Travel information

By plane
Regular scheduled and charter flights of Romanian Airlines (Tarom), and branches of foreign airlines (Delta, Air France, Lufthansa, Alitalia, Swissair, etc.) connect Bucharest to the biggest airports in the world. International airports in Romania are Bucharest-Otopeni, Constanta-Mihail Kogalniceanu and Timisoara (Timisoara). The international airport at Otopeni Bucuresti (Bucharest) is located 18 km from the city center. In the city you can reach with the airport buses or taxis. In the latter case it is advisable to agree before the start of the journey with the driver about the price. On request you can book a travel agency for many a cheap transfer from the airport to various destinations.

By train
International express trains connect Bucuresti (Bucharest) with the major capitals of Central Europe as well as the Black Sea coast with the major cities of Romania. Romania is a member of the International Railway Tariff System (RIT) and the Inter-Rail system.

By car
Access routes to Romania are: Berlin, Warsaw, Budapest, Petea (E81), Vienna, Prague, Budapest, Bors (E60) or Nadlac (E64) or Varsand (E671), Trieste, Belgrade-Moravita (E70) or Portile de Fier ( E70), Athens, Tirana, Sofia-Giurgiu (E85), Istanbul, Sofia-Vama Veche (E87), Moscow, Kiev, Kishinev-Albita (E580), Warsaw, Kiev, Cernauti (Czernowitz), Siret (E85). All roads are marked according to international regulations. The road runs along the right side, passed to the left. The distances between Bucuresti (Bucharest), and various major cities are: Athens - 1252 km, Berlin - 2154 km, Berne (Zurich) 2125 km, Brussels - 2394 km, Bonn - 2100 km, Budapest - 893 km, Copenhagen - 2587 km, Frankfurt - 2100 km, The Hague (Amsterdam) - 2428 km, Helsinki - 1900 km, Istanbul - 704 km, Kiev - 1065 km, Chisinau - 445 km, Lisa Bonn - 4120 km London - 2577 km, Madrid - 3530 km, Minsk -- 1650 km, Moscow - 1963 km, Oslo - 2820 km, Paris - 2401 km, Riga - 1955 km, Rome - 2149 km, Sofia - 404 km, Stockholm - 3100 km, Vienna - 1100 km, Warsaw - 1797 km. If you travel by car to Romania, you will need your driver's license, car papers, and the "Green Card". The Romanian Automobile Club Automobile Clubul Roman - ACR and the insurance company CAROM are available for technical or other questions related to your vehicle. In Bucuresti (Bucharest), select 927th

By Boat
Cruise ships in the port of Constanta (Black Sea), the largest port in the country, it's. Passenger boats run on the Danube and on the new trans-Schiffsweg Rotterdam-Constanta, miteinschließt of the Danube-Black Sea Canal. Ports along the Danube, Sulina, Tulcea, Drobeta Turnu Severin and Giurgiu.

Travel
Romania can really visit at any season. A country where you simply lie in the sun and forget your worries, where you can enrich themselves culturally, for winter sports, hiking, boating and much more can do. The best time to come to Romania, so depends on how you want to spend your leisure time. Holidays on the Black Sea coast are enjoyed from June to September the best way. However, one can operate the best winter sports in the Carpathians, between Christmas and March. Spring and autumn are ideal seasons for traveling and hiking through the country, from spring to autumn shows in Bucharest were also at his best, although the city has a certain charm, even in winter. The cold season is here mostly for opera and concerts, or to get to know the Romanian cuisine in the welcoming restaurant.

Shopping
Rewarding purchases in Romania are embroidered tablecloths and napkins, ceramics, pottery, rugs, folklore clothing, wood carvings, porcelain, silverware and icons. It is recommended in the shopping centers and residential areas of large cities. Normal business opening times are from 08.00 -18.00 clock, but some shops and department stores are open even later, to 20.00, and clock duty-free shops are the international airports.

Eat
Although in the upscale restaurants serving international cuisine, you should not miss the local Romanian dishes. Romanian dishes are rich, tasteful and nutritious as it is usual in a country where food nor grow naturally, are fruits and vegetables seasonally available and the winters are cold. Pork is a particular specialty, but there are also good beef and veal, poultry, simply grilled, they are all delicious. Typical Romanian specialties include the numerous soups - try "Ciorba", a sour soup made from fermented bran, bacon, potatoes and beef or chicken. Hearty stews such as' tocanita "are accompanied like many Romanian meat dishes of" mamaliga, a polenta "Sarmale" is a spicy dish of bitter, filled with meat, Kohlblättem and "Mititei" are small pieces of grilled sausages, which are flavored with aromatic herbs . The fish you should carp on the spit, a local specialty in the Danube Delta's costs. A number of excellent reds and whites of the famous wineries of Murfatlar, Cotnari Jidvei, Dealul Mare, Odobesti, Valea Calugäreasca accompany local and international specialties, while Tuica , the local plum brandy is often drunk as an aperitif. But be careful, he has distinguished himself in it, the local Romanian beers are.