{"id":1302692,"date":"2026-09-26T18:48:02","date_gmt":"2026-09-26T18:48:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/blog\/?page_id=1302692"},"modified":"2026-10-01T16:35:03","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T16:35:03","slug":"romania","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/blog\/europe\/romania\/","title":{"rendered":"Romania"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":200,"featured_media":0,"parent":1301190,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"hw-hub-country","meta":{"footnotes":"","hw_hub_hero_eyebrow":"","hw_hub_hero_h1":"","hw_hub_hero_intro":"","hw_hub_hero_image":"","hw_hub_hero_overlay":"","hw_hub_hero_cta":"","hw_hub_why_title":"","hw_hub_why_body":"","hw_hub_why_link_label":"","hw_hub_why_link_url":"","hw_hub_why_cards":"","hw_hub_stats":"","hw_hub_countries_title":"","hw_hub_countries_intro":"","hw_hub_featured":"","hw_hub_regions":"","hw_hub_hostels_title":"","hw_hub_hostels_intro":"","hw_hub_hostels_cta_label":"","hw_hub_hostels_cta_url":"","hw_hub_hostels_source":"","hw_hub_hostels_location_type":"","hw_hub_hostels_location_id":"","hw_hub_hostels_currency":"","hw_hub_hostels_count":"","hw_hub_hostels_cache":"","hw_hub_hostels":"","hw_hub_when_title":"","hw_hub_when_intro":"","hw_hub_seasons":"","hw_hub_costs_title":"","hw_hub_costs_body":"","hw_hub_cost_rows":"","hw_hub_cost_note":"","hw_hub_money_reads":"","hw_hub_rail_title":"","hw_hub_rail_body":"","hw_hub_rail_link_label":"","hw_hub_rail_link_url":"","hw_hub_rail_image":"","hw_hub_routes":"","hw_hub_events_title":"","hw_hub_events_intro":"","hw_hub_events_source":"","hw_hub_events_continent":"","hw_hub_events_count":"","hw_hub_events_cache":"","hw_hub_events_cta_label":"","hw_hub_events_cta_url":"","hw_hub_events":"","hw_hub_events_pills":"","hw_hub_reads_intro":"","hw_hub_article_rows":"","hw_hub_show_read_time":"","hw_hub_all_title":"","hw_hub_all_body":"","hw_hub_all_cta":"","hw_hub_trips_title":"","hw_hub_trips_note":"","hw_hub_trips":"","hw_hub_faq_title":"","hw_hub_faq_note":"","hw_hub_faqs":"","hw_hub_cta_title":"","hw_hub_cta_body":"","hw_hub_cta_buttons":"","hw_hub_newsletter_title":"","hw_hub_newsletter_body":"","hw_hub_newsletter_shortcode":"","hw_hub_hub_term":"","hw_hub_scope_rows":"","hw_hub_country_hero_eyebrow":"Romania country guide","hw_hub_country_hero_h1":"Things To Do In Romania","hw_hub_country_hero_intro":"Carpathian mountains, painted monasteries, the last great wilderness in Europe, and prices that make a week feel like a weekend elsewhere. Also, yes, castles.","hw_hub_country_hero_image":"1302701","hw_hub_country_hero_overlay":"light","hw_hub_country_hero_cta":"Pick a city | #cities\r\nWhat it costs | #money","hw_hub_country_stats":"\u20ac11 | Dorm bed, from\r\n60% | Of Europe's brown bears, outside Russia\r\n\u20ac2 | A local beer\r\n2.5h | Bucharest to Bra\u0219ov by train","hw_hub_country_intro_title":"Bigger, wilder and cheaper than expected","hw_hub_country_intro_body":"Romania is the largest country in the Balkans and most of it is mountains and forest \u2014 the Carpathians curve through the middle, holding the largest population of brown bears in Europe outside Russia and some of the last old-growth forest on the continent.\r\n\r\nTransylvania is the region most people mean: Bra\u0219ov, Sibiu and Sighi\u0219oara are Saxon towns with fortified churches and pastel squares, and the castles in between them have been marketed as Dracula's for a century. Bran Castle has essentially no connection to the historical Vlad \u021aepe\u0219, which does not stop it being a good castle.\r\n\r\nBucharest divides opinion and deserves a couple of days. It is a big, scarred, energetic city with Belle \u00c9poque streets next to Ceau\u0219escu's colossal parliament building, and a nightlife that outlasts most of Europe.","hw_hub_country_facts":"Language | Romanian, a Romance language. English is common with younger people\r\nCurrency | Romanian leu (RON), not the euro\r\nEmergency | 112\r\nTap water | Safe in cities. Bottled is common in rural areas\r\nTipping | 10% in restaurants\r\nSchengen | Joined fully in 2025 for land borders as well as air\r\nHow long to stay | A week for Bucharest and Transylvania\r\nBest months | May, June and September","hw_hub_country_cities_title":"Where