Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Post Office
(Str Kossuth Lajos 3; 7am-8pm Mon-Fri, 8.30am-1pm Sat)
Tourist Information Centre
( 0266-317 007;
www.szereda.ro
; Piaţa Cetăţii 1, Room
120; 8am-4pm Mon-Fri)
A well-hidden information office on the 1st floor of city hall,
and probably as a result, rarely visited. Staff hand out a free town guide/map (in Hungari-
an and Romanian) and can help with area info.
Getting There & Away
The
Agenţia de Voiaj CFR
( 0266-311 924; Str Kossuth Lajos 12, 1st fl;
7.30am-6pm Mon-Fri)
sells advance tickets. From Miercurea Ciuc there are more than 10
trains to Braşov (28.70 lei, two to 2½ hours) via Sfântu Gheorghe (22.70 lei, 1½ hours);
three continue to Bucharest (65 lei, five hours). There are also 11 daily trains to Gheorgh-
eni (18 lei, one hour), and two daily trains to Budapest (300 lei, 20 hours) and Iaşi (85 lei,
seven hours).
The
bus station
( 0266-324 334; Str Braşovului 1)
is 50m north of the train station.
A couple of daily buses go to Braşov (20 lei, two hours), six to Gheorgheni (10 lei, 1¼
hours), plus six to Sfântu Gheorghe (15 lei), nine to Odorheiu Secuiesc (12 lei), and three
to Budapest (110 lei).
Gheorgheni
POP 19,705
Surrounded by stunning scenery on one of Romania's prettiest drives (the 13A and 13B,
via Sovata), with the mountains surging over golden plains dotted with flocks of sheep,
Gheorgheni is at best an overnight stop. Most of its limited life, including guesthouses,
banks and restaurants, gravitates around the triangular park of Piaţa Libertăţii.
Sights
The
Tarisznyás Márton County Museum
(Városi Tarisznyás Márton Muzeum;
0266-365 229; Str Rácóczi 1; adult/student 6/3 lei; 9am-5pm Tue-Sun)
, 400m east of
Piaţa Libertăţii, is in an 18th-century Armenian trade house and it's well worth a visit to
see the intricately carved wooden fence posts, craftworkers' tools, and other artefacts of
Magyar and Székely culture. It backs onto an
Armenian Church
, which dates from the
17th century, when many Armenians lived in town.
