Useful Guidebooks

Romania and Moldavia
Lonely Planet


Romania
The Rough Guide


Blue Guide: Romania
First published in English in 2005
Look inside guide at Amazon


Hiking Guide to Romania
Bradt Pub. 1996


Mountains of Romania
by James Roberts
Cicerone Press 2005

Romania
Insight Guide
- With a population of 21 million, the country counts three principal ethnic groups: Romanian (majority), Hungarian, Romani (gypsy) and Saxon. The latter once numbered 900,000 but rapid out-migration in recent decades has reduced the number to about 90,000.

- Modern Romania was established in 1862 as a country by that name and until 1947 was a parliamentary monarchy. A 40-year period of communism followed until its overthrow and abolition in December of 1989.

Useful links:

Wikipedia: Romania [Comprehensive encyclopedic information]

National Tourist Office: Romania

PRACTICAL INFO:

Visas: Not required for US and EU citizens

Climate: Distinct four seasons (conditions in southern Wallachian plains vary greatly from Carpathian mountain zones)

Air travel: Flights to all major European cities within 1-3 hours. International brand-name services (car rental, bank ATM's, etc) are available countrywide.

Language: The dominant language is of Latin origin; English is widely spoken; also Hungarian, German and French.

Currency: Leu (lei plural)