Timisoara, Romania., Timisoara, Romania

Timisoara was a bit of a wildcard choice for us; we had never heard of it, it had cheap flights from Bucharest (£8) and was near the border of Serbia. We did do a little google and it looked a nice place so we thought why not! Some of the best places we have been had been little known or slightly off ‘tourist central’. We caught our Ryanair plane from Bucharest which left on time for the short flight to Timisoara arriving at 19.20. By population, Timisoara is currently the fourth biggest city in Romania, constantly jostling for second place behind Bucharest with Cluj-Napoca and Constanta.

Unfortunately upon arrival things went slightly downhill; we had pre-booked accommodation as usual which included a free airport transfer; there was no sign of our transfer upon arrival. After phoning we were informed our host was not local and an uber would be arranged. This also did not materialise so after a long wait we ordered our own uber and made our way to the accommodation. Unfortunately, upon arrival this was not of a good standard with no working toilet, a horrible smell and the kitchen had a very poor level of cleanliness. Despite paying in advance for this accommodation we were tired and fed up so booked into a different hotel at a good rate with late availability. We called an uber and arrived at our new hotel, The Excelsior, which was a vast improvement, at 10pm. Tired and a bit fed up we decided to get an early night and enjoy our full day in Timisoara tomorrow. ...... (follow the instructions below for accessing the rest of this article).