Location
Welcome to Bacau, Romania!
Bacau is the main city in Bacau County, Romania. With a population of 133,460, it is the 15th largest city in Romania. The city is situated in the historical region of Moldavia, at the foothills of the Carpathian Mountains, and on the Bistrita River. The Ghimes Pass links Bacau to
Transylvania. The famous gymnast
Nadia Comaneci, the founder of the Dada/Dadaism movement
Tristan Tzara, and the king
Stephen III of Moldavia (Stephen the Great) were born in Bacau County. Also, the composer/violonist/pianist
Georges Enesco lived in Bacau County.
George Bacovia (poet),
Vasile Alecsandri (poet, playwright and politician),
Solomon Marcus (mathematician), and
Doina Melinte (athlete) are other Romanian personalities who were born in Bacau city. The local time in Bacau is GMT+2.
How to reach Bacau
There are some
direct flights from European main cities to Bacau: from London (Luton), Paris (Beauvais), Dublin, Brussels (Zaventem), Rome (Fiumicino), Milano (Bergamo), Turin (Cuneo), Bologna and Timisoara.
Also, you can fly to Bacau via Timisoara, from Munich, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Munich, Stuttgart, Athens, Thessaloniki, Ancona, Florence, Venice, Verona, Bari.
Other close airport (1h:30min of driving) is Iasi. There are direct flights to Iasi from Vienna and Bucharest (the capital of Romania). If you arrive in Bucharest, you can come in Bacau renting a car (4 h of driving) or by train (4:30 h).
By car, from Tirgu Mures airport (arrivals from Budapest, Madrid and Dortmund) 5 h of driving.
Trains schedule:
http://www.infofer.ro
The official website for travel and tourism:
http://www.romaniatourism.com/
Visa information
Please see the
ROMANIA Ministry of Foreign Affairs official website.
Pictures from Bacau
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