Maramures - Romania and Bulgaria - page 375

(Piaţa Agroalimentara) The town market is a good spot to pick up picnic provisions, with
a large selection of fruit and vegetables as well as big loaves of bread and excellent, fresh-
baked covrigi (0.50 lei).

Moak
Offline map
(Central Caffe; Piaţa Libertăţii 23; 8am-10pm; ) Local haunt with strong coffee,
free wi-fi and a few sugary snacks to keep your stomach from rumbling. It's facing the
square. Immediately outside is a little kiosk selling doughy pretzels (get them early morn-
ing).

BAR

Information

ATM (Piaţa Libertăţii 8) Outside Hotel Tisa.
Banca Română (Calea Ioan Mihaly de Apşa 24; 9am-5pm Mon-Fri) ATM, and cash
transfer and exchange facilities.
Post & Telephone Office (Str Ioan Mihaly de Apşa 39) Opposite the Maramureş Mu-
seum.

Getting There & Away

Bus
The bus station (Str Gării; closed Sun) is opposite the train station. There are several
local buses departing daily (except Sunday) to Baia Mare (12 lei, 65km) and Satu Mare
(20 lei, 122km), and regular services to Borşa (10 lei), Budeşti (7 lei), Călineşti (7 lei) and
Vişeu de Sus (10 lei), as well as Bârsana, Botiza, Ieud and Mara (all around 6 lei). From
Borşa, there are daily maxitaxi services to Moldavia: Vatra Dornei (departing at 11am, 20
lei) and Iaşi (departing at 1pm, about 40 lei).
For Budapest buy bus tickets from Hotel Coroana Offline map ( 0362-103 244;
[e-mail]; Piaţa Libertăţii 8) , where the bus leaves at 7pm (100 lei).
Atlassib ( 0262-519 365; Bogdan Vodă 5; 9am-5pm Mon-Fri, to 3pm Sat) Books
bus trips to major Romanian destinations.
Eurolines ( 0729-618 009; Bogdan Vodă 5; 9am-5pm Mon-Fri, 10am-1pm Sat)
Just off Piaţa Libertăţii. Offers Europe-wide long-distance coach service.