Activities in Romania
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Pan Travel
This top-notch outfit, led by engaging Andrei, can book accommodation, car rental,provide English- or French-speaking guides and arrange trips to the Apuseni or around Maramureş. It's best to contact them ahead, via website or telephone. They can get trips together in a few days. The trips themselves are authoritative and unstaged - a more 'knock on door' approach than a pre-planned artificial event. Bus 30 goes from near Piaţa Unirii.
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Snow
A good source of equipment and information in town, Snow, near the cable-car station, hires skis and bikes in summer. They offer ski instruction services. Check out the 1930s skis on the walls of their shop. Their outdoor/indoor Romanian restaurant is about as good as the centre gets. There are ham-and-cheese pancakes and a vegetarian platter, plus several breakfasts (but skip the disappointing coffee).
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Discover Romania
This small agency (aka Aventours), led by English-speaking guides, offers tailor-made tours and oodles of information on the area. A great place to start for little or big things - like finding someone hiring cross-country skis in Zărneşti or full-on week-long hikes with guides. Staff can help even if you're not planning to take a tour.
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Swimming pool
There's a serviceable swimming pool around the corner from Hotel Moldova. Lake Ciric, at the city limits on the road to the airport, may look innocuous, but the water is generally too dirty for a proper swim.
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Latura Extremă
Extreme-sports lovers can get their thrills thanks to the tour agency Latura Extremă, which organises water sports, ballooning, paintballing, tandem paragliding and adventure trips. Call or email for more information.
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Condor Cruise Boat
You can sail aboard the Condor Cruise Boat , moored at the marina known as the Tomis Turist Port (Portul Turistic Tomis), at the eastern end of Str Remus Opreanu, opposite the Yacht Club.
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Corneliu Serban
Corneliu Serban, a local guide, offers personalised city tours for around €100 for two people; he witnessed the 1989 Revolution and can give plenty of insider's observations. Call for more information.
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Hikes
Hikes are everywhere - from atop Mt Tâmpa in town, Poiana Braşov, Zărneşti or into the Bucegi Mountains. Pick up maps from Himalaya or talk with a travel agent specialising in hikes.
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Daksa
This experienced group offers horseback riding excursions outside Cluj, including transport, accommodation, food, guides. Trips last three to seven days. Carriage rides are also available.
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Cruise Boat
You can sail aboard the Condor Cruise Boat, moored at the marina known as the Tomis Turist Port (Portul Turistic Tomis), at the eastern end of Str Remus Opreanu, opposite the Yacht Club.
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Sibiu Jazz Festival
In 2005 Sibiu resurrected its week-long jazz festival which died, along with its first founder, in the early 1990s. it is held annually in May. Check website for details.
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Cross-Country Farm
Cross-Country Farm, 17km west of town, offers six-hour horseback rides past traditional villages. There are wagons for beginners and guides speak English.
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Pepetour
Book trips on Bega Canal (which flows through the city) and on Mureş River through adventure company Pepetour. Call or email for more information.
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Roving România
An Englishman runs this out-of-home agency for personalised, usually small-scale tours - great for birding, 4x4 trips. Email for sample itineraries.
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Nouvelles Frontières/Simpa Turism
It organises numerous river tours (usually a few euro more expensive than at other travel agencies). Its boats hold around 80 to 100 people.
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Row Boats
Row boats are available for hire at Cişmigiu Garden's lake, Carol I Park's pond, or in Herăstrău Lake's western bank.
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Ferry Service
On the western shores of Herăstrău Lake, there's a fairly frequent ferry service to the other side of the lake.
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Explorer Sport
This sport shop rents bikes (about around €5 a day), skis in winter, sells packs and boots, and repairs bikes.
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National Festival of Folk Traditions
Displays of craft traditions at Astra (aka Museum of Traditional Folk Civilisation), which holds many summer events
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Delphi
Delphi provides a flexible range of scuba-diving opportunities in the area to suit all budgets. Call for details.
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Magellan Bikes
You can hire bikes at Magellan Bikes. It's about around €12 per day, cheaper if hiring for a longer term.
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Mayfest
Sibiu's remaining 5500 German-speaking Saxons flock to Dumbrava forest for pagan frolicking and beer bingeing.
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Ibis Tours
Arranges wildlife and bird-watching tours in Dobrogea and the delta, led by professional ornithologists.
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Casa Luxemburg
Travel agent offering loads of city tours and day trips; has a useful free map of the centre too.
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International Astra Film Festival
Bi-annual event held on even-numbered years in mid October. Check the website for details.
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