyó in 2024 – PHOTOS Read also: Building of Hungarian university in Transylvania renovated – Beautiful PHOTOS and website in this browser for the next time I comment Y"},"category":false,"taxonomy":{"active":false,"name":"category"}},"markup":{"custom_html":true,"wpp-start":"","wpp-end":"<\/ul>","title-start":"","title-end":"<\/h2>","post-html":"{thumb} {title} {stats}<\/span>{excerpt}<\/p><\/li>"},"theme":{"name":""}} You have successfully joined our subscriber list © 2025 DailyNewsHungary | All rights reserved