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Taste of Transylvania food festival 2025

About the festival

The Taste of Transylvania Food Festival

represents the culmination of a dream shared by committed chefs, restaurateurs and local producers. Together, we aim to write a new chapter in the food culture of Transylvania. Together, we have begun a journey of rediscovering our culinary traditions, skills and our disappearing heritage; we want to put back this special, hidden region on the international culinary map as a new, yet timeless food destination.

TICKETS

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By clicking the Buy now button you can get your tickets for the 2025 edition of the Taste of Transylvania food festival that will take place between 4-7 September. Currently the promotional, Early Bird tickets are available that are valid for the whole festival weekend.

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Official photos of all Taste of Transylvania festivals (2022-2024) can be accessed by clicking or tapping the button below.

FAQ

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Frequently Asked Questions

Access and parking

Gyimesi Skanzen, Lunca de jos, Valea Boroș 65 - you can find additional information about the location on their website

During the festival there will be shuttle buses available, operating from Csíkszereda to the festival's location. These will be free to use by anyone with a valid festival pass, but pre-registration is mandatory. Bus schedules and registration info will be posted on our Facebook and Instagram pages.

The town is also accessible by train, the nearest station is called Lunca de Mijloc, which is 3 km from the festival gate.

When arriving from Miercurea Ciuc via the 12A road, you need to turn right at about 250 meters from the town sign, at a clearly marked intersection.

Parking spaces will be available at this intersection, the 1.5 km road leading up to the festival gate will be closed for vehicles. You can get to the festival gate by using our free Horse Taxi service.

We have established a guarded, pay parking lot at the intersection. We would like to draw your attention to the fact that the road leading from the parking lot to the festival gate is closed for traffic, but we provide a free Horse taxi service (horse-drawn carriage transport) for all of our guests with a regular schedule between the parking lot and the festival gate.

Opening hours

The festival is held between 4-7 September, 2025 and is open daily between 11 AM and 2 AM the next day.

Useful information

The festival is open for disabled people as well, there is a dedicated bathroom available for people with special needs.
During the festival a first aid station will be open, please contact them if you need any medical assistance.

At the festival you will be able to rent professional wine glasses and cups, for which we require a deposit of 1 Picula that you can get back upon returning the glass unharmed. You love the glass? Leave the deposit and take the glass home with you!

If you have lost something, please inquire at the reception. If you have found something, please leave it at the reception, so we can get it back to the owner.
There will be no guarded luggage storage at the festival, so please take care of your valuables and don’t leave them unguarded.

Amateur photography and video recording is of course permitted, but photographing or recording the speeches, shows or workshops for commercial scopes or publishing requires a prior written permit from the organizers.

 

In order to show the variety of the Taste of Transylvania Food Festival to as many people as possible, we will be taking photos and recording videos. Any people appearing in these recordings can be named only if they permit it, but no other claims are permitted towards the organizers. You can read more about this policy HERE.

Tickets and entry

If you need assistance, have any questions or encountered any issues with the ticket purchasing process, please message us at the info@tasteoftransylvania.eu e-mail address.

Tickets can be purchased on the festival’s home page under the Buy tickets section. Tickets are sold via the bilete.ro portal, which accepts all major credit and debit cards. Although you can purchase tickets at the festival, we recommend doing so online, before your arrival.

You can buy tickets for each of the festival’s days and for the whole weekend.

General ticket information

Your tickets will be exchanged for wristbands at the festival gate.
The tickets are non-nominal, anyone showing your ticket’s barcode will get the wristband.
Please take great care not to let anyone access your ticket. Unfortunately, if someone else has already exchanged your ticket’s barcode, we are unable to provide you with a wristband. The organizers are not liable for any abuse of tickets.
Keep your ticket safe and make sure that no one can create copies of or photograph your ticket. If you purchased your ticket through official means and kept it safe, you will surely have no problems with entry.

Wristbands

You will get your wristband in exchange for your ticket. Only wristbands worn on the wrist are valid.
Wristbands damaged in any way - glued, cut, opened, enlarged, or manipulated in any other way - are not valid.
Wristbands are non-transferable.
Damaged or lost wristbands cannot be replaced by the organizers.
The organizers will take legal steps against those using counterfeit tickets and any collaborators.
The organizers reserve the right to verify wristbands at the festival gate and anywhere in the festival area. If you are at the festival with an expired or invalid wristband, the organizers will ask you to purchase a valid wristband. Otherwise, we will need to ask you to leave the festival.

The organizers reserve their right to modify the program.

All festival passes include entry to the event, participation at any cooking show, workshop, concert, party, cultural program (Gastro Cinema, Geofolk photo expo, book launches), the use of the playground, entry to the Legendarium mini-cinema and participation at the community running and community potato picking events. The latter two require registration in advance (you will find registraion info on our Facebook and Instagram pages), and all participants receive free breakfast after the event.

Please note that most event venues have a limited capacity, so make sure to arrive in due time to make sure that you will be able to attend.

The ticket does not include any food or drinks, these can be purchased with the tokens available at the reception, called Gyimes Picula. You can read more about this payment method under the section Paying at the festival.

Any children under 14 are free to enter the festival.

Please note that purchased tickets cannot be refunded. If you have already purchased your ticket and cannot attend the festival, we recommend visiting the festival’s Facebook event, where you can most probably find a buyer for the ticket.
In order to enter, we must be able to scan your ticket’s barcode. The best option is not to leave your ticket home, but if you have it on your phone, that works as well.

As per the festival’s house rule it is forbidden to enter the festival with a live pet, with the exception of certified service animals. In order to enter with service animals, you will first need a written permit from the organizers.


Thank you for your understanding.

Paying at the festival

At the festival you can pay with our proprietary payment method, the Gyimesi Picula. These tokens can be purchased for 20 lei, 1600 forints or 4 euros, and you can pay with whole or half Piculas at the festival vendors. Please note that the vendors are unable to accept cash or card payments, but you can buy Piculas during the opening hours at the reception, where you can pay with cash or card.

Please note that purchased Piculas cannot be refunded.

What can I bring?

Since we would like you to have a unique gastronomy experience at the Taste of Transylvania Food Festival, we kindly ask you not to bring any food or drinks with you, there will be a large selection of these.

Food and beverages brought from outside of the festival are not permitted. All attendees are required to present such products for inspection upon entry.

 

Glassware, impact or cutting devices, knives or any objects that can pose harm to other attendees are STRICTLY FORBIDDEN! According to current legislation you are not allowed to have on you any dangerous items (knives with a blade longer than 8 cm, spring blade knives, pepper sprays, lead staves, etc.).

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