Romania & Bulgaria

by Mark Baker

Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisher

Lonely Planet Romania & Bulgaria is your passport to all the most relevant and up-to-date advice on what to see, what to skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Absorb the vibrant landscape by hiking the Carpathians, relax on Bulgaria's Black Sea coast, or experience the kaleidoscope of colours in the Bucovina Monasteries; all with your trusted travel companion. Get to the heart of Romania and Bulgaria and begin your journey now!

Inside Lonely Planet Romania & Bulgaria Travel Guide:



Colour maps and images throughout

Highlights and itineraries show you the simplest way to tailor your trip to your own personal needs and interests

Insider tips save you time and money and help you get around like a local, avoiding crowds and trouble spots

Essential info at your fingertips - including hours of operation, phone numbers, websites, transit tips, and prices

Honest reviews for all budgets - including eating, sleeping, sight-seeing, going out, shopping, and hidden gems that most guidebooks miss

Cultural insights give you a richer and more rewarding travel experience - including folk culture, myths, history, visual arts, crafts, music, politics, landscapes, wildlife, cuisine, and wine

Over 70 local maps

Useful features - including Top Experiences, Month-by-Month (annual festival calendar), and Outdoor Activities

Coverage of Sofia, Bucharest, Wallachia, the Black Sea Coast, Moldavia, Transylvania, Maramures, Crisana, Banat, Plovdiv, Veliko Tarnovo, the Danube, Kazanlak, Sibiu, the Danube Delta, and more
eBook Features: (Best viewed on tablet devices)



Zoom-in maps and images bring it all up close and in greater detail

Downloadable PDF and offline maps let you stay offline to avoid roaming and data charges

Seamlessly flip between pages

Easily navigate and jump effortlessly between maps and reviews

Speedy search capabilities get you to what you need and want to see

Use bookmarks to help you shoot back to key pages in a flash

Visit the websites of our recommendations by touching embedded links

Adding notes with the tap of a finger offers a way to personalise your guidebook experience

Inbuilt dictionary to translate unfamiliar languages and decode site-specific local terms
The Perfect Choice: Lonely Planet Romania & Bulgaria, our most comprehensive guide to Romania and Bulgaria, is perfect for those planning to both explore the top sights and take the road less travelled.

Looking for more extensive coverage? Check out Lonely Planet's Eastern Europe guide for a comprehensive look at all the region has to offer. Authors: Written and researched by Lonely Planet, Mark Baker, Chris Deliso, Richard Waters, and Richard Watkins.

About Lonely Planet: Started in 1973, Lonely Planet has become the world's leading travel guide publisher with guidebooks to every destination on the planet, as well as an award-winning website, a suite of mobile and digital travel products, and a dedicated traveller community. Lonely Planet's mission is to enable curious travellers to experience the world and to truly get to the heart of the places they find themselves in.

Genres: Travel, Nonfiction, Romania

1320 pages, Kindle Edition

First published April 1, 2013

About the author

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Mark^^^Baker - travel writer

Reviews

[Sara · Rating 2 out of 5]

I haven't used one of these things since they were paper and still largely inaccurate--that poor taxi driver in… This thing, however, is both inaccessible and unnavigable: a guide to reading the guide and no table of contents. Instead, you click one of three options and it zaps you to another unnavigable chunk of the book. It's a bit like being Jonathan Harker, lumbering around on a tortuous mountain path in the middle of the night while your driver continually stops to tend mysterious blue flames.


Aaaaaiiiieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

[Cell]

羅馬尼亞、保加利亞今年（2025）進入申根區
無直飛班機，較可能的轉機點：伊斯坦堡
土耳其與保加利亞之間有邊境檢查
自由行難度偏高，較佳是要自駕
要去的話還是跟團吧

想去的地點：
Bran Castle

其他有興趣的地點：
Peleș Castle
Corvin Castle
Painted Monasteries (Voroneț, Sucevița)
Saint Alexander Nevsky Cathedral
Rila Monastery
Banya Bashi Mosque

[Jasmine · Rating 4 out of 5]

I just finished a three week trip in Romania and Bulgaria and used the ebook of this while planning the trip and while travelling. It had enough information to be able to adequately plan where to go and roughly how to get between places. I used a few of the sleeping and food recommendations but not a ton. The information provided about sights is somewhat lacking, especially for a place where there often isn't a lot of English signage; it would have been nice if the guidebook was able to give more information. The overviews about each country were helpful.

[Emilie Greenhalgh · Rating 2 out of 5]

Very disorganized. For example, when it has side bars describing “must sees” such as a mountain range to visit, it doesn’t give logistical info on the best place to start or possible itineraries. In this day and age where so much info is available online for hotels, I think the space in the boom would be better used talking about activities and tricks and tips. Not worth carrying the paper version on my trip.

[David Burns · Rating 3 out of 5]

Lonely Planet Romania & Bulgaria ** read / used in Romania & Bulgaria (July 2021)

[Nishelle D’souza · Rating 3 out of 5]

Great suggestions, especially on where to eat and about the history of Brasov

[Cherie Heng · Rating 4 out of 5]

Makes me more ready for my upcoming trip here - it is a very neat compilation of all the things to do in these regions. I bookmarked several to try while I am there!

[vn. · Rating 4 out of 5]

Found this insightful and very helpful in crafting our journey. Will be back with more thoughts after our trip!

[Yvonneo · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not sure how the Bulgarian information is but this is quite frankly the worst (Lonely Planet) travel guide I've ever used. We used this for Romania as we didn't have access to the internet, so were solely dependent on this for travel information (next to a road map). I don't see myself as a jaded or spoiled traveller, and I have every understanding for a country in which tourism is only just developing but the authors consistently exaggerate how wonderful everything is, from excursions to restaurants. Depending on the continent, most LPs include camping info, but this was so neglected that we found ourselves in a hotel on occasion (only to discover later that campsites were in the area). I did like how the authors mentioned things for children.

[Chas Bayfield · Rating 4 out of 5]

I bought this before going to Bucharest for work. All I can say is that on reading it, I now want to visit the rest of Romania and to give Bulgaria a try too. Interesting to read the terrible recent history of Romania - a good honest no frills guide.

[Dawn Roe]

A lot of great ideas for visiting!

[Juan Ruiz · Rating 3 out of 5]

I used to love these guides, and I would still like to have one before I visit a new country, however I think their relevance is starting to decay with the many apps and resources you can get with a good phone and good internet. I realize that the parts about culture and history of the country are getting smaller, which is a shame because I find it very interesting. I wonder what new direction these books can take with the emergence of smartphones and fast internet.