I have been to this guest house many times, with friends and family, and each time was better than the last. It is the one place in Romania I've come across that take care of you completely in terms of daily trips -- to ancient villages and forests and caves. If you are in Romania or planning to come here this is the ideal base of operations

We chose this location to celebrate my mother's birthday. Miclosoara is not far from Brasov, only 36 km, and the directions provided on the website helped us to reach easily. The village is very beautiful, with typical Transylvanian houses. We were greeted very warmly, with traditional tuica (local brandy). Accommodation was made ​​to "lower houses", in a large courtyard, there are beautiful individual homes. Rustic furniture is reconditioned. The rooms are very comfortable, with bathroom and hot water, heated in winter. The atmosphere is rustic, unique. In the courtyard is a large wood gazebo with a table and wooden benches. We chose the option to have lunch and dinner. The food was very tasty. Particularly interesting was the soup is apples. In the area there are many apple orchards. Dinner was served in very nicely designed cellar with fireplace. Breakfast was very tasty, with local dishes: butter, cheese, bread, jam, honey, eggs, ham. The staff was very helpful. In the area you can visit the fortified churches in neighboring villages or hiking.

Transylvania is in a time warp. Think rural UK in the 1930's. This agricultural area is strip farming by horsepower. Count Kanaolky has several cottages and inns in the area between Brashov and Sighiasoira. We stayed at Miklosoira in the 'Serf's House' which is adjacent to the inn. It was entirely comfortable with an adequate bathroom, clean,and furnished with antique furniture. The style is rustic not flashy five star but you have everything you need. Dinner is taken around a large table collectively at 8.00pm in the inn where the company changes every night. The guests are predominantly English so conversation is friendly. The food is a very satisfying home cooking style typical for the area. Good wine is included.
The property arrange daily trips and activities but we preferred to go our own way. The roads are very poor in parts and we were glad of our SUV although the locals seem happy with their old renaults. It is a good centre for seeing the local sights. This is a very unique venue and highly recommended, you should book well ahead.

My partner and I have just returned after an amazing honeymoon in Transylvania, most of which was spent at Count Kalnoky's Guesthouses.

We spent 7 nights at the guesthouses in Miklosvar - the first 3 in the spooky old manor house and the rest in the lower guesthouses - then went up to the guesthouses in Zalanpatak.

The Manor House (at Miklosvar) is in the process of being refurbished, but it's such a lovely atmospheric building that it doesn't matter that it's not completely restored yet! We were warned that it would be spooky but I'm not sure we were prepared for how spooky it would be to walk back from dinner through the pitch black to the big old house! (Luckily we took a torch.) I'm glad we didn't find out about the old hidden passage until we'd moved out of this room... (we didn't move because we had an issues with the room, only because we could only book 3 nights here at the time of booking). The lower guesthouses were also lovely. Our room was comfortable and spacious, and overlooked a shared garden. The room we had at Zalanpatak was a little smaller, but no less comfortable - and it overlooked the apple trees which was nice!

We also visited the guesthouses in Viscri when we were on our tour to the village - they looked nice, and it seems like a good location if you want peace an quiet.

We booked on Full Board, so all our trips were included as well as our rooms, food, and drink. The tours are very good and the guides are all very knowledgeable. We were taken on a new tour each day, including Bran Castle, Sighisoara, a walk through a gorge to a bat cave, and a visit to a traditional wood carver's family. Neither myself or my partner drive, so choosing this option meant we were taken to all sorts of places we would never have been able to get to if we'd booked everything separately and gone on our own. We also got more of an insight into Transylvanian life than we would have done otherwise, as we had the privilege of meeting residents of the villages - and our tour guides were all from the surrounding area so they could tell us a lot about life there too.

The staff were all wonderful. Monica, Georgie and Gabul were brilliant hosts/guides - they had so much knowledge of the places they took us, and were happy to answer any questions we threw at them. They are lovely to talk to and will go out of their way to make sure you're having a good time!

The kitchen staff also really impressed us. We had let them know in advance that I'm vegan (my partner isn't - he said the meat dishes were great), but I wasn't expecting them to go to such lengths to provide for me! We had three course meals every night - soup, main, dessert. The soups were mostly vegetarian but when they were not, I was brought a separate one. The mains were all meat, so each day I would have my own little portion of something exciting to try - ranging from stews through to stuffed peppers through to soya pieces (a note to any vegans going - the first night that I was given the soya, I couldn't work out what it was and so asked my partner to test it. We thought the texture was quite meaty and so I didn't eat it but it turns out it was soya and I had it again later in the week (it was nice!). The kitchen staff know what they can/can't give you so don't worry and trust in what they give you!). I was also given separate sides, when the side dishes had animal products in. They even bought in some soya milk and margarine for me to have at breakfast, and cooked special veggie options to take in the packed lunches.

We were really pleasantly surprised by our visit to Transulvania. We weren't really sure what to expect but it definitely ticked all the right boxes - the landscape was absolutely beautiful, the areas around Count Kalnoky's Guesthouses are so unspoiled, and the people are very friendly. I will definitely be recommending this to everyone, and would love to visit again.