Romania & Bulgaria

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Sights Sleeping
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Beaches Eating
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PLAN YOUR TRIP Activities Drinking
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Courses Entertainment
Your planning tool kit
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Photos & suggestions to help Tours Shopping
you create the perfect trip.
z Festivals 8 Information
& Events & Transport
All reviews are ordered in our writers’ preference,
starting with their most preferred option. Additionally:
Eating and Sleeping reviews are ordered by price
range (budget, midrange, top end) and, within these
ranges, by writer preference.
ON THE ROAD
Your complete guide
Expert reviews, easy-to-use
maps & insider tips.
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information for each listing:
Must-visit recommendation
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% Telephone number f Ferry
UNDERSTAND h Opening hours j Tram
p Parking d Train
Get more from your trip n Nonsmoking a pt apartments
Learn about the big picture, to a Air-conditioning d double rooms
make sense of what you see. i Internet access d m dorm beds
W Wi-fi access q quad rooms
s Swimming pool r rooms
v Vegetarian selection s single rooms
E English-language menu ste suites
c Family-friendly tr triple rooms
# Pet-friendly tw twin rooms
g Bus
SURVIVAL GUIDE
Your at-a-glance reference For symbols used on maps, see the Map Legend.
Vital practical information
for a smooth trip.
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Romania
& Bulgaria
Maramure¢
p166
Moldavia & the
Bucovina
Transylvania Monasteries
Cri¢ana & p76 p183
Banat
p149
ROMANIA Bucharest The Danube Delta
p34 & Black Sea
Wallachia Coast p211
p60
The Danube & Northern Plains
p427
Sofia BULGARIA
p296 Veliko Târnovo & Black Sea Coast
Central Mountains p395
p359
Plovdiv & the
Southern Mountains
p321
Mark Baker, Steve Fallon, Anita Isalska
P LAN
ON THE ROAD
YOUR TRIP
Romania & BUCHAREST . . . . . . . 34 Sinaia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Bulgaria Map . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Around Bucharest . . . . .58 Bucegi Mountains . . . . . . . 82
Romania & Snagov Lake . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Predeal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Bulgaria’s Top 17 . . . . . . . . . 8 Braşov . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85
Welcome to Romania . . . . 18 WALLACHIA . . . . . . . 60 Around Braşov . . . . . . . .92
Need to Know . . . . . . . . . 22 Ploieşti . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Bran . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Târgovişte . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Poiana Braşov . . . . . . . . . . . 94
If You Like… . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Piteşti . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Zărnesţi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Month by Month . . . . . . . 26 Curtea de Argeş . . . . . . . . . 68 Hărman & Prejmer . . . . . . . 97
Itineraries . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Craiova . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Saxon Land . . . . . . . . . . .98
Regions at a Glance . . . . . 31 Drobeta-Turnu Severin . . . 73 Sighişoara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Fortified Saxon
TRANSYLVANIA . . . . 76 Villages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Prahova Valley . . . . . . . . . 77 Făgăraş Mountains . . . . . . 106
SALAJEAN / SHUTTERSTOCK ©
WOMEN IN ROMANIAN
TRADITIONAL DRESS
Romania Contents
UNDERSTAND
Sibiu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 Iza Valley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178 Romania
Around Sibiu . . . . . . . . . . . 116 Vişeu & Vaser Valleys . . . 181 Today . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .230
Székely Land . . . . . . . . . . 118 Borşa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182 History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Sfântu Gheorghe . . . . . . . 118
The Dracula Myth . . . . . 242
Miercurea Ciuc . . . . . . . . . 120 MOLDAVIA &
THE BUCOVINA Outdoor Activities
Gheorgheni . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
MONASTERIES . . . 183 & Wildlife . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Odorheiu Secuiesc . . . . . . 123
Moldavia . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185 Visual Arts
Odorheiu Secuiesc
Iaşi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185 & Folk Culture . . . . . . . . 249
to Târgu Mureş . . . . . . . . . 124
Târgu Mureş . . . . . . . . . . . 125 Târgu Neamţ & Around . . 193 The Romanian
Piatra Neamţ . . . . . . . . . . . 194 People . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Southwest
Transylvania . . . . . . . . .129 Ceahlău National Park . . 198 The Romanian
Alba Iulia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 Bucovina . . . . . . . . . . . .200 Kitchen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Deva . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132 Suceava . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Retezat Mountains . . . . . . 134 Bucovina Monasteries . . . 204 SURVIVAL
GUIDE
Northern Rarău Massif . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Transylvania . . . . . . . . .136
Cluj-Napoca . . . . . . . . . . . 136 THE DANUBE DELTA & Directory A–Z . . . . . . . .258
Turda . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143 BLACK SEA COAST . . 211
Transport . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Huedin Microregion . . . . . 144 Danube Delta . . . . . . . . 213
