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$Title{Romania
Romania Tourist Information, Introduction}
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$Date{1990}
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Country: Romania
Book: Romania Tourist Information
Author: Romanian Tourist Board
Affiliation: Embassy of Romania, Washington DC
Date: 1990
Romania Tourist Information, Introduction
If you have decided to visit Romania you surely want to get some
information about this country.
Millions of tourists from all over the world have already visited Romania
in different seasons. Of course, most of them came in summer, but others
enjoyed the wonderful beauties of autumns, the winters in the Carpathians or
the freshness of nature in spring.
Of course most often than not the travel was not only for pleasure or
getting knowledge but also for health reasons. The over 160 health resorts
and spas open all the year round are already known far beyond Romania's
borders.
We will be glad to welcome you here in Romania in any season in the
mountains, on the Black Sea coast, or on a cruise through the dreamlike
scenery of the Danube Delta, or on a visit to the traditional historical or
cultural monuments known all over the world.
To make your stay most agreable, to make the most of your holiday, and to
supply you with all information you may need the Tourist Department has
brought out this booklet.
WE WAIT FOR YOU IN ROMANIA!
LOCATION. POPULATION. LANGUAGE
Romania lies in South-Eastern Europe, in the northern part of the Balkan
Peninsula.
Area: 237,500 sq. km
Population: over 23,000,000 inhabitants, consisting of Romanians (88.1%),
Hungarians, Germans, Serbians, Jews and other nationalities.
Capital city: Bucharest with over 2.3 mil, inhabitants.
Main cities: Constanta, Brasov, Oradea, Timisoara, Cluj-Napoca, Suceava,
Iasi, Ploiesti, Craiova, Arad, etc.
Official language: Romanian (of Latin origin). Foreign tourists may use
all languages of international use.
Official time: two hours ahead of Greenwich. Summer time from the last
Sunday of March to the last Sunday of September.
CLIMATE: transition temperate-continental characteristic of Central
Europe. Annual average is + 11C on the sea-coast and the southern
parts; + 2C in the Carpathian mountains. Winter: average -3C; spring: +10C;
summer: +24C; autumn: +10C. The average rainfall 600 - 700 mm yearly.
NATIONAL CURRENCY: Leu (Lei in the plural); 1 Leu = 100 bani.
Banknotes: 10,25,50 and 100 lei. Coins: 1,3,5,lei, and 25 bani.
The import or export of Romanian currency, in or out of Romania, are
prohibited.
Tourists are allowed to bring with them any amount of freely convertible
currency.
Traveller's cheques and most credit cards are accepted in Romania. A 1%
exchange commission is charged on any exchange operations.
Voltage: 220 V, 50 cycles.
Anti-rabic vaccination certificates for animals (cats, dogs, etc.) are
required when entering Romania.
FORM OF STATE: REPUBLIC.
Administrative organization: Romania's territory is divided into
counties, municipalities, towns, communes and villages.
AIR ROUTES: Planes of the Romanian air companies TAROM and
LAR daily link Bucharest to the main big cities in Europe and on other
continents. Other foreign companies with offices in Bucharest have flights to
Romania.
Romanian planes fly daily to and from Bucharest linking the capital city
with the main cities of the country: Arad, Bacau, Baia Mare, Caransebes,
Cluj-Napoca, Constanta, Iasi, Oradea, Satu Mare, Sibiu, Suceava, Tirgu Mures,
Tulcea, Timisoara.
RAILWAYS: to and from Romania (Bucharest, the Black Sea coast, spas,
resorts, other tourist spots) 20 international trains are scheduled, with
through carriages and sleeping cars, to all European countries.
Romania is a member to the international rail tariff systems RIT and
Inter-Rail.
SEA AND RIVER ROUTES: the Romanian motorships "Oltenita", "Carpati" and
"Steaua Dunarii" cruise the Danube in season.
NAVROM ships ferries along the Romanian ports on the Danube.
Foreign motorships cruise the Danube and Black Sea calling at the
Romanian Danubian and sea ports.
ROAD TRAFFIC: all over the country well-kept roads comply with
international standards. Driving is on the right side and overtaking on the
left.
POST-OFFICE: post-offices are opened daily from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. on week
days. They are closed on Saturdays and Sundays. Postal-boxes are
yellow-painted and have the word POSTA written on them. They are emptied three
times a day. Post-cards and stamps can be bought from post-offices
tobacconists', bookshops and reception desks in hotels.
TELEPHONE: almost all towns, international resorts and spas have
automated telephone booths. Coins of 1 leu and 3 lei are required. Introduce
the coin into the slit, dial the prefix and the phone number right away. Coins
of 1 leu are required for local calls.
Emergency telephone nos : Emergency ward 061; Police station 055; Firemen
081.
Other useful phone numbers:
030 - information: public institutions
031 - information: phone holders (letters A - L)
032 - information: phone holders (letters M - Z)
051 - various information
052 - the railway station - rail information
053 - taxi orders
057 - phone cables
058 - official time
071 - international calls
091 - trunk calls
PUBLIC TRANSPORT: a network of state taxi cars (having the word TAXI
written on them) and private taxi cars (TAXI - P). Transport means in big
cities tramways (1 leu), trolleybuses (1.50 lei) and buses (1.75 lei). In
Bucharest there is a modern underground (2 lei).
TOURIST VISAS are obtainable from:
- Romania's diplomatic and consular offices abroad by all those having
legal passports recognized by the Romanian state;
- at frontier points against the same documents.
CUSTOMS REGULATIONS: Romania is implementing the provisions under the
Convention on customs facilities for tourist traffic and the Additional
Protocol signed in New York on June 4, 1954.
Tourists may temporarily bring into the country the following items,
duty-free: personal items, foodstuffs and the medicine needed during their
stay, in keeping with international regulations. Tourists must declare the
goods brought into or taken out of Romania on arrival and departure to the
customs authorities. It is forbidden to introduce fire arms, cartridges,
radioactive substances, drugs.
RELIEF
The Carpathian mountains (about 35% of the country's area) cross Romania
from North to South - West; the highest peaks between 1651 m (Rarau Mt) and
2544 (Moldoveanu Mt.) They are covered with leafy trees. The air is rich in
ozone and bracing. The snow lasts from November to April. It measures in
winter: 80 cm - 1 m.
Hills and tablelands (about 33%) contain orchards (apple-trees,
pear-trees, plum-trees, apricot-trees, etc) and vineyards.
Fertile plains (about 32 % of the total area) are cultivated to grains
(wheat, maize, barley, etc.), vegetables (tomatoes, sweet-peppers, lettuce,
etc), herbs and industrial crops.
Numerous rivers have their springs in the Carpathians, all of them
tributaries of the Danube. Among the main rivers are: the Olt, the Mures, the
Jiu, the Prut, the Siret, etc.
The Danube river flows for 1075 km in Romania (about 2/3 of its length)
and joins the Black Sea through the Danube Delta, a land unique in Europe
(434,000 ha).
There are ten modern resorts on the Romanian Black Sea Coast (Mamaia,
Eforie Nord, Eforie Sud, Costinesti, Neptun, Olimp, Jupiter, Venus, Saturn,
Mangalia), which can accommodate over 150,000 people in hotels, villas,
camping sites, holiday villages.
The beaches are facing East, ensu