Travel guides, rules and places to explore in Romania, London and Barcelona. Some information changes; check each page’s date and source before you go.
Airport transit, trains, stations and road crossings over the railway.
For a Bucharest airport layover, compare staying in the terminal, visiting the city or staying overnight. Check transit and entry rules, then compare measured train, bus and taxi times.
Learn how to buy CFR tickets and compare six routes checked on 25 September 2026. The guide covers sleeper and bicycle fares, plus the European rules for delay compensation.
On a Wednesday in March 2026 Romania’s timetable has 1,804 passenger trains, about as many as in 2014 (1,728), but they stop at 95 fewer stations. 182 stations and halts have no train left; 92 towns and communes, home to 454,457 people, have no station with trains, from Hunedoara to Fălticeni and Turnu Măgurele.
Every train in the 2025–26 timetable placed on its line: 325 passenger trains a weekday cross Strada Marmurei and Strada Soldat Neagoe Teodor in Bucharest, and all ten of the busiest crossings lie between Bucharest and Ploiești. A day-clock for each of the 3,272 level crossings with passenger trains.
Luggage, visas, road tolls and seasonal conditions, with a date and source.
Pick the Romanian airport, the product and the container size: 2 litres at Bucharest Otopeni, Băneasa, Cluj and Sibiu, 100 ml at the other 13. With the sentence from the SRI page, and the rule for transfers and the return flight.
Chinese passport holders can check where to apply and which documents to prepare for a trip to Romania. The guide follows the EU’s harmonised list for China and reflects Romania’s Schengen membership since 1 January 2025.
From 1 October 2026 Romania no longer charges a bridge toll at Fetești–Cernavodă, Giurgeni–Vadu Oii or on Giurgiu → Ruse, but the rovinietă stays and Bulgaria and the Calafat–Vidin bridge still charge. Pick a crossing on the map of the Danube, a vehicle and a direction and see the amount, with the source of each line, the rovinietă by Euro norm, the steps to get back tolls paid in advance and the sources that disagree. In Romanian and English.
Is the Transfagarasan open now? Opening and closing dates 2015–2026, Transalpina comparison, altitude profile, fuel, the Balea cable car, and what to do when it's closed.
Landscapes, routes and places with stories to explore before you visit.
A map of Transylvania's 162 fortified churches includes the seven UNESCO villages, heritage class, published opening hours, keyholder contact and damaged buildings.
Browse Romania’s 35 DOC wine regions, check Recaș visitor packages and booking rules, and follow Cotnari’s five-step tasting method.
For your days in Barcelona: when the sun rises behind the Torre Glòries (21–23 April and 20–22 August in 2027), when it sets at the far end of the Diagonal, and when it shines the whole length of the Eixample's streets. The minute, the day and where to stand.
The water's edge on nine Barcelona beaches, measured every 20 metres on 29 aerial photos, 1946–2025. At Barceloneta the sea is where it was in 1957; at Mar Bella it is 270 metres further out. Across the nine beaches, the sand added in 2010 was gone within about a decade. The coast unrolled into one strip, year by year, and every beach with its own width. In Romanian, English, Spanish and Catalan.