Language . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Apuseni Mountains . . . . . 145 Tulcea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Bistriţa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147 Sulina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217 Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 496
Sfântu Gheorghe . . . . . . . 219 Map Legend . . . . . . . . . . . 511
CRIŞANA Black Sea Coast
& BANAT . . . . . . . . . 149 & Littoral . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Banat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .151 Constanţa . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Timişoara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 Mamaia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Crişana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157 Vama Veche . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Oradea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Băile Felix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
SPECIAL FEATURES
Arad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
The Dracula Myth . . . . .242
MARAMUREŞ . . . . . 166 Outdoor Activities
Baia Mare . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168 & Wildlife . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Around Baia Mare . . . . . . . 171 Visual Arts
Ţara Chioarului . . . . . . . . . . 171 & Folk Culture . . . . . . . . 249
Sighetu Marmaţiei . . . . . . 172 The Romanian
Mara Valley . . . . . . . . . . . . 175 Kitchen . . . . . . . . . . . . .254
Săpânţa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
P LAN
ON THE ROAD
YOUR TRIP
Romania & SOFIA . . . . . . . . . . . 296 Bansko . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332
Bulgaria Map . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Around Sofia . . . . . . . . . 317 Melnik . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337
Romania & Boyana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317 Bulgarian Thrace . . . . .339
Bulgaria’s Top 17 . . . . . . . . . 8
Vitosha Nature Park . . . . 318 Plovdiv . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339
Welcome to Bulgaria . . .280 Rodopi Mountains . . . .352
PLOVDIV & THE
Need to Know . . . . . . . .284 Chepelare . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352
SOUTHERN
If You Like… . . . . . . . . .286 MOUNTAINS . . . . . . 321 Pamporovo . . . . . . . . . . . . 354
Month by Month . . . . . . 288 Rila Mountains . . . . . . .323 Smolyan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355
Rila Village . . . . . . . . . . . . 323 Devin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357
Itineraries . . . . . . . . . . . .291
Rila Monastery . . . . . . . . . 324
Regions VELIKO TÂRNOVO
Borovets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327
at a Glance . . . . . . . . . .293 & CENTRAL
Pirin Mountains . . . . . . 329 MOUNTAINS . . . . . . 359
Blagoevgrad . . . . . . . . . . . 329 Shumen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361
ARSENIE KRASNEVSKY / SHUTTERSTOCK©
Bulgaria Contents
UNDERSTAND
Madara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364 BLACK SEA Bulgaria
Veliko Târnovo . . . . . . . . . . 365 COAST . . . . . . . . . . . 395 Today . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .444
Around Veliko Târnovo . . . 374 Southern Coast . . . . . . . 397 History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446
Dryanovo Monastery . . . . 376 Burgas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 397
Outdoor Activities
Tryavna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377 Sozopol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403 & Wildlife . . . . . . . . . . . . 456
Etâr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379 Primorsko . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408
Visual Arts,
Lovech . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380 Tsarevo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 409 Craft & Music . . . . . . . .462
Troyan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382 Sinemorets . . . . . . . . . . . . 410
The Bulgarian
Hisar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383 Central Coast . . . . . . . . 411 People . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 466
Karlovo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385 Pomorie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411
Bulgarian Wine . . . . . . .468
Kazanlâk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386 Nesebâr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 412
Bulgarian Cuisine . . . . . 470
Shipka . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 389 Northern Coast . . . . . . . 416
Stara Zagora . . . . . . . . . . . 391 Varna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 416
Sliven . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 392 Sveti Konstantin . . . . . . . 423
SURVIVAL
Balchik . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 424
GUIDE
THE DANUBE
& NORTHERN Directory A–Z . . . . . . . . 474
PLAINS . . . . . . . . . . . 427
Transport . . . . . . . . . . . . 482
Vratsa & Around . . . . . . . 429
Language . . . . . . . . . . . . 489
Chiprovtsi . . . . . . . . . . . . . 430
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 496
Belogradchik . . . . . . . . . . 431
Ruse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 433 Map Legend . . . . . . . . . . . 511
Rusenski Lom
Nature Park . . . . . . . . . . . . 438
Lake Srebârna
& Around . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 440
Silistra . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 441
SPECIAL FEATURES
Outdoor Activities
& Wildlife . . . . . . . . . . . . 456
Visual Arts,
Craft & Music . . . . . . . .462
Bulgarian Wine . . . . . . . 468
Bulgarian Cuisine . . . . . 470
VELIKO TÂRNOVO,
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