Women's Weight Loss Boot Camp in Transylvania, Romania

The camp runs for seven full days and eight nights, and it is based in Transylvania, in Romania's mountains — the area usually associated with Dracula, which is why the castle visit is built into the itinerary rather than sold as an extra. Accommodation is in a newly built hotel, and every room is en-suite. That detail is worth noting because a lot of boot camps in the UK and Eastern Europe put guests in old countryside barns or shared cottages; here you get a proper hotel room with your own bathroom at the end of a training day.

A typical day starts early with exercise before breakfast, then moves through training sessions, talks and activities, with meals spaced through the day. You have a health and fitness assessment on the first day and again on the last, so there are numbers at both ends of the week rather than just a feeling. One-to-one confidential advice sessions run alongside the group programme, which means you can talk through your own situation — an injury, a plateau, whatever's been getting in the way — without doing it in front of everyone else.

The week is deliberately varied. There's boot camp exercising, but also teaching of new training and fitness techniques so you leave knowing how to run a session yourself. Excursions break up the training, and the entrance fees for Dracula's Castle are included. Guests come for different reasons: losing weight, getting fitter, rebuilding confidence after a long break from exercise, or simply having a week away where someone else handles the food and the schedule. Evenings tend towards socialising — this is a camp where you meet people rather than a silent retreat.

What separates this from a similar weight loss camp is the structure around it. Airport transfers are included from the first moment, so there's no scrambling for a taxi on arrival. There's after-course support and encouragement once you're home, which most camps charge for or don't offer at all. Returning guests get dedicated weeks, and there are future discounts if you book another holiday. For UK guests, return flight tickets from London are part of the package — that's unusual, and it removes the biggest piece of admin from booking.

The camp runs women-only weeks, mixed weeks, and weeks with special offers for couples, so you can pick the format that suits you rather than being dropped into a generic group. The staff are described as highly qualified and are available under 24-hour supervision — not in a clinical sense, but meaning there's always someone on site who knows the programme and can deal with a problem when it comes up.

What's included

- 7 full days / 8 nights accommodation - All en-suite rooms in a newly built hotel - Return flight tickets from London (UK only) - Airport transfers - Health and fitness assessment on the first day - Health and fitness assessment on the last day - Daily boot camp and group training sessions - Training techniques workshops - One-to-one confidential advice sessions - 24-hour supervision and support from qualified staff - Dracula's Castle entrance fees - Excursions and visits during the week - After-course support and encouragement - Nutrition and portion control workshops

What's not included

- Flights from outside London/UK - Travel insurance - Personal expenses and souvenirs - Additional drinks and snacks outside the programme - Optional treatments or activities not listed