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Customs & Etiquette in Romania

Sun, 10 Apr 2011 00:10:24 -0400

Romanians are friendly and open and foreigners are usually made very welcome. Chatting with visitors is very common for Romanians and they will find a way to communicate with you even if they cannot speak your language. * Older people particularly appreciate old-fashioned politeness. It is...

Airports in Romania

Wed, 06 Apr 2011 23:29:24 -0400

A * Arad International Airport * Aurel Vlaicu International Airport * Aviation in Romania B * Bacău International Airport * Baia Mare Airport * Braşov Airport * Bucharest Alexeni Airport C * Caransebeş Airport * Cluj-Napoca International Airport * Craiova...

Blue Air to launch flights from £17.79

Wed, 06 Apr 2011 23:25:24 -0400

Revitalised Romanian Low Cost Carrier Blue Air has launched its winter 2011 flying program from London Luton Airport to Bucharest and Bacau with a special one-way price of £17.79 including taxes. The airline will operate London Luton to Bucharest five times per week on Monday,...

TAROM and Airbus launch Europe's first production and marketing biofuel value-chain

Tue, 29 Mar 2011 03:00:24 -0400

Tarom and Airbus companies, together with a consortium of partners will develop a production and processing network of sustainable biofuel for air transport whose center will be in Romania, a press release of the airline giant reads. Airbus does not offer any details regarding the value of the...

Qatar Airways, first Gulf airline company operating flights to Bucharest

Tue, 01 Feb 2011 22:37:24 -0500

A Qatar Airways flight landed in Bucharest for the first time on Monday and the company is going to operate flights on the Doha-Bucharest route four times a week. Qatar Airways is the first five-star airline company coming to Bucharest and the first airline of the Middle East operating direct...

Moldovita Monastery

Sun, 26 Dec 2010 10:40:24 -0500

The Moldoviţa Monastery (Romanian: Mânăstirea Moldoviţa) is a Romanian Orthodoxmonastery situated in the commune of Vatra Moldoviţei, Suceava County, Moldavia, Romania. The Monastery of Moldoviţa was built in 1532 by Petru Rareş, who was Stefan the Great's illegitimate son....

Cheap tickets Romania

Mon, 20 Dec 2010 20:03:24 -0500

Cheap Flights to Romania - Compare Cheap Flights to Romania Find the cheapest flights anywhere with Payless Romania division of Payless Flights! Millions of people use PaylessFlights.com to find the best flight deals instantly. We search hundreds of airlines and compare prices...

Christmas and New Year celebrations in Romania

Sat, 25 Dec 2010 03:00:24 -0500

Romanians, as every other nation on the Earth, celebrate all kind of holidays, whether they are traditional holidays or general holidays that are celebrated together with other religions. People all wish each other happiness and more success for the year to come. The week between Christmas...

Putna Monatery

Sat, 25 Dec 2010 03:00:24 -0500

The imposing Putna Monastery is situated about 30 km northwest from the town of Radauti, near the Putna River. High, forested hills and wild landscape surround the monastery and the village with the same name. Stephen the Great built the monastery as his burial place between 1466 and...

Romanians regret death and trial of Ceausescu

Sat, 25 Dec 2010 03:00:24 -0500

Over 90 per cent of Romanians struggling with economic ruin now regret the trial and subsequent death of communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu and his wife, Elena. According to a survey by pollsters IRES 94 per cent say they wish he had not been tried and executed, while 23 per cent say Ion...

Romanian Cuisine

Thu, 23 Dec 2010 03:00:24 -0500

The cuisine of Romania is diverse. It has been greatly influenced by Balkan cuisine as well as of its neighbors, such as Germans, Serbians, and Hungarians. Let’s take a look at some Romanian dishes: Mamaliga is a dish made of yellow maize and is traditional for Romania,...

The Women`s Cave

Thu, 23 Dec 2010 03:00:24 -0500

Among the thousands of caves in theCarpathians Mountains, only a few had such a rich past in events as the Woman Cave (Pestera Muierii) from Baia de Fier had. Situated in a wild place, having more than just one entrance, the Woman Cave was a natural fortress, a resistance point for the...