to go","hw_hub_country_cities_intro":"Trains are slow and cheap, buses and minibuses cover the rest, and Transylvania is where most trips concentrate.","hw_hub_country_cities_live":"1","hw_hub_country_cities":"Bucharest | Big, loud, green and cheap, with the world's heaviest building and an all-night old town. |  | 1302695 | Bucharest is so underated, top town in europe | \nBra\u0219ov | Transylvania's hub: a Saxon square under forested mountains, and bears in the hills above. |  | 1302696 | Brasov old town is very nice. Plenty of places to eat or drink. Everything is on walking distance. Great for a weekend! | \nSibiu | The prettiest of the Saxon towns, with houses whose roof windows look like eyes. |  | 1302697 |  | \nCluj-Napoca | A student city with the best music scene and nightlife in the country. |  | 1302698 | Since my stay in Cluj-Napoca was just one night and two days, I didn't visit many tourist spots, but being a city located almost in the center of Transylvania, I was able to feel its culture and traditions. I would definitely like to visit villages around the town next time. | \nSighi\u0219oara | A walled medieval citadel, still inhabited, and Vlad \u021aepe\u0219's actual birthplace. |  | 1302699 |  | \nOradea | Art nouveau on the Hungarian border, restored street by street, and the prettiest city most people have never heard of. |  | 1302700 |  | ","hw_hub_country_trips_title":"What kind of trip is this?","hw_hub_country_trips_intro":"Romania does mountains, medieval towns and very cheap nights out.","hw_hub_country_trip_types":"Adventure | green | backpack | The Carpathians, and genuine wilderness in them. | Hike in the F\u0103g\u0103ra\u0219 range; Drive the Transf\u0103g\u0103r\u0103\u0219an; Bear watching from a hide | F\u0103g\u0103ra\u0219 mountains; Piatra Craiului; Danube Delta | Bra\u0219ov; Sibiu | adventure\nCulture | purple | culture | Saxon churches, painted monasteries and communist-era concrete. | Painted monasteries of Bucovina; Palace of the Parliament tour; A fortified Saxon church | Bucovina monasteries; Sighi\u0219oara citadel; Pele\u0219 Castle | Sibiu; Bra\u0219ov; Bucharest | culture\nCity break | blue | city | Two or three days in Bucharest or Cluj for very little money. | Old town at night; Village Museum in a park; Coffee in Cluj's student quarter | Bucharest old town; Cluj centre; Timi\u0219oara squares | Bucharest; Cluj-Napoca | city-break\nNightlife | pink | nightclub | Cheap, late, and better than its reputation. | Bucharest's old town on a Friday; A Cluj club night; Untold or Electric Castle in summer | Bucharest old town; Cluj; Timi\u0219oara | Bucharest; Cluj-Napoca | nightlife\nBudget | teal | coin | Among the cheapest countries in the EU. | Lunch menus for \u20ac5; Trains for a few euros; Free walking tours in every city | Bucharest; Bra\u0219ov; Cluj-Napoca | Bucharest; Bra\u0219ov | budget-travel\nFood | sunset | local-markets | Hearty, Balkan-Ottoman, and served in enormous portions. | Sarmale with polenta; Mici from a street grill; A village lunch in Maramure\u0219 | Obor market, Bucharest; Bra\u0219ov old town; Cluj food halls | Bucharest; Bra\u0219ov | food","hw_hub_country_do_title":"Things to do in Romania","hw_hub_country_do_body":"Transylvania is the core. Bra\u0219ov makes the best base: a Saxon square, a black church, a cable car up T\u00e2mpa, and day trips to Bran and Pele\u0219 castles. Pele\u0219, a nineteenth-century royal residence in the mountains, is the more impressive of the two by a wide margin.\r\n\r\nThe Transf\u0103g\u0103r\u0103\u0219an is the famous road, a mountain pass of hairpins across the F\u0103g\u0103ra\u0219 range, open roughly from July to October. It needs a car or an organised trip, and it is the best drive in this part of Europe.