From Wikitravel

Timişoara is a university city and industrial center in western Romania. It is often described as the most cosmopolitan city in Romania.

Contents 1 Understand 2 Get in 2.1 By plane 2.2 By train 2.3 By car 2.4 By bus 3 Get around 4 See 5 Do 6 Learn 7 Work 8 Buy 9 Eat 9.1 Budget 9.2 Mid-range 9.3 Splurge 10 Drink 11 Sleep 11.1 Budget 11.2 Mid-range 11.3 Splurge 12 Contact 13 Stay safe 14 Cope 15 Get out

Understand

Get in

By plane

Timişoara airport is 10km from the city center. There are regular flights from the surrounding countries and Bucharest. Car hire is available at the airport. Timişoara airport

By train

Munchen-Wien-Budapest-Timisoara and Cluj Napoca-Timisoara wich EC 46

By car

Belgrade (Serbia) is 150km or 2 1/2 hours away by car.

By bus

Get around

See

• The Roman Orthodox Cathedral in the city center
• Piazza Unirii (Union Square) has some fine old buildings and outdoor bars

Do

Learn

Work

Buy

The biggest Mall in the Western part of Romania, Iulius Mall, provides you with 210 shops, a cinema, numerous restaurants, etc. For more information, visit http://www.iuliusmall.com/timisoara/

Eat

Timişoara is not short of places to eat. From McDonalds to top class restaurants such as Casa Cu Flori. You can enjoy good Italian and Romanian food at Restaurant Maestro, at 5 minutes walk from the Opera Square.

Budget

McDonalds opposite the opera house

Mid-range

Try Club XXI for traditional Romanian food - 4$ - 10$ / meal. It is located in the Opera Square, looking from the Opera to the Catherdral on the right side.

For very good pizza's try Da Toni (in Student Complex) - 5 - 15$ / usual meal.

Splurge

• Casa Cu Flori in Alba Iulia for excellent cuisine
• Vivaldi in Piazza Unirii

Drink

• Timişoareana beer - Locally produced lager and dark beers.
• Ursus beer - The King of Romanian beers.

The Note is a nice hang-out bar, with cool atmosphere and various concerts and events. The cocktails are delicious... http://www.thenote.ro/home.php

Sleep

Budget

• INCA Centrum

Mid-range

• Casa Leone / Bd. Errolor 67 / tel: 0723-329612, should be around 30 Euros
• Hotel Cina Banatul / Bulevardul Republicii 3-5, Tel 0256/491903, close to the Piata Victorei, easy to reach from the Train Station (Trolleybus No. 11, direction left as you leave the Train Station fot 2 Stops, you are right in front of it), was 140 LEU /double incl. breakfast

Splurge

• Hotel Continental - Large concrete hotel in the city centre. It has good rooms, which will cost about €90 per night. This is probably not a good place for children, because of the nightclub in the basement. Easy to find on B-dul Revolutiei 1989.
• Excelsior Hotel in Str. Romulus

Contact

Stay safe

Cope

Get out

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