Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Post
The
Romanian Postal Service
(
www.posta-romana.ro
)
is slow but reliable and fine for
sending letters and nonessential parcels home. Buy stamps in post offices, as letters must
normally be weighed to determine correct postage.
»Delivery time within Europe is one week; overseas letters will take seven to 10 days.
Public Holidays
If you travel during public holidays it's wise to book