Romania & Bulgaria

by Mark Baker, Richard Waters, Chris Deliso

Though distinct countries with different cultures, Romania and Bulgaria share a magnificent landscape of mountains and monasteries, riveting history of domination and rebirth, and a long stretch of Black Sea beach.
Inspirational images
Author recommendations
Destination highlights
The best of local knowledge

Coverage Icludes: Planning chapters, Bucharest, Wallachia, Transylvania, Crişana, Banat, Maramureş,
Moldavia, the Bucovina Monasteries, The Danube Delta, Black Sea Coast, Sofia, Plovdiv, the Southern Mountains, Veliko Târnovo, Central Mountains, Black Sea Coast, Understand and Survival.

Genres: Travel, Nonfiction, Reference, Romania

512 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 2013

About the author

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There is more than one author in the GoodReads database with this name.

Mark^^^Baker - travel writer

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.