Article in The Guardian about Caezu Guest House and the wild beauty of Romania

We are happy to see that we were mentioned in The Guardian and this motivates us to continue what we started at Caezu Guest House.

https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2023/dec/16/travel-writers-favourite-finds-of-2023

“I love Romania’s wild beauty, and on a trip this year discovered an ancient beech forest just outside the village of Nucșoara, on the southern slopes of the Făgăraș Mountains. They are among the oldest and most spectacular beech trees in Europe, over 5,000 of them, gnarled and huge, some up to seven metres in girth.

It’s stunning to wander among these giants and contemplate the history they have lived through: anti-communist partisan Elisabeta Rizea and companions spent years hiding out in these woods. Her cottage is in the village and now a guesthouse, Caezu, has opened there (the owner’s great-grandmother was Elisabeta’s sister). Visitors can “adopt a beech tree” in a scheme started by the mayor and Foundation Conservation Carpathia, with funds going to help preserve the forest.

The beeches are not the only remarkable natural attraction in the area. Nearby is a fern forest (they grow up to two metres in summer) and it’s close to Moldoveanu, the highest mountain in Romania, at 2,544 metres. The hiking is wonderful. Jane Dunford”