Romania
 

Anyone thinking of riding to/through Romania this year, we have lived here for a couple of years now and can offer good info on biking and other general info on the country, the weather is great here in the summer and there's lots to see.

Hi Nick,
Were planning a trip for this summer, not 100% yet, but am looking at Romainia and Bulgaria.

We are 2 up (wife and I) and prefer the country, however we would hit a city if worthwhile. Plan now is to travel from Italy/Greece and up.

Looks like we would be in your area the first or second week of July. Were limited on time, total 3 months and were trying to see as much as possible.

Any suggestions or tips for your area would be great.


Thanks

Hi Nick,

Wife and I will be in Bulgaria/Romania during the last two weeks in April, first week in May. Where in Romania are you?. We hope to see both countries but realise that 3 weeks ain't that long. We are aiming to at least see Brasov and bits of Transylvania. We are primarily property and business opportunity hunting plus of course having a road trip.

Please drop me a line at db@tranman90.freeserve.co.uk if you have time.

Regards,

David and Juliet

Hi, my wife and I will be travelling through Romania this year on our way to Australia. We are not in any hurry and would like to make the most of our visit to Romania. Any suggestions on the 'must see' places would be really appreciated.....Bob

Hi, MCP
Don't miss Bulgaria in your trip. There are many places to be seen.I will be glad to help you about any questions on Bulgaria.I will meet Diksi and his wife in April when they come to Bulgaria. I hope we will have great time together.
Have fun, Deso.

Sorry, Imeant Dicky (David and Juliet. :-)

Hi Desco, we will be in Bulgaria around September/October this year. It would be great to have a contact there and meet with you if your free at that time....Bob

Hi Bob,
I am going to mail You my phone numbers...

Hi Nick1150gs

That must be a very interesting place to live! Whereabouts are you? And what are you doing there?

I am planning to ride to Romania at the end of next month (on an R100GS-PD). I should be travelling with my friend Jim (R1100RS) - but he has just crashed his bike, so it may not be ready in time. We are planning to meet up in Budapest with Jim's wife Mari, who is from Bucharest, and possibly my wife Emma and some others. We'll then go to Cluj and travel around the west of Romania for a few days. May try to avoid Bucharest though, as Jim's mother-in-law lives there!

Any suggestions? Do you ride your GS off road there?

Rob

Hý Nýck!

I am ýn Turkey for the moment, but wýll travel through Romanýa (agaýn) on my way back home. I have to be ýn stockholm, Sweden 1 june.

I wýll pass through bulgarýa at the coast ýn a day, sýnce I only can get a one day transýt výsa. I haven't planned ýf I should stop ýn Romanýa or not yet, but I'll spend atleast a few days travellýng from the coast nortwest (I am goýng to contýnue výa slovakýa and polen to sweden). I am thýnkýng of stoppýng ýn the brasnov area atleast. I'll be campýng along the way.

If you know any good places to stop at or want to have a drýnk let me know (best výa emaýl).

/Spakur

Just returned from a fantastic time 8in Romania. The good feelings started once we left Bulgaria and were welcomed into their country by the Romanian border staff. Fantastic scenery, cracking folk and excellent weather. We can,t wait to go back.

If you are in Transylvania check Chris of TMTours out ( tmtours.freeservers.com ), top bloke who acted as our guide and mentor for three days and showed us some fabulous places.

For people looking for new experiences Romania should definitely be on the list.

Dicky

Dicky,

I got the impression you were not impressed with Bulgaria. We are headed there in a month or so, do you have any comments?

Thanks


Mark

I will be riding through Bulgaria and Romania enroute to Russia. Any info you can give me would be appreciated.
Thanks, Doris Maron

Hi People, I hope to be passing through the Romania/Bulgaria highlands in mid Sep - early Oct en route to Turkey - Syria - Jordan - Egypt prior to heading down to Cape Town. Keep up the position reports and we´ll have a beer in passing. Ride safe, Mike

tmt,
last year I rode over TransAlps through Urdele pass. This year I am also interesting to spend two-three days in area where there is a lot of gravel roads over the mountains. Maybe you can help me to define proper route? Count that I intend to enter Romania from south Hungary or north Serbia.
Regards,

AnteK, XTZ 660

I will be traveling around romania and Bulgaria this summer. I should be there sometime in June. Not sure of my plans yet. Just pointing the bike north.

Andy Gale
 

im travelling to romania in about 6 weeks via western europe and hungary.
is there any paperwork i need in addtion to western europe for these 2 countries? i know they are part of europe but im not sure if they use the euro or if i need visa's?:thumbup1:

Hi,
There are quite a few recent posts about travelling to these countries to the east of here, IIRC: anyway, you don't need anything "special", assuming that you have a EU passport. Check the other threads for quite a bit of discussion about these things: trip paperwork for example.
There are lots about using ATMs for cash and what paperwork to carry with you in Europe.

Cheers,

:welcome: BTW!!

Andy
Leaving the UK on 6 May and traveling towards Romania. Hope to spend a couple of weeks in that area then heading further east towards Ukraine (you need a visa for the Ukraine).
Welcome to join us along the way.
Regards
Mick

Sounds like a great trip. Does anybody else have good tips / ideas for roads and towns in romania (particularly western half).

I'm going to be there in August. We want to get to Pitesti (still figuring out how to get there from sarejevo!). It's about our halfway point where I will turn north and back west. Wanting to stay on the black stuff as I don't think my bike will survive for long off-road!

Searching around everywhere, finding links here and there, but first person advice always the best (and i'm new around here!).

Romania / Bulgaria
 

Hi all you folks planning to head this way next year.
If you are going to be camping or caravanning, you might like to come and see us, we're an English-run campsite in southern Bulgaria.
For those of you possibly looking for property, prices are really low down here.
Please look us up on Home or for a detailed report on this area and what it has to offer, look at MagBaz Travels
Best wishes,
Martin T. Jeffes.
Sakar Hills Touring Park,
Harmanli,
Bulgaria.