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Romania (Lonely Planet Romania) Paperback – January 1, 2009

by Leif Pettersen (Author), Mark Baker (Author)
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•74 detailed and easy to use maps •Essential colour highlights show you the very best of Romania •Includes full coverage of Transylvania •Green Index to help make your travels ecofriendly

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    356 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    GeoPlaneta
  4. Publication date
    January 1, 2009
  5. Dimensions
    5.04 x 0.71 x 7.76 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    1741048923
  7. ISBN-13
    978-1741048926
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Romania's singular beauty, beguiling simplicity and fascinating history will thrill those jaded Euro-philes tired of the crowds and clichés further west. Discover the gruesome truth about the 'real' Dracula at Poienari Citadel, escape to Maramures for villages steeped in local customs, or experience the spectacle of mass migration on a Danube Delta bird-watching tour.

About the Author

Mark Baker es un escritor de viajes freelance con debilidad por las historias diferentes y los lugares olvidados. Nació en Estados Unidos pero ha hecho de Praga su ciudad de adopción. Ahora escribe principalmente guías sobre Europa del Este y central para Lonely Planet y para otras importantes editoriales, pero lo que más le gusta es sacar a la luz historias sobre lugares remotos o demasiado singulares para las guías. También colabora con publicaciones como Wall Street Journal y National Geographic Traveler. Antes de convertirse en escritor, trabajó como periodista para The Economist, Bloomberg News y Radio Free Europe, entre otros. Actualmente, cuando no viaja, enseña historia centroeuropea y periodismo en la Anglo-American University de Praga o se pierde con su bicicleta. Tiene un máster en Asuntos Internacionales de la Columbia University de Nueva York. Se le puede seguir en Twitter e Instragram: @markbakerprague

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ GeoPlaneta; 5th edition (January 1, 2009)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 356 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1741048923
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1741048926
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 13.4 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.04 x 0.71 x 7.76 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
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    Leif Pettersen is a tourism professional, writer, humorist, and world traveler from Minneapolis, Minn. He has traveled through 55 countries and lived in Spain, Romania and Italy.

    Pettersen was a silver medalist at the 2014 International Jugglers' Association championships, loves chocolate, hates pickles, types with exactly four fingers, and can escape from a straitjacket. He has not vomited since 1993, making him a consummate travel journalist and excellent party guest.

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    Mark Baker is a freelance travel writer with a penchant for offbeat stories and forgotten places. He's originally from the United States, but now makes his home in the Czech capital, Prague.

    He writes mainly travel guides on Eastern and Central Europe for publishers like Lonely Planet, Frommer’s, Fodor’s and National Geographic, but finds real satisfaction in digging up stories in places that are either too remote or too quirky for the guides. He also contributes occasionally to publications like The Wall Street Journal and National Geographic Traveler. Prior to becoming an author, he worked as a journalist for The Economist, Bloomberg News and Radio Free Europe.

    When he’s not traveling, these days he’s teaching Central European history and journalism at Anglo-American University in Prague or out riding his bike. He has a master’s degree in International Affairs from Columbia University in New York.

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Dr. Dale
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book full of facts - why do I know? See review
Reviewed in the United States on January 31, 2011
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I first went to Romania in 1973 and have traveled over a lot of the country on many visits since that time. We operate a Children/Youth camp in the mountains near Beius, Romania. I've not had the time to read this book because that will come when I am next in Romania, and I use it to compare what I've known in the past with what I see this this next time. I could have used it in August 2010 when I was last there. I am building my new Romanian book library now with Amazon. You have one of the best selections available on the Web.

Dr. Dale

PS: I also ordered Water Pic fillers, but it was bumped out of the order???
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Roberta Pauley
4.0 out of 5 stars Looks good. Haven't used it yet
Reviewed in the United States on August 9, 2016
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Looks good. Haven't used it yet.
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Janet W.
5.0 out of 5 stars A must for travelers to Romania.
Reviewed in the United States on November 29, 2014
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Well written and full of necessary information for Romania.
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2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing
Reviewed in the United States on July 13, 2011
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Lonely Planet, why have you foresaken us (inquiring- and budget-minded travelers)? The guidebooks seem to be trending towards mediocre, and this is the worst one I've come across. It's short on both practical info. and historical/cultural context.

The maps are largely useless. I would say that on average, about half of the streets go unnamed (not even in the tiny print). Another failing is the pronunciation guide, i.e., there is none for the consonants. One can infer a rule for the sound of, e.g., the letter "c" before the different vowels (s- or ch-sound) by looking at the phonetic spellings given, but there is no reason to make the reader do so much work.

