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City guides

Discover Romania,
one city at a time

Guides written by people who know the places — what to see, where to eat, and where to stay, with direct host contact.

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Transylvania · unofficial capital of the region

Cluj-Napoca

A student city, cosmopolitan and lively — cafés, festivals, and nature just steps away.

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Muntenia · capital of Romania

Bucharest

Contrasts at every step — royal boulevards, the Old Town, and vast parks.

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Banat · city of flowers

Timișoara

Baroque squares, canals, and a free spirit — the city that started the Revolution.

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Moldova · cultural capital of Moldova

Iași

The city of seven hills — old churches, palaces, and the liveliest student life in Moldova.

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Transylvania · at the foot of the Carpathians

Brașov

A medieval Saxon town, surrounded by mountains — old stories and the scent of pine.

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Transylvania · Marginimea Sibiului

Sibiu

A town with eyes on its rooftops — Saxon, charming, and full of stories.

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Dobruja · on the Black Sea

Constanța

Romania's oldest city, among ancient ruins, cliffs, and sea.

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Black Sea coast

Mamaia

Eight kilometers of fine sand between the sea and the lake — the heart of the Romanian summer.

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Black Sea coast

Mangalia

A 2,500-year-old Greek city, with its wide beach and six resorts in its backyard.

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Muntenia · Argeș county

Pitești

The city of tulips and the southern gateway to the mountains — green, quiet, surprisingly close to adventure.

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Crișana · Art Nouveau

Oradea

The Art Nouveau Heart of Romania — vibrant, elegant, surprising.

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Transylvania · Mureș · UNESCO heritage

Sighișoara

The only inhabited medieval citadel in Eastern Europe — towers, cobblestone, and stories of Vlad the Impaler.

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Prahova Valley · Bucegi Mountains

Sinaia

Pearl of the Carpathians — the kings' castle, the fir trees, and the cable car up to 2,000 meters.

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Bukovina · former capital of Moldavia

Suceava

The princely fortress of Moldavia and the gateway to the painted monasteries of Bucovina.

Transylvania · the star-shaped citadel

Alba Iulia

The largest bastion fortress in Romania and the city of the Great Union.

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Dobruja · gateway to the Danube Delta

Tulcea

The town where all boats to the Delta depart — the last stop before the wild.

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Transylvania · on the Mureș river

Târgu Mureș

Art Nouveau, a medieval citadel, and the most beautiful culture palace in Transylvania.

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Maramureș · at the foot of the mountains

Baia Mare

Gateway to authentic Maramureș — UNESCO wooden churches, villages from another time, and the world's merriest cemetery.

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Lazio · the capital of Italy

Rome

The Eternal City — two thousand years of history on every street corner.

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Lombardy · fashion & finance capital

Milan

Elegant, fast, surprising — the city that Italy looks to as a model for the future.

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Tuscany · birthplace of the Renaissance

Florence

An open-air museum packed into a twenty-minute walk — the city where the Renaissance was born.

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Veneto · the city on the lagoon

Venice

One hundred and eighteen islands, no cars — the city that gave up the mainland and came out ahead.

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Campania · the bay and Mount Vesuvius

Naples

Noisy, theatrical, alive until night — the city that doesn't even try to please you, and precisely for that reason wins you over.

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Piedmont · first capital of Italy

Turin

The Savoy capital at the foot of the Alps — French elegance, industrial soul, chocolate everywhere.

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Emilia-Romagna · the food capital of Italy

Bologna

The Learned, the Fat, the Red — Europe's oldest university and Italy's most famous cuisine, under forty kilometers of porticoes.

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Veneto · the city of Romeo and Juliet

Verona

The city of Shakespeare never visited by Shakespeare — Roman arena, immortal love, and Lake Garda a step away.

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