{"id":10160,"date":"2020-07-24T13:33:25","date_gmt":"2020-07-24T05:33:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/intriqjourney.com\/hk\/?post_type=itinerary&#038;p=10160"},"modified":"2026-07-09T14:17:21","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T06:17:21","slug":"11-days-romanian-fairytales","status":"publish","type":"itinerary","link":"https:\/\/www.intriqjourney.com\/hk\/itinerary\/11-days-romanian-fairytales\/","title":{"rendered":"11 DAYS ROMANIAN FAIRYTALES"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Commonly referred to as the Land of Dracula, Romania certainly offers a lot more than just tales of the legendary Vlad the Impaler with its fortified castles and narrow cobbled streets<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At the heart of Romania lies the last remaining authentic villages in Europe where people still engage in medieval living like they do in centuries past, waiting for you to unravel at Maramures and Bucovina.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 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