Romania
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Romania is a country in Europe, more exactly it's located in South-East Central Europe, North of the Balkan Peninsula, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea. Almost all of the Danube Delta is located within its territory. It shares a border with Hungary and Serbia to the west, Ukraine and the Republic of Moldova to the northeast, and Bulgaria to the south.
Useful facts
Capital: Bucharest
List of all categories of monuments in our country
Map of Romania
Romania is constituated of 41 counties and 5 different regions. Each region has it's own culture, history and tradition.
Here, below, are the following romanian regions you can find by your own on the map, click on each region or city to show its CS local activity:
Transilvania
The main cities in this region are: Hunedoara, Deva, Alba-Iulia, Sighisoara, Medias, Targu Mures, Cluj Napoca, Bistrita, Reghin, Gheorgheni, Miercurea Ciuc, Sfantu Gheorghe, Odorheiu Secuiesc, Covasna, Brasov, Fagaras, Sibiu
Other important smaller cities: Sinaia
Important sites: Bran, Poienari, Rasnov, Sarmisegetusa, Blidaru, Piatra Roşie, Costeşti, Căpâlna, Baniţa, Hunyad Castle,
Banat
The main cities in this region are: Timisoara, Resita, Lugoj, Caransebes
Danube Delta
under construction
To connect to all locations check and read the city Tulcea.
From here you might have to take the ferry!
Maramures
under construction
The main cities in this region are: Baia Mare, Satu Mare, Sighetu Marmatiei, etc
Crisana
The main cities in this region are: Oradea, Arad
Moldova
The main cities in this region are: Iasi, Galati, Bacau, Focsani, Roman, Vaslui, Piatra Neamt, Onesti, Buzau, etc
Bucovina
The main cities of this region are: Suceava, Botosani
under construction
Wallachia (Muntenia & Oltenia)
The main cities in this region are: Bucharest, Ploiesti, Ramnicu Valcea, Pitesti, Târgovişte, Craiova, Calarasi, Slobozia, Giurgiu, Alexandria, Pitesti, Slatina, Targu Jiu, Drobeta Turnu Severin, Braila, etc
Dobrogea
The main cities in this region are: Constanta, Mangalia, Tulcea, Vama Veche
- Distances between Romania cities (km):
http://www.travelworld.ro/en/distances/romania_distance.php
Events & Meetings
Here you can find several events that are happening around Romania throughout the year and also some reference sites where you can find out more about these events.
All events will be posted on the Meet Tab from the CouchSurfing Website as well.
useful link for all events worldwide
Specific Events in 2009
- January
- February
* Songs from the Labyrinth - by Sting, on 10th of February
* FREE HUGS for VALENTINE'S DAY
- March
* Romanian Spring Meeting, When: 27 - 29March 2009, Where: Bran, near Brasov, Romania
- April
Bucharest CS - meeting Flofish - 6th of April
- May
1st.- 3rd. of May 2009 Vama Veche by tent
- June
- July
Motorcycle riders invade Romania 2009 (24-26 July)
- August
Transylvania calling 2009 - Gathering of the Tribes
Black Sea Summer Camp 2009, Romania - 4th edition, When: 29.08.2009 - 06.09.2009, Location: 2 Mai, Mangalia, Constanta, Romania
- September
- October
- November
- December
Romanian Winter Camp, between 30.12.2009 and 03.01.2010]
CouchSurfers & Easy couches
Romanian People
Active Members
You can use the couchsearch method / advanced in order to find the real CS diamonds!
Tips
- All cabs / taxi in Bucharest are yellow! the price per km are written on sides of the car and
inside on the countor! usually the price is made of a starting fee ~2 LEI / RON + price per km is ~1.8 LEI or RON.
Romanian currency - LEU (pl. LEI), fractional coin - BAN (pl. BANI).
As of 1 July 2005, Romania's legal tender, previously coded as ROL, has been redenominated so that ROL 10,000 are exchanged for 1 new leu (RON). The old Leu was legal tender until end-December 2006.
Coins and notes in circulation
- Do not use private taxis, prices are higher and they can cheat very bad!
- Exchange rates are very bad in touristic areas and airports! Pay attention to not have comission from the amount used!
- Inside train stations / buses stations or airports prices for food / drinks are higher than usual! Better buy from markets close to those areas!
- Wi-Fi hotspots all over Romania check here
Mailing List
For the time being there is no mailing list set, but Vera did set-up an emergency mail; that you could use for receiving an automated response with all the infos for Romania that you might need in case of any emergency situation : 911csromania[at]gmail[dot]com
Saying HI
If you want more than few words presented here u can also check for more another part of the wiki: Romanian_phrase-page
salut! –> available all over Romania
buna! -> bucharest
servus! –> in Transilvania
ciao! -> in Banat & Crisana
Money
LEU (lion), singular: LEU; plural: LEI
Currency Convertor
http://www.oanda.com/convert/classic
Electricity Information
The local current is 220V AC and the connection is made by a two-pin plug in.
