Introducing Cluj-napoca
Just one letter away from ‘club, ’ Cluj isn’t quite as pretty or mountainous as the Saxon towns to the south, but it earns much of its nationwide fame for the dozens of cavernous, unsnooty subterranean discos that blare and bounce with many of the city’s thousands of university students. Outside the clubs, though, it’s one of Romania’s most welcoming and energised cities – a ‘real’ city where there’s everything going on (football, opera, espresso, heated politics, trams), regardless of who visits or not. Its attractions don’t hit you over the head like Dracula’s ‘birthplaces’ do, but if you look closer Cluj’s are some of Transylvania’s most arresting.
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It’s also a great base for renting a car – it’s cheaper here than in Braşov – and has several good travel agencies, so it serves as a common shooting-off point for the Apuseni Mountains and the further-flung Maramureş.
Last updated: Feb 17, 2009
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hotel in cluj
by rabineta 02 September 2011
I loock for a charme hotel in Clij and I want visit Cluj a day beaucause the next day i need go to Oreade, by train? People Know a good…
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RE: how many days where?
by 1traveller 01 September 2011
Hi battybilly - thanks for ask. Actually about Bulgaria we have more doubts! We´ll probably arrive in Veliko (from Bucharest or Brasov),…
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RE: Cluj to Maramures (and around M)
by awaydays 12 August 2011
The bus to Sighet is called Tinuta and can be found in the bus station behind the Alpha Hotel. The first one goes at 7.00am and the other…
