This "Rough Guide" to Romania contains accounts of the country's varied regions, including Transylvania and the Danube Delta, with information on walking and hiking. Listings of accommodation, restaurants and nightlife are included, and cultural and political information is provided.
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A trip to Romania may be made with confidence using either of these reliable, up-to-date guides. Though Williams's volume is more detailed overall, Burford and Richardson's covers pop culture especially well. Lonely Planet helpfully lists regional highlights at the beginning of each chapter and includes coverage of neighboring Moldova.
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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This review is from: Romania: A Rough Guide, Second Edition (Paperback)
This book is the best general guide to Romania presently available. The book contains good background information and tips, as well as practical information that is invaluable. The book is many times better than the Lonely Planet guide for this country -- more deep and perceptive coverage, and more consistently accurate. This book was an invaluable companion during my stay in Bucharest last fall.
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A good guide to an interesting country,
This review is from: The Rough Guide to Romania 4 (Rough Guide Travel Guides) (Paperback)
I used the "Rough Guide" for a visit to Romania in 2003. Traveling mostly by train, without any pre-arranged plans or reservations, we found this guide accurate and up-to-date. Few Romanians speak English or other world languages, so it's a bit more of an adventure traveling on the cheap than in most of Europe. You may need to resort to the 2 pages of Romanian words and phrases in the guide. Given the sorry state of the US dollar, Romania is also one of very few European countries which is still relatively inexpensive for Americans.As a country Romania is scenic and pleasant, much sunnier and more open than the legend of Dracula portends. We visited most of the places associated with Dracula and enjoyed looking into the country's rich history and ethnic background: Romanian, Hungarian, Turk, and German. Other than complaints about unemployment and corrupt politicians, we didn't encounter much to suggest the country's well-publicized dark side. The "Rough Guide" was a competent guide to most of what you would like to know about Romania. For example, among the interesting tidbits in the book, is the sidebar about the beginning of the Romanian revolution in 1989 in the city of Timisoara, a place worth visiting. Smallchief
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The Rough Guide to Romania is outstanding. It is intelligently written and comprehensive in its coverage. A few more maps would help, but I'm still glad to have chosen this book over the Lonely Planet book.
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homestay schemes, charged for the cheapest, systematization programme, temporary art shows, painted monasteries, rail halt, homestay accommodation, fortified churches, alpine horns, train halt, less expensive places, accommodation office, personal trains, forestry road, ethnographic museum, flight agents, wooden church Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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Deciding how to get to Romania is in large part a question of choosing between package and independent travel arrangements. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
homestay schemes, charged for the cheapest, systematization programme, temporary art shows, painted monasteries, rail halt, homestay accommodation, fortified churches, alpine horns, train halt, less expensive places, accommodation office, personal trains, forestry road, ethnographic museum, flight agents, wooden church Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Baia Mare, World War, Piala Unirii, Vatra Dornei, Black Sea, Calea Victoriei, Danube Delta, Gara de Nord, Piata Unirii, New York, Satu Mare, New Zealand, Avram Iancu, Miercurea Ciuc, Centru Civic, Eastern Europe, Roman Catholic, B-dul Magheru, Gura Humorului, Piatra Neamt, Drobeta-Turnu Severin, Piala Victoriei, Poiana Bra, Stephen the Great, Strada Stefan New!
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