Hi!

I am living in Romania, so I can help you with informations :-)

Border: no problem (maybe you can wait a bit, but generally there are no problems with border crossing)

Fuel: no problem! there are petrol stations everyvhere in the country, but if you want quality petrol buy from big stations like: OMV, MOL, Lukoil, Petrom, Rompetrol ... (about 1 euro / litre) there are unleaded anywhere (ask if you are not sure unleaded = "fara plumb" in romanian)

Roads: The main (national) roads generally are OK, but the rest are very broken-down-looking.

Advice: Don't drive at night! There are carts and animals and people on the road!

People: generally are friendly, but try to find a secure place for you bike for night.

Hotels: no problems. The cost: from 20-25 euro middle range to the sky (high end)

Tips: Turistically Transylvania is the best followed by Moldova. Buy Lonely Planet and don't miss:

1. Transfagarasan, a road open betwen mid June - October high on the Fagaras mountains (2000 m above the sea level)!

2. Old saschz(?) (saxon) cities Sibiu (Hermannstadt), Sighisoara (Schassburg) with medieval churches and walls

3. Castles: old hungarian castle of Hunedoara (in the middle of a very-very ugly city), the Peles Castle and the Bran castle.

4. Lake St. Ana - a lake in an old vulcano crater

etc ...

Safe road!

Hi! I see you live in Tirgu-Mures. We have non-english speaking friends in TM; would you be kind and send me an email message as I have something non-related to his forum to ask? Thanks, Wim (email: wbajanssen'at'quicknet.nl)

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Riding any Road

Hi folks!

We (my wife and I) are back from a 4 days trip around south-west Romania.
We tried to go trough the pass Urdele, but the road is closed, so we opted for Sebes - Deva - Petrosani - Targu Jiu road. From here I can recomend you the road to Baia de Arama and Baile Herculane. The landscape is beautiful! The road is not the best but it was OK for a Hayabusa. Anyway we were not in a hurry.
Baile Herculane is a very nice resort, try to find the old centre, and you can feel the Habsburgic wind blowing even if the buildings are in bad shape. It is very easy to find a hostel.
Next day: Baile Herculane - Orsova - Drobeta Turnu Severin - Orsova - Moldova Noua, near the Danube. The landscape .... you have to see that! The road: potholes, potholes, potholes, but you can go easily near them by bike.
At Timisoara Hotel Banat has nice rooms and its own parking place with gate. (120 RON / room for two person + 6 RON bike / night)