It would have been helpful to know more about business hours ("orar" or "program" in Romanian). LP says that "'Western-style' supermarkets and shopping malls are common in much of Romania". Well, if they say so; such are not common in the pedestrianised city centers where tourists otherwise have the most reason to be. I found that "non stop" convenience stores are abundant, so it is much easier to pick up necessities at odd hours than in, say, Germany or France. But it would have been very helpful to know that, e.g., there is a supermarket (Carrefour) in the Orchideea mall in Bucharest that stays open late. More generally, this LP has virtually nothing to say about what the old LP's called "self-catering". It would have been useful to know, e.g., that the "Angst" chain stores in Bucharest are groceries (wouldn't have guessed that from the name). And I wish I'd known sooner that Piata Amzei in Bucharest is the site of a nice produce market.

It would be useful for vegetarians to know whether the ubiquitous ciorba (soup) is made with meat stock. (I'm guessing it is.)

LP tells you that one can buy train tickets at the stations or at CFR offices, but doesn't specify where you can use a credit card to pay for them (not everyplace, I've learned). Also, trips on the line from Bucharest north to Brasov take about 2 hours longer than the times listed due to construction that's been underway since at least the summer of 2010.

The introductory sections failed to answer some basic questions. For instance, who was Nicolae Balcescu, namesake of so many streets? (Leader of the 1848 Wallachian Revolution, according to Wikipedia.) Under the heading "Women in Romania", we are told about domestic violence and rape laws. Those are certainly important. But there is nothing about abortion policies, about which those of us are curious who have seen the film "4 mos., 3 wks. and 2 days" or who are old enough to remember the Romanian orphan crisis of the 1900s.

But I bet we're not the market for this book. In place of information like this, we get a comparison between Vlad Tepes (the Impaler) and Dracula on such parameters as "Bi-curious" (apparently Vlad's "handlebar moustache" is a giveaway) and "Legend has it that Iasi's street system was plotted by a blindfolded, three-legged donkey. OK, we made that up, but look at the map--it's plausible". Not a great use of space, in my opinion.

My irritation with this volume only increased when I read that a co-author's "weakness for pretty girls brought him to Romania in 2004". (The most generous interpretation I can put on this is that it is an obscure reference to the legend that the Romans stayed in Dacia because they found the Dacian women beautiful.) I guess obtaining useful information wasn't his priority in chatting up the locals.

Post scriptum: I found the Rough Guide to Romania much more useful, although also more bulky and heavier.
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2.0 out of 5 stars If I could see the small print
Reviewed in the United States on February 13, 2011
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I bought this book for $16.00 and it might be a good book if I could actually see the tiny tiny print and no color maps and tiny maps as well save your money..If you want to carry a magnifying glass with you when you travel this is for you.Do yourself a favor and check out your libary before buying this book..
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5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in Canada on March 22, 2018
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great book
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James
5.0 out of 5 stars BUY!!!!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 28, 2013
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NOT ENOUGH WORDS TO EXPLAIN HOW BRILLIANT THIS IS!!!!
It has everything! Detailed maps, recomended and non recomended areas, food, currency, distances, language translations the lot!
This book lets you know almost everything you need to know to have a good adventure in Romania. Plus the material given gan be trusted as the authors travel their all the time and have tried everything they talk about in the book.
Small, bout A5 size, and handy for traveling - a worthy buy.
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あおタン
3.0 out of 5 stars 初心者向？
Reviewed in Japan on April 12, 2013
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ルーマニアヘ初めて行く、行きたい、行こうか、という人にはお勧めです。
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peter edward hartley
4.0 out of 5 stars A good read
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 1, 2021
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a handy book to read .
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大森
2.0 out of 5 stars モルドヴァの情報は入っていない
Reviewed in Japan on April 20, 2012
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タイトルに「ルーマニア＆モルドヴァ」と入っているが、ルーマニアのみでモルドヴァの情報はない。以前はセットだったようだが現在の版は1国のみ。Amazon側のタイトルの付け間違いだと思う。ルーマニアのガイドとしても欲しかったのでOKではあるが、モルドヴァにも期待している人（自分もそうだった）は要注意だ。
追記：モルドヴァはEastern Europeに入っている。Lonely Planetのサイトから該当ページのPDFのみ$5程度で購入することも可能。
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