Lonely Planet Romania & Bulgaria

by Mark Baker, Steve Fallon, Anita Isalska

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

Highlightsand 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 infoat your fingertips - including hours of operation, phone numbers, websites, transit tips, and prices

Honest reviewsfor 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
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.

About Lonely Planet: Since 1973, Lonely Planet has become the world's leading travel media company with guidebooks to every destination, an award-winning website, mobile and digital travel products, and a dedicated traveller community. Lonely Planet covers must-see spots but also enables curious travellers to get off beaten paths to understand more of the culture of the places in which they find themselves. The world awaits!

Lonely Planet guides have won the TripAdvisor Traveler's Choice Award in 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, and 2016.

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Genres: Travel, Nonfiction, Reference, Romania

512 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 2013

About the author

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Dr Mark R Baker is a Tech and Start-Up Advisor and Digital Transformation Consultant. He is author of the Chief Digital Officer Handbook and Digital Transformation (number one in the category on Amazon in the UK) and is involved in a number of tech start-ups in Silicon Valley.

Reviews

[Sara]

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

[Catherine Woodman]

I am in the midst of planning a trip to this part of the world, and while I started out with the thought that we would do the two together, it did not take long to figure out that it was going to take more time than we had, and to pick one or the other.
One of the things that I value about the Lonely Planet books is that they show highlights or "don't miss" locations in the destination country, and that they have some proposed itniteraries.
I think this is a good start, but it is by no means where you should finish because there is so much that each of these ancient civilizations has to offer.

[Jasmine]

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]

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.

[Ann Bonney]

I would not normally rate a travel guide here, but this one was excellent and I found myself reading all of the background, history, and stories.

Fascinating history of Romania through the ages… I had no idea. Really great storytelling along with the expected solid recommendations for sights, cuisine, lodging, etc.

[David Burns]

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

[Nishelle D’souza]

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

[Cherie Heng]

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!

[vanessa.]

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

[Chas Bayfield]

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]

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.