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By its area and population, Romania is the most important state in the Danube - Balkan space. Romania's geographical location facilitates access from practically all parts of Europe and by all means of possible transport - by plane, car, train or ship.
Thanks to the richness and variety of its tourist and natural attractions, but also to the curiosity and complexity of its culture and history, Romania became a very searched place in Europe.
A well designed webpage for detailed presentation of Romania is http://www/ici.ro/romania.
General information
Surface: 238.391 square km, and it has a population of 22.545.925 inhabitants (as of 1997)
The capital of the country is Bucharest. The prevailing religion is Orthodox, the rest consists of 5.10% Roman -Catholic 3.52% Protestants and 4.57% other religions.
Local currency: "leu" (lei - plural). You will find coins of 1, 5, 10 and 50 (bani) or bank-notes of 1, 5, 10, 50, 100, 200 and 500 (lei).
Foreign currency may be exchanged to lei upon arrival at the airport, banks, otels or exchange offices. It is advisable to avoid making currency exchanges in the open streets.
To be up to date with exchange rates click on www.curs-valutar.ro.
Local time: GMT +2hours (GMT+3 hours during the summer time, between the last Sunday of March until the last Sunday of October).
Useful contacts: Ambulance 961, Police 955, Fire Departament 981.
Traveller cheques: You may cash them especially in banks (the exchange is open currently till 12,00). Most merchants, including hotels and restaurants, do not accept travellers cheques.
Credit cards: Visa, Mastercard and Eurocard are widely accepted in hotels, restaurants and some important shops. You usually have to show your passport.
ATM-s (cash distributors): The ATM network is in extension. Depending on the owner (bank), there is a daily sum limit (about 3000 LEI - 950 US$) and a sum limit per transaction (about 400 LEI - 130 US$).
Other useful information about Romania are available at http://www.ici.ro/romania/en/generalitati/usefulinfo.html.
Climate
Romania has a temperate climate with 4 seasons. The spring can be a changeable season, the warmth of the day rapidly turns into cold morning and evening. In the summer temperatures can easily reach 35-40 °C. The fall is usually rainy and the winters are extremly cold with lots of snow from December to March.
Detailed information about climate and also a detailed map of climate are available at http://www.ici.ro/romania/en/geografie/climate.html.
Information about rivers and lakes you can find at
http://www.ici.ro/romania/en/geografie/river.html.
Transportation
You can reach any place you want travelling by plane, train, bus, automobil or by foot.
Airplane: flying between the major cities of Romania or other parts of the world is now made possibly due to the airline competition in Romania.
For details please visit: www.tarom.ro, www.carpatair.ro, www.wizzair.ro.
After spending a holiday in Romania, you need only one hour by plane to reach the capitals of the former Habsburg Empire (Prague, Vienna, Budapest), the bimillenary metropolises of the Balkan region (Athens, Istanbul) or of the Slav one (Kiev, Cracow, Zagreb).
More information about airports and ports could be found at http://www.ici.ro/romania/en/geografie/airport.html.
Railway: the railway network is very well developed, it covers a large area of the country and it can be considered the most popular way of transportation the cheapest and the slowest trains are the so called “personal” trains. The next category of trains (a little more expensive but faster) are the “Intercity”, “Rapid” or “Accelerat” trains.
For details please visit: www.cfr.ro.
Buses: in the last few years transportation with buses between bigger cities has become the cheapest and fastest way of travelling.
For the information about online reservation please visit the site www.autogari.ro.
Local transportation
All the cities have a well developed public transport network. In the cities you can travel by bus, trolley-bus, tram the subway train.
Rent a car
- Dacia Brake (Renault 12, injection engine), manufactured 2001-2002, 30
EURO/day, unlimited milage
- Daewoo Cielo, manufactured 2003, 45 EURO/day, unlimited mileage
All insurance included in the rates, no additional charge for multiple drivers
Contact: mail@pantravel.ro
http://www.pantravel.ro
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