The Rough Guide to Romania 3

by Burford, Tim; Richardson, Dan

• ISBN13: 9781858287027
• ISBN10: 1858287022
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-07-09
• Publisher: DK Publishing, Inc.

Table of Contents

Introduction	x
PART ONE BASICS	1	(56)
Getting there from Britain	3	(7)
Getting there from Ireland	10	(1)
Getting there from North America	11	(4)
Getting there from Australia and New Zealand	15	(3)
Visas and red tape	18	(1)
Insurance	19	(1)
Travellers with disabilities	20	(2)
Costs, money and banks	22	(2)
Health	24	(1)
Information	25	(4)
Getting around	29	(6)
Accommodation	35	(3)
Eating and drinking	38	(4)
Post, phones and email	42	(2)
The media	44	(1)
Opening hours, churches and monuments	45	(1)
Festivals and public holidays	46	(3)
Sports and outdoor pursuits	49	(3)
Police, trouble and harassment	52	(2)
Directory	54	(3)
PART TWO THE GUIDE	57	(284)
Bucharest	59	(37)
Arrival, information and city transport	61	(4)
Accommodation	65	(7)
Piata Revolutiei	72	(1)
The Royal Palace	72	(3)
Calea Victorieri	75	(1)
The Centru Civic	76	(1)
The Palace of Parliament	77	(2)
The historic centre	79	(1)
Around Piata Universitatii	79	(4)
The Village Museum	83	(1)
Eating	84	(3)
Drinking	87	(1)
Nightlife and entertainment	88	(1)
Listings	89	(3)
Snagov	92	(2)
Mogosoaia and Potlogi	94	(1)
Clejani	94	(1)
Travel details	95	(1)
Wallachia	96	(29)
Ploiesti	98	(4)
Targoviste	102	(2)
Pitesti	104	(2)
Campulung	106	(1)
Curtea de Arges	107	(1)
Dracula's Castle	108	(1)
The Olt valley	109	(3)
Targu Jiu	112	(5)
Drobeta-Turnu Severin	117	(1)
The Iron Gates	118	(2)
Craiova	120	(2)
Scornicesti	122	(1)
Giurgiu	122	(1)
Travel details	123	(2)
Transylvania	125	(99)
The Prahova valley and the Bucegi mountains	129	(6)
Brasov	135	(8)
Bran castle	143	(3)
Fagaras	146	(3)
Brasov to Sighisoara: the Saxon Villages	149	(3)
Sighisoara	152	(5)
Sibiu	157	(9)
The Cindrel and Lotrului mountains	166	(2)
Sebes	168	(1)
Alba lulia	169	(4)
Orastie	173	(1)
Deva	174
Hunedoara	172	(4)
Hateg	176	(2)
The Retezat mountains	178	(3)
The Szekely Land	181	(8)
The Upper Mures valley	189	(2)
Targu Mures	191	(4)
Cluj-Napoca	195	(10)
The Transylvanian Health	205	(3)
The Apuseni mountains	208	(8)
Northern Transylvania	216	(6)
Travel details	222	(2)
Moldavia	224	(43)
Braila	227	(2)
Galati	229	(1)
The Csango region	230	(1)
Bacau	231	(1)
Neamt county	232	(6)
Iasi	238	(9)
Suceava	247	(9)
The Painted Monasteries	256	(7)
Campulung Moldovenesc and Vatra Dornei	263	(2)
Travel details	265	(2)
Maramures	267	(21)
Baia Mare	269	(4)
Southern Maramures	273	(2)
The Mara Valley	275	(2)
The Cosau Valley	277	(1)
Sighetu Marmatiei	278	(2)
Sapanta and the Oas depression	280	(1)
Satu Mare	281	(2)
Iza valley	283	(2)
The Viseu valley and the Rodna mountains	285	(2)
Travel details	287	(1)
The Banat	288	(25)
Oradea	288	(8)
Arad	296	(5)
Timisoara	301	(6)
The Timis valley	307	(1)
The Cerna valley	308	(2)
Resita and the Semenic range	310	(1)
Travel details	311	(2)
The Delta and the Coast	313	(28)
Tulcea	316	(4)
Into the Delta	320	(6)
The Dobrogea and the Danube-Black Sea Canal	326	(2)
Constanta	328	(6)
Mamaia	334	(2)
Agigea to Vama Veche	336	(4)
Travel details	340	(1)
PART THREE CONTEXTS	341	(64)
The historical framework	343	(18)
Chronology of monuments	361	(3)
Romania's minorities	364	(4)
Environmental and social problems	368	(4)
Wildlife	372	(5)
Music	377	(9)
Dracula and vampires	386	(4)
Books	390	(7)
Language	397	(4)
Romanian terms: a glossary	401	(2)
An A-Z of Romanian street names	403	(2)
Index	405