Visiting Oradea (Nagyvarad) Romania

Visiting Oradea (Nagyvarad) Romania

Train from Budapest, HU

7200 forint (30 euro roundtrip)
3.5 hours (two direct trains a day, three additional possibilities with transfers)

With the train station to your back, walk left down the busy Republic Street. After the McDonalds on the ground floor of a massive communist building taking up a big chunk of land on the right side of the road, veer right onto the Republica pedestrian street. The two main squares are at the end of the pedestrian street, straddling the river Crişul Repede.

To get to the hostel, take the very first right after the bridge, heading downstream. After a block, just before another massive monolith, most of the traffic will split left, following the river, but you should continue to walk down Vladminscu Street.

The churches are gorgeous, whether they be proudly catholic, ornately orthodox or stately (but deserted) Jewish synagogues. Guidebooks offer good explanations.

The city is abound with taxis. Capitalism run amuck. But use them to your advantage, as a cheap alternatives to going to the hassle of figuring out the relatively expensive public transportation, especially if travelling in a party of two or more.