Travellers from USA / UK will require a voltage convertor & plug adaptor - not so hard to buy one from here.
Transportation
Hopefully these may help you in your traveling through Romania!
Have a safe trip and enjoy the country of all possibilities (good & bad)!
!!!! Transfăgărăşanul se deschide mai devreme.
Drumul Naţional 7C - Transfăgărăşan va fi deschis circulaţiei în zilele următoare, cu aproape o lună înainte de termenul obişnuit, 1 iulie. Deszăpezirea la peste 1.800 de metri altitudine a fost grăbită special pentru Turul Ciclist al României, programat în perioada 7-14 iunie.
Două utilaje la secţia de Drumuri Naţionale din Sibiu lucrează de câteva zile la foc continuu pentru a curăţa de zăpada de pe Transfărăşan.
Din cei 14 kilometri de drum ce leagă Bâlea Cascadă de Bâlea Lac au mai rămas de deszăpezit aproape patru kilometri. Lucrătorii de la Drumuri sunt convinşi că vor reuşi să termine la timp eliberarea carosabilului.
Drumarii speră ca vremea să îi ajute în înlăturarea munţilor de zăpadă de pe Transfăgărăşan. Cicliştii vor parcurge traseul pe 10 iunie. Până atunci, pentru turişti accesul între Bâlea Cascadă şi Bâlea Lac se face doar cu telecabina.
Connections from Romania to other countries by bus
On the link above you will find contact method, price, schedule, adress, etc.
Connections to: Germania, Spania, Italia, Franta, Anglia, Belgia, Olanda, Portugalia, Austria, Grecia, Elvetia, Maroc, Finlanda, Norvegia, Danemarca, Suedia, Cehia, Ungaria, Portugalia, Croatia, Belgia, Irlanda, Grecia, Turcia, Ungaria.
Airport
Most important airports in Romania:
- Baneasa - Aurel Vlaicu / close to the city
Tel: 021-232.00.20; Fax: 021 - 232.36.87
E-mail: office@baneasa.aero
- Otopeni - Henri Coanda / out of the city
Address: Bucuresti, DN1 Bucuresti - Ploiesti nr. km 16
Tel: 021-201.40.00; 201.40.50
[otp@otp-airport.ro Otopeni E-mail] / [www.otp-airport.ro Otopeni Website]
Taxi companies
Taxis can be summoned by telephone or hailed on the street.
Fares per km are posted on driver’s and passenger doors.
Average Taxi fares:
Initial Fee: ~2.0 Lei (~$0.85) plus ~1.8 Lei / km (~$1.25 / mile)
Check the taxi fares and ask the driver to confirm the approximate cost of the ride, if not sure. Please note that some taxi companies may post and/or charge up to five times the fares mentioned above.
If you will call from an international number please add 0040 (romania code) + 21 (county code) in front of the taxi number.
Buses (national and international)
- Eurolines Romania
- Atlassib
Romanian English Francais Deutch Italiano Espagnol
- C&I (national transportation)
Trains
- national trains(can also check the price ticket)
- international trains
Special note can see the route, departure / arrival time, but the ticket price is available only at the railway station
The online booking ticket is for more than 1 year under contruction! its lasting long time, maybe everlasting! :)
rezervare prin telefon a biletelor de tren 15-Feb-2008 Serviciul de rezervare telefonica a biletelor functioneaza demonstrându-si eficienta si utilitatea din anul 2001, în Gara de Nord din Bucuresti – la numarul 9522, iar începând cu data de 01 august 2006, s-a extins astfel:
în gara din Constanta la nr. 0727 999952
în gara din Timisoara Nord la nr. 0256 200457
în gara din Cluj Napoca la nr. 0264 952
în gara din Brasov la nr. 0268 421700
în gara din Iasi la nr. 0232 202777
în gara din Galati la nr. 0236 496000
Caracteristicile serviciului de rezervare prin telefon :
rezervarile de locuri se fac numai în ziua plecarii trenului, la vagoanele clasa din compunerea trenurilor care circula în trafic local cu plecare din statiile sus amintite; serviciul poate fi utilizat si de catre beneficiarii de reduceri din tarifele de transport pe calea ferata, cu conditia ca la ridicarea biletului sa poata dovedi reducerea; biletele se ridica cel mai tarziu cu 30 minute înainte de plecarea trenului, în caz contrar rezervarea se pierde. Fata de contravaloarea biletului de tren se mai achita o taxa de rezervare de 3RON; tariful pentru apeluri este cel obisnuit si aferent retelei de telefonie în care se efectueaza convorbirea; programul de lucru cu publicul este permanent;
Distances between Romanian cities
Freebies
Museums
you can find them detailed to every city we described above!
Music
You can check here if is a concert that you would like to attend to:
http://www.bestmusic.ro/Concertele_2008-a7199.html
