HCR President Arnold Klingeis participating at the TRAINING ACADEMY OF THE CULTURAL ROUTES OF THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE from 11-13 June in Torres Vedras, Portugal
Based on the official invitation to the 12th Training Academy on Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe, taking place from 11 to 13 June 2025 in Torres Vedras (Portugal), organised by the European Institute of Cultural Routes (EICR) and the European Federation of Napoleonic Cities, carrier network of the Destination Napoleon (Cultural Route of the Council of Europe since 2015) and the European Federation Iter Vitis, carrier network of the Iter Vitis Route (Cultural Route of the Council of Europe since 2009) in cooperation with the Rota Histórica das Linhas de Torres, Association of Portuguese Wine Municipalities (AMPV) and the Torres Vedras Municipality.
The 2025 edition of the Training Academy will be dedicated to “Cooperation and Cultural Routes”, the HCR President Arnold Klingeis paricipate at this event too.
In the course of this HCR is launching the first summer / autumn HCR offer for Transylvania via Cluj-Napoca Internațional Airport, the first travel of the HCR EXPERIENCE MAP TRANSYLVANIA, in cooperation with Historic Café Houses, DRS Reisen GmbH from Germany, Mr. R. Büsing and HCR Design and Product Manager Joachim Alberth.
The idea is to experience Transylvania, the land of DRACULA, vast and untouched nature, and the road of all roads… the TRANSFAGARASAN and LAKE BALEA, to follow the footsteps of the HISTORIC COFFEE HOUSES and to experience Romania in a whole new way.
Read more about the offer:
https://hcr-coe.com/discover-historic-cafes-route-tours/
About Hotel Transilvania | Cluj-Napoca | Transylvania / Romania
HCR member and a hotel filled with history! Silent witness of the passing of time, Hotel Transilvania has managed to maintain its activity uninterrupted throughout the centuries, keeping its gates open in prosperous pre-/inter-/post-war times as well as during wars, constantly adapting to the political, economical and social conditions of the times. In the book called Legendele Clujului by Mr. Tudor Sălăgean, historic and director of the Ethnographic Museum of Cluj-Napoca, the hotel’s legend is recorded in the article named Un hotel real într-o istorie imaginară – A real hotel in an imaginary history. Hotel Transilvania is also mentioned in The old hotels of Transilvania: heritage tourist resources by Armela Linda Rahovan, as historical monument, having historical relevance and intrinsic story.
About Brukenthal Palace | Avrig | Transylvania / Romania
The HCR member / Historic Café is in front of a fine orange tree garden, a stunning place where kings used to dine and drink coffee with their fine guests. Indeed, there is written evidence that the most fine varieties of coffee were also cultivated in the garden, so that kings always enjoyed the best blends. This Baroque-style Café is a jewel in the Carpathians, a part of the huge palace and is constantly hosting various cultural events. Due to the particularity of the space, it recently hosted a fashion show. During summer, guests can enjoy their coffee in the enchanting garden, while in winter they can relax at the indoor café space.
About Transylvania | Romania
Transylvania is a historical and cultural region in Central Europe, encompassing central Romania. To the east and south its natural border are the Carpathian Mountains and to the west the Apuseni Mountains. Broader definitions of Transylvania also include the western and northwestern Romanian regions of Crișana and Maramureș, and occasionally Banat. Transylvania is known for the scenery of its Carpathian landscape and its rich history, coupled with its multi-cultural character. It also contains Romania's second-largest city, Cluj-Napoca, and other very well preserved medieval iconic cities and towns such as Brașov, Sibiu, Târgu Mureș, Bistrița, Alba Iulia, Mediaș, and Sighișoara. It is also the home of some of Romania's UNESCO World Heritage Sites such as the Villages with fortified churches, the Historic Centre of Sighișoara, the Dacian Fortresses of the Orăștie Mountains and the Roșia Montană Mining Cultural Landscape.
Transylvania is also well known in the world because of Dracula. Dracula is an 1897 Gothic horror novel by Irish author Bram Stoker. The narrative is related through letters, diary entries, and newspaper articles. It has no single protagonist and opens with solicitor Jonathan Harker taking a business trip to stay at the castle of a Transylvanian nobleman, Count Dracula.
