'Mode': TO,AROUND
Category: Train
Getting TO/AROUND: Flying is safe (everything is of a relative nature, of course) and may be the best way to get to Bucharest, but also the most expensive, unless you come from very far away. Otherwise trains are OK. Romania is covered by InterRail (area H, together with BG, SR, CG, MK), Balkan FlexiPass (together with MK, BG, SR, CG, GR, TK). EuRail does not cover Romania. Apart from bearing a train ticket or a railway pass, one must always buy a seat reservation, which costs about 1 EUR; this is required for all fast trains (A, R, IC, EC, EN), except for local trains (P). Trains run on a daily basis to and from Budapest, Sofia, Belgrade, Thessalonica, Istanbul, Chisinau, Moscow, Kiev, Bratislava, Prague, Vienna, Zagreb, Ljubljana, Venice. By car: as the roads are not always in good conditions, especially secondary roads, do not bring your Lamborghini with you, please. Other means, like bicycles, are not so often used and the respective facilities are few. However many Romanians at least have a bike, even if they only use it to go in the park at weekends.
The best means to get around is probably the train: it is relatively cheap, the railways network is quite well-developed in most areas. However do not expect too much of a service quality except for IC trains, sleeping wagons, some R trains.
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