Camping Zamolxe

Tours of all sorts start from the site: ask the team what's on offer and make it your mission to get out to as many as possible during your stay. One such day trip is to Ulpia Traiana Sarmisegetusa (an hour and a half's drive), the capital and biggest city of Roman Dacia and eight kilometres from Tapae on the Iron Gates of Transylvania. The remains of the Roman amphitheatre still stand here, along with temples, a citadel, the city forum and a gladiator school: toga fans should most certainly make their way here. A museum is at the site too for delving into more. Also have a day out to Malaiesti Fortress, half an hour away, one of the many old landmarks in the Hateg region and the Retezat mountains, and to the famed Transylvanian monastery of Prislop (35 minutes), at the foot of the Parâng mountains.