The Carpathian Mountains

Thu, 23 Dec 2010 03:00:24 -0500

Romanian Carpathians belong to the Alpino-Carpathian-Himalayan Mountain Chain System, including intercontinental area of EuroAsia. Carpathians begins north of Bratislava and go to the river Timok, in Yugoslavia, as an extension of the Alps. Carpathians length have exceeds that of the Alps being...

Constanta

Thu, 23 Dec 2010 03:00:24 -0500

Constanta was founded 2600 years ago by the Greeks as a port on the Black Sea coast for trading, under the name of Tomis. The city’s legends say that Jason landed here with the Argonauts as soon as he had found the Golden Fleece. The city’s name was later changed after...

Craiova

Thu, 23 Dec 2010 03:00:24 -0500

Craiova is situated in southern Romania, on the bank of Jiu River, being the residence City of Dolj County and the largest city in Oltenia region. The town was founded on the site of the former Dacian and Roman city Pelendava and has played since its very beginning a decisive role in the...

Cluj - Napoca

Thu, 23 Dec 2010 03:00:24 -0500

Situated in the central area of Transylvania, in Romania, on the border of the Apuseni Mountains, on the Somesul River, Cluj-Napoca (Hungarian: Kolozsvár, German: Klausenburg) is Transylvania’s second largest city and the region’s cultural centre. Although...

Paltinis

Wed, 22 Dec 2010 03:00:24 -0500

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Predeal

Wed, 22 Dec 2010 03:00:24 -0500

Predeal Mountain Resort is situated in Transylvania-Romania, 25 km from Brasov, 147km (100miles) from Bucharest. The resort altitude is 1033 m, being Romania's highest town. Nestled between Bucegi Mountains, Predeal is a good base for mountain trails hike and, in winter, for skiing down the...

The Danube Delta

Wed, 22 Dec 2010 03:00:24 -0500

The Danube Delta is the second largest delta (Volga is the first) but best preserved of European deltas, with an area of 3446 km2. This land of waters takes you away from everything that looks like a humanestablishment and guides you into a journey sprinkled with natural islands, lonely floating...

Timisoara

Wed, 22 Dec 2010 13:05:24 -0500

Located at the crossroad of the most important trade routes which connected the Orient to the Occident, Timisoara- Temeswar or Temeschburg in German and Temesvár in Hungarian- one of Romania’s most western points on the map, is the biggest city in the Timis County, with...

First 3D Café opens at Patria Cinema

Wed, 22 Dec 2010 09:55:24 -0500

The first 3D café cinema in Romania will be inaugurated in Bucharest, at the Patria Cinema, on Magheru Boulevard. Caffe Cinema 3D, the select 50 seats’ lounge, complete with air conditioning, a bar, sofas and 3D equipment, will be open for business as of December...

80 pc of Romanians keep Christmas traditions alive

Wed, 22 Dec 2010 03:00:24 -0500

Less than 17 percent consider Christmas and New Year celebration to be overrated, most of the subjects appreciated this is the’ richest in tradition’ time of the year. 45.7 per cent of the interviewed said they have been fasting most of the Lenten time and an even higher...

Paris and Berlin officially oppose Romania's joining Schengen

Wed, 22 Dec 2010 09:39:24 -0500

France and Germany oppose officially Bulgaria and Romania's joining Schengen. In a common letter, written by German and French Interior ministers addressed to the European Interior Affairs Commissioner, Cecilia Malmstrom, they say that if Romania and Bulgaria would join Schengen in March...

Blue Air - Romania`s low cost airline

Mon, 20 Dec 2010 03:00:24 -0500

Blue Air Transport Aerian S.A. is a low-cost airline based in Bucharest, Romania, operating mostly out of Aurel Vlaicu International Airport It started operations in December 2004. At its founding, Blue Air also operated a domestic Bucharest-Timişoara flight, though this was discontinued in...

Flights to Romania from Britain

Mon, 20 Dec 2010 03:00:24 -0500

There are flights to Romania's Henri Cuanda-Otopeni International Airport and the Aurel Vlaicu International Airport, both in Bucharest, from the main London airports. Cheap flights to Romania are also available from the Edinburgh and Manchester airports. Bucharest is the main flight hub...

