Romania Cities

• Arad
• Bacau
• Baia Mare
• Bistrita
• Braila
• Brasov
• Bucharest
• Buzau
• Calarasi
• Campulung
• Cluj-Napoca
• Constanta

• Craiova
• Csikszereda
• Deva
• Focsani
• Galati
• Hunedoara
• Iasi
• Oradea
• Piatra Neamt
• Pitesti
• Ploiesti

• Satu Mare
• Sibiu
• Sighisoara
• Sinaia
• Suceava
• Targu Neamt
• Timisoara
• Timisu De Sus
• Targu Mures
• Tulcea
• Turnu Severin

Staying in Romania

Romania (România) is a country located north of the Balkan Peninsula on the western shores of the Black Sea. It is a country of great natural beauty and diversity and a rich cultural heritage. Romania enchants visitors with its scenic mountain landscapes and unspoilt rural areas, but also with its historic cities and its busy capital.

Over the last decade, it has seen significant development and is one of the most recent members of the European Union. Still, it may surprise some of its visitors who are used to western Europe. Romania is a large country which can sometimes be shocking with contrasts: some cities are truly Western Europe; some villages can seem to have been brought back from the past.

While it has significant cultural similarities with other Balkan states, it is regarded as unique due to its strong Latin heritage. In fact, of all Romance languages, the Romanian grammar is most simmilar to Latin, as the vocabulary is over 70% inherited from Latin.

Things for which Romania is famous include: the Carpathian mountains, Constantin Brancusi, wine, medieval fortresses, Mircea Eliade, the electronic microscope, Dacia cars, Dracula, insulin, E. M. Cioran, stuffed cabbage leaves, multi-ethnic peace, the jet engine, Nadia Comaneci, the Black Sea, Gheorghe Hagi, sunflower fields, painted monasteries and the Danube Delta.

Finding accommodation in Romania is very easy, for any price. In all the touristic places, as soon as you get to the train station several people will come to you asking whether you need an accommodation. Those people welcoming you at the station often speak English, French and Italian.

Moreover, while walking on the street, you will often find cazare on the houses, that means they will rent you a room in their own house. You’d better book an accommodation in the big cities (Bucharest, Cluj-Napoca, Brasov and Iasi), since it’ll be quite hard to wander around looking for a place to sleep, but anywhere else you won’t find any problem at all.

Rural tourism is relatively well developed in Romania. There is a national association of rural guesthouses owners, ANTREC [38] who offer accommodations in over 900 localities throughout the country.

* Rembrandt Hotel, Smardan 11, Bucharest. Rembrandt Hotel is an intimate and stylish hotel with 16 spacious rooms, located in the heart of Bucharest. Well known for its’ personal service and genuine hospitality, Rembrandt provides contemporary guest rooms with comfortable beds, hardwood floors, leather armchairs, free wi-fi internet access and spacious bathrooms. Café Klein, on the mezzanine floor of the hotel, is a cozy and comfortable lounge where we serve breakfast, drinks and snacks. You will find Rembrandt Hotel in the middle of the old city centre of Bucharest. From here you can access the city in all its’ aspects: the wide Paris-style boulevards, the worn down 1920ies modernist architecture, the narrow streets of charming Lipscani and the modern day cosmopolitan life. Being on walking distance from the central Unirii and Universitate squares, the hotel is ideally positioned for both business and leisure guests.