Housing in rural area is, in the most cases, satisfied by small units in hospitality management. In Romania they are guesthouses, inns, motels and even small hotel-type units. Statistics show that tourism in rural areas has made in recent decades, more and more followers. Many reasons are invoked to explain this evolution: the influence of environmental ideas, the desire to avoid classic tourist structures, looking as good value for money, desire to eat organic food, a return to tradition. This paper presents the aspects of the rural tourism and its forms in the European Union Space, forms of rural tourism accommodation who can promote this type of tourism all over the world.