\r\n\r\nFurther afield, the painted monasteries of Bucovina have exterior frescoes from the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, the Danube Delta is one of the largest and best-preserved wetlands in Europe, and the Carpathians hold Europe's densest bear population \u2014 bear watching from a licensed hide is a genuine thing you can do here.","hw_hub_country_do_points":"Pele\u0219 over Bran | Pele\u0219 is the better castle. Bran has the Dracula marketing\r\nTransf\u0103g\u0103r\u0103\u0219an | Open roughly July to October. Needs a car or a tour\r\nBear hides | Licensed operators near Bra\u0219ov. Book ahead\r\nFree walking tours | Good in every major city. Tip \u20ac10","hw_hub_country_do_tag":"things-to-do","hw_hub_country_do_more":"All things to do in Romania","hw_hub_country_food_title":"Eating in Romania","hw_hub_country_food_body":"Romanian food is Balkan and Ottoman with Austrian edges, and portions are large. Sarmale \u2014 cabbage rolls with polenta and sour cream \u2014 is the national dish, ciorb\u0103 is the sour soup eaten before almost everything, and mici are grilled minced-meat rolls sold from street grills for a euro or two.\r\n\r\nLunch menus in city restaurants run \u20ac5 to \u20ac8 for soup and a main, and village guesthouses feed you enormous home-cooked meals for about the same.\r\n\r\n\u021auic\u0103 and p\u0103linc\u0103 are the plum spirits, homemade in the countryside and considerably stronger than they look. Accepting one from a host is polite; accepting five is a decision.","hw_hub_country_food_points":"Lunch menu | \u20ac5\u20138 for soup and a main\r\nMici | \u20ac1\u20132 each from a street grill, and the national snack\r\nSarmale | Cabbage rolls with polenta. The dish to order once\r\nP\u0103linc\u0103 | Homemade plum spirit, often 50%+. Treat with respect","hw_hub_country_food_tag":"food","hw_hub_country_food_more":"All food guides for Romania","hw_hub_country_nightlife_title":"Going out in Romania","hw_hub_country_nightlife_body":"Bucharest's old town is a dense grid of bars and clubs that runs until dawn, and it is cheap enough that a full night costs what two drinks cost in western Europe. It is also loud, occasionally rowdy, and the venues change constantly.\r\n\r\nCluj is the better night out for many people. A huge student population, a strong electronic scene, and two of the biggest festivals in eastern Europe \u2014 Untold and Electric Castle \u2014 both in summer.\r\n\r\nPrices are among the lowest in the EU: a beer is around \u20ac2, a cocktail \u20ac5 to \u20ac7. In summer, rooftop bars and garden bars open across Bucharest and are where locals actually go.","hw_hub_country_nightlife_points":"Bucharest old town | Dense, cheap and open until dawn\r\nPrices | A beer about \u20ac2, a cocktail \u20ac5\u20137\r\nCluj | Student city with the best music scene in the country\r\nSummer | Garden and rooftop bars are where the locals are","hw_hub_country_nightlife_tag":"nightlife","hw_hub_country_nightlife_more":"All nightlife guides for Romania","hw_hub_country_transport_title":"Getting around Romania","hw_hub_country_transport_body":"Trains are cheap, slow and often beautiful \u2014 the Bucharest to Bra\u0219ov line climbs through the Prahova valley and is worth taking in daylight. CFR is the operator and fares are low even by regional standards.\r\n\r\nBuses and minibuses (maxitaxis) fill the gaps and are faster on many routes, though less comfortable and harder to book online. Between cities, FlixBus covers the main corridors.\r\n\r\nA car matters if you want the Transf\u0103g\u0103r\u0103\u0219an, Maramure\u0219 or the painted monasteries, all of which are poorly served by public transport. Roads vary from good motorway to rough rural single track, and drivers overtake optimistically.","hw_hub_country_transport_points":"Bucharest\u2013Bra\u0219ov | 2.5\u20133 hours by train through the Prahova valley\r\nMaxitaxis | Faster than trains on many routes, harder to book ahead\r\nCar hire | Needed for the Transf\u0103g\u0103r\u0103\u0219an and the monasteries\r\nRoads | Highly variable, and overtaking is enthusiastic","hw_hub_country_transport_tag":"transport","hw_hub_country_transport_more":"All transport guides for Romania","hw_hub_country_money_title":"What Romania costs","hw_hub_country_money_body":"Romania is one of the two or three cheapest countries in the EU. Dorms start around \u20ac11, a restaurant lunch menu is \u20ac5 to \u20ac8, a beer is \u20ac2, and a long train journey costs less than a taxi across a western city.\r\n\r\nBucharest and Cluj are the priciest, and still cheap. Rural guesthouses in Transylvania and Maramure\u0219 often include a huge breakfast and dinner for \u20ac25 to \u20ac35 total.