Flying to Romania from America

Mon, 20 Dec 2010 12:47:24 -0500

Flights to Romania from the USA: There are a number of flights from the United States to Romania's Henri Cuanda-Otopeni International Airport and the Aurel Vlaicu International Airport. Cheap flights to Romania are available from most major cities in the United States, including New...

Getting to and arround Romania by air

Mon, 20 Dec 2010 03:00:24 -0500

The magnificent country of Romania is located in between Central and Eastern Europe and of late Romania has started gaining wide spread acceptance as a premier tourist destination among the international travelers belonging to all corners of the globe. The most popular as well as the most...

Sinaia

Mon, 20 Dec 2010 03:00:24 -0500

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Mamaia

Mon, 20 Dec 2010 03:00:24 -0500

Mamaia is a resort on the Romanian Black Sea shore, considered to be Romania's most popular resort. It is situated immediately north-east of Constanţa. Mamaia has almost no full time residents, being populated mostly during the summer. Mamaia is 8 km (5 miles) in length and only 300 m...

Sibiu

Mon, 20 Dec 2010 03:00:24 -0500

Sibiu (Hermannstadt in German) was the largest and wealthiest of the seven walled citadels* built in the 12th century by German settlers known as Transylvanian Saxons. The riches amassed by its guilds paid for the construction of both impressive buildings and the fortifications required to...

Bulgarian and Romanian regions to develop cultural tourism together

Sat, 18 Dec 2010 03:00:24 -0500

The Bulgarian regions of Dobrich, Silistra and Rousse in cooperation with the Romanian Constanta, Valarasi and Giurgio will work on a project for common cultural tourism development. Participants in the project stress that the Bulgarian and Romanian regions are suffering from the lack of a...

Low cost flights moved to Otopeni airport

Sat, 18 Dec 2010 03:00:24 -0500

Romania’s Transport Ministry plans to convert Bucharest’s Aurel Vlaicu (Baneasa) Airport into one reserved for business flights and move low-cost traffic to the Henri Coanda Airport in the nearby town of Otopeni, which will mean higher costs for budget airlines and higher...

Bucharest shopping mall in Guinness World Records

Sat, 18 Dec 2010 21:23:24 -0500

A Bucharest shopping mall has made it into the Guinness Book of World Records with the world’s largest Christmas light installation in a closed arena. Bucharest’s Sun Plaza mall which opened in March this year, reached a world record by lighting 449.658 Christmas...

Tourism to help Southeastern Europe development

Sat, 18 Dec 2010 03:00:24 -0500

Untied Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) seminar Tourism as a Tool for Sustainable Regional Development took place in Tirana, Albania on November 25. Participants in the seminar stressed that tourism offers an effective tool for regional development and economic growth. Tourism is...

Tips on visiting Romania

Sat, 18 Dec 2010 03:00:24 -0500

1. On the border or in the city if someone asks you to change money, avoided without any explanation. Don’t change the money on the street – is illegal! and risky 2.Be careful to protect your luggage in especially in bus or railway station or airport. normal in any...

Dracula`s Castle

Fri, 17 Dec 2010 03:00:24 -0500

Dracula's Castle' or given its offical title Bran Castle , was originally built by the Knights of the Teutonic Order in 1212 and during the later half of the 13th century, was taken over by the Saxons in the region to help protect the City of Brasov, an important trade centre. Bran...

Brasov

Fri, 17 Dec 2010 10:25:24 -0500

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Romania will promote tourism on Facebook

Fri, 17 Dec 2010 03:00:24 -0500

Romania will be promoted as a tourist destination on Facebook, it was announced today. The Minister of Regional Development and Tourism, Elena Udrea, said today that the country will be promoted on new media channels, which have become more popular than traditional ones. The plan for...

Bucharest

Fri, 17 Dec 2010 09:54:24 -0500

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Basic info about Romania

Thu, 16 Dec 2010 11:04:24 -0500

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Wizz Air launches new flights from Bucharest

Thu, 16 Dec 2010 10:50:24 -0500

Low cost airline Wizz Air announced today (Thurs) that it will be running two new flights to Larnaca and Malaga. The route from Bucharest to Malaga will start operating on the 15th December while flights to Larnaca will be available next Summer. WizzAir also announced its purchase of a new...

International Airports in Romania