I am on a six-day, lodge-based, guided riding holiday, booked through In the Saddle. This parti-cular holiday is operated by the equestrian centre Equus Silvania, whose experienced German owners, Christoph and Barbara Promberger, have lived in Romania for many years. The riding centre is based in the tiny village of Sinca Noua in the Transylvanian district of Brasov, in the centre of Romania; it's a three-hour drive north of Bucharest. The week includes three-day rides and a two-day camping trip through the south-central Carpathian Mountains.