# Planning a trip? 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. Step by step ## Where to start Follow the suggested order or choose a step. Projects open in new tabs. Optional checkmarks stay in this browser. 3 steps ### Three checks for a trip through Romania Start with your departure airport, check the return separately and, if you cross the Danube, check the direction of travel. ### 1. Choose your departure airport ↗ (https://mariuscomper.uk/lichide-bagaj-mana/en/#checker) Open the Romanian airport shown on your ticket and check its linked official source before departure. How recent is the rule you are relying on? The page compares SRI information documented for 17 airports and read on 4 November 2026; rules can change, so check the airport’s instructions before departure. ### 2. Check transfers and the return journey ↗ (https://mariuscomper.uk/lichide-bagaj-mana/en/#intoarcere) Check each airport where you will pass through security separately. Which of the rules you encounter limits what you can pack? Examples follow published rules for the included airports; exceptions and gaps in a source’s wording are flagged separately. ### 3. Crossing the Danube? Check the direction ↗ (https://mariuscomper.uk/taxa-pod-dunare/en/#alege) If your route includes a crossing, choose the location and direction in the tool and open its official source. Does the amount refer to your crossing and direction? The page is updated for changes dated 1 October 2026 and shows amounts from linked sources; check the official source before travelling. Continue with the projects and collections below. ## Arriving and getting around Airport transit, trains, stations and road crossings over the railway. - Hours to Kill at Bucharest Airport? Stay or Go: OTP Transit, Entry, City (https://mariuscomper.uk/escala-bucuresti/en/) 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. - Trains in Romania: CFR Tickets, Six Trunk Routes, and the Truth About Delays (https://mariuscomper.uk/trenuri-cfr/en/) 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. - Romania’s stations without trains: how many trains stop at every station, 2014–2026 (https://mariuscomper.uk/gara-ta/en/) 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. - Romania’s level crossings: how many passenger trains cut across each road, hour by hour (https://mariuscomper.uk/trecerea-la-nivel/en/) 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. ## Check the rules before you set off Luggage, visas, road tolls and seasonal conditions, with a date and source. - Liquids in hand luggage at Romanian airports: 100 ml or 2 litres? Airport-by-airport rules (2026) (https://mariuscomper.uk/lichide-bagaj-mana/en/) 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. - Romania Schengen Visa 2026: Interactive Guide for Chinese Passport Holders (https://mariuscomper.uk/viza-schengen-china/en/) 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. - Is the Fetești bridge toll still paid in 2026? Giurgeni, Giurgiu–Ruse, Calafat–Vidin and ferries, by direction (https://mariuscomper.uk/taxa-pod-dunare/en/) 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. - Transfagarasan: Is It Open? Season Dates, Transalpina Too (https://mariuscomper.uk/transfagarasan/en/) 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. ## Choose a place to explore Landscapes, routes and places with stories to explore before you visit. - Everyone goes to Viscri and Biertan. There are 160 more fortified churches, and at most of them you phone for the key. (https://mariuscomper.uk/biserici-fortificate/en/) A map of Transylvania's 162 fortified churches includes the seven UNESCO villages, heritage class, published opening hours, keyholder contact and damaged buildings. - Where to Drink Romanian Wine: DOC Regions, the Recaș Visit, Tasting in Five Steps (https://mariuscomper.uk/vinuri-romania/en/) Browse Romania’s 35 DOC wine regions, check Recaș visitor packages and booking rules, and follow Cotnari’s five-step tasting method. - Sunrise behind the Torre Glòries and sunset down the Diagonal: Barcelona's light by date (https://mariuscomper.uk/soarele-barcelonei/en/) 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. - Barcelona's beaches: where the sea was in 1957, and where it is now (https://mariuscomper.uk/plajele-barcelonei/en/) 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. ## Keep exploring - Barcelona, neighbourhood by neighbourhood ↗ (https://mariuscomper.uk/en/barcelona/) - United Kingdom ↗ (https://mariuscomper.uk/en/united-kingdom/) - Transport ↗ (https://mariuscomper.uk/en/transport/) - Travellers ↗ (https://mariuscomper.uk/en/travellers/) - Romania for visitors ↗ (https://mariuscomper.uk/en/visiting-romania/) Follow this selection by RSS → (https://mariuscomper.uk/en/for-travellers/feed.xml) Search and saving use JavaScript. Collections, county pages and project links remain readable without it. Marius Comper · https://mariuscomper.uk/en/for-travellers/