Prince Charles

and 

Romania

Charles first visited the country in 1998 on an official visit - the only time he's visited on business. He is seen here with the then Romanian President, Emil Constantinescu

Prince Charles fell in love with Romania on his very first visit. He now regularly returns to the country for holidays. He has two properties out there that are available for the public to rent.

One of the Prince Charles house in Zalanpatak, near Baraolt, Szeklerland, Transylvania.

He's been so inspired he's now planted a Transylvanian Meadow at Highgrove, his Gloucestershire home, using a wild flower seed mix mostly gathered from the hay meadows at one of his properties.

A Field of wildflowers belonging to Prince Charles

You don't have to be in Transylvania for long to realise why the Prince is enraptured by it. The country looks as England might have done around the year 1800. There are no fences. Horses are a common sight on the roads pulling trailers and in the fields yoked to ploughs. 

"It's the last corner of Europe where you see true sustainability and complete resilience. There's so much we can learn from it before it's too late."