\r\n\r\nThe currency is the leu, not the euro. Cards work in cities and larger towns; carry some cash for villages, mountain huts and small guesthouses, where card machines are less reliable.","hw_hub_country_money_points":"Dorm bed | From \u20ac11, more in Bra\u0219ov in August\r\nA day, all in | \u20ac35\u201345\r\nA beer | About \u20ac2\r\nMoney | Leu, not euro. Cash still useful in rural areas","hw_hub_country_money_tag":"budget","hw_hub_country_money_more":"All budget guides for Romania","hw_hub_country_safety_title":"Staying safe in Romania","hw_hub_country_safety_body":"Romania is safer than its reputation in western Europe suggests, with low violent crime and cities that are comfortable to walk around at night. Petty theft happens in Bucharest's crowded areas and on public transport at ordinary levels.\r\n\r\nThe most common problems are taxi overcharging at Bucharest airport and stations \u2014 use Bolt or Uber, which are cheap and universal \u2014 and stray dogs, which are far fewer than a decade ago but still present in rural areas.\r\n\r\nThe genuine hazard is the mountains. Romania has Europe's largest brown bear population, and encounters near Bra\u0219ov happen. Do not feed or photograph bears at close range, keep food sealed when camping, and take local advice on which trails are active.","hw_hub_country_safety_points":"Emergency | 112\r\nTaxis | Use Bolt or Uber. Airport taxi overcharging is the classic scam\r\nBears | Real, and near Bra\u0219ov. Never feed or approach them\r\nMountain weather | The Carpathians change fast. Tell someone your route","hw_hub_country_safety_tag":"","hw_hub_country_safety_more":"","hw_hub_country_entry_title":"Entry and documents","hw_hub_country_entry_body":"Romania joined the Schengen area fully in 2025, so land borders with Hungary and Bulgaria no longer have routine checks. It is in the EU but not the eurozone.\r\n\r\nEU citizens need an ID card; UK, US, Canadian and Australian passport holders get 90 days in any 180 across the whole Schengen zone \u2014 and because Romania is now inside it, time here counts against the same allowance as Spain or Germany.\r\n\r\nPassports need three months' validity beyond departure and to have been issued within the last ten years. ETIAS has been postponed repeatedly \u2014 check the official EU site.","hw_hub_country_entry_points":"Schengen since 2025 | Time in Romania now counts against the 90-day limit\r\nNot the euro | Romanian leu. Cards fine in cities, cash useful rurally\r\nPassport validity | Three months beyond departure, issued within ten years\r\nETIAS | Repeatedly delayed \u2014 check the official EU site","hw_hub_country_entry_tag":"","hw_hub_country_entry_more":"","hw_hub_country_season_title":"When to go","hw_hub_country_season_intro":"Summer for the mountains, winter for skiing and the Christmas markets, and two shoulder seasons that are the best value in the EU.","hw_hub_country_season_note":"Average highs for Bucharest. The Carpathians are much colder and hold snow into May; the Black Sea coast is warmer and has its own short summer season.","hw_hub_country_season_rows":"January | 2 | 2 | Cold, snowy in the mountains, ski season in Poiana Bra\u0219ov\r\nFebruary | 4 | 1 | Still winter. The quietest and cheapest month\r\nMarch | 11 | 2 | Thawing. Cities pleasant, mountains still white\r\nApril | 17 | 2 | Spring. Orthodox Easter is a major week\r\nMay | 22 | 3 | Excellent. Everything green, prices low\r\nJune | 26 | 4 | The best month. Transf\u0103g\u0103r\u0103\u0219an opens, festivals start\r\nJuly | 29 | 5 | Hot in Bucharest, perfect in the mountains. Untold and Electric Castle\r\nAugust | 29 | 5 | Peak. Bra\u0219ov and the coast at their busiest\r\nSeptember | 24 | 3 | Superb. Warm, quiet, harvest in the villages\r\nOctober | 17 | 2 | Autumn colour in the Carpathians. Best value of the year\r\nNovember | 9 | 1 | Grey and very cheap\r\nDecember | 3 | 3 | Christmas markets in Sibiu and Bucharest, and snow in the hills","hw_hub_country_budget_title":"What your trip will cost","hw_hub_country_budget_intro":"Pick how you travel and how long for. Per night, for one person, at Romanian prices.","hw_hub_country_budget_note":"Prices are in lei locally; these are euro equivalents. Car hire for the Transf\u0103g\u0103r\u0103\u0219an or the monasteries is the main extra, at \u20ac30\u201345 a day.","hw_hub_country_budget_rows":"Shoestring | 11 | 10 | 3 | 5\r\nMiddle of the road | 18 | 20 | 5 | 12\r\nComfortable | 32 | 35 | 9 | 20","hw_hub_country_budget_currency":"\u20ac","hw_hub_country_events_title":"What is on while you are there","hw_hub_country_events_intro":"Two enormous summer festivals, and a winter market circuit that few outside the country know about.","hw_hub_country_events_source":"api","hw_hub_country_events_country":"romania","hw_hub_country_events_count":"8","hw_hub_country_events_cache":"24","hw_hub_country_events_cta_label":"All events in Romania","hw_hub_country_events_cta_url":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/events\/europe\/romania\/","hw_hub_country_events":"M\u0103r\u021bi\u0219or | 1 March | Nationwide | Red and white tokens given to mark the start of spring. |  | \nOrthodox Easter | April or May | Nationwide | The biggest religious festival of the year, on a different date to Western Easter. |  | \nElectric Castle | July | Bon\u021bida | Five days at a crumbling Transylvanian castle. One of Europe's best-sited festivals. |  | \nUntold | August | Cluj-Napoca | One of the largest festivals in eastern Europe, and it fills the city entirely. |  | \nGeorge Enescu Festival | September, odd years | Bucharest | A major classical music festival with international orchestras. |  | \nChristmas markets | December | Sibiu \u00b7 Bucharest \u00b7 Bra\u0219ov | Sibiu's is the prettiest, in a Saxon square under snow. |  | ","hw_hub_country_hostels_title":"Where to stay in Romania","hw_hub_country_hostels_intro":"The highest-rated hostels in the country, live from Hostelworld. Bucharest and Bra\u0219ov have the most, and rural guesthouses are worth it in Transylvania.","hw_hub_country_hostels_cta_label":"All hostels in Romania","hw_hub_country_hostels_cta_url":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/hostels\/europe\/romania\/","hw_hub_country_hostels_source":"api","hw_hub_country_hostels_location_type":"country","hw_hub_country_hostels_location_id":"174","hw_hub_country_hostels_currency":"EUR","hw_hub_country_hostels_count":"12","hw_hub_country_hostels_cache":"12","hw_hub_country_hostels":"","hw_hub_country_faq_title":"Romania travel questions","hw_hub_country_faq_note":"The ones we get asked most.","hw_hub_country_faqs":"How many days do you need in Romania? | A week covers Bucharest and Transylvania \u2014 two days in the capital, then Bra\u0219ov, Sibiu and Sighi\u0219oara. Ten days lets you add the painted monasteries of Bucovina or the Danube Delta, both of which need more travel time.\r\nIs Romania cheap? | One of the cheapest countries in the EU. Dorms from \u20ac11, a lunch menu at \u20ac5 to \u20ac8, a beer for \u20ac2, and a full day around \u20ac35 to \u20ac45. Rural guesthouses often include two meals for \u20ac25 to \u20ac35 total.\r\nIs Dracula's castle real? | Bran Castle is real and worth visiting, but its connection to the historical Vlad \u021aepe\u0219 is essentially marketing. He was born in Sighi\u0219oara, which you can visit, and Pele\u0219 Castle is the more impressive building by a distance.\r\nIs Romania safe? | Yes, and safer than its western European reputation. Low violent crime and comfortable cities at night. The real cautions are taxi overcharging at Bucharest airport \u2014 use Bolt \u2014 and bears in the Carpathians, which are genuinely wild animals.\r\nAre there really bears in Romania? | Yes, around 60% of Europe's brown bear population outside Russia. Encounters happen near Bra\u0219ov, and licensed hides let you watch them safely. Never feed or approach one, and keep food sealed when camping.\r\nWhen is the Transf\u0103g\u0103r\u0103\u0219an open? | Usually from early July to the end of October, depending on snow. It is closed for the rest of the year and it needs a car or an organised trip \u2014 no public transport covers it.\r\nDoes Romania use the euro? | No, the Romanian leu. It joined the Schengen area fully in 2025, so there are no longer routine land border checks, but the currency has not changed. Cards work in cities; carry cash for villages.","hw_hub_country_cta_title":"Say yes to hostels, meet the world","hw_hub_country_cta_body":"Compare hostels across Romania \u2014 live prices, real reviews and free cancellation on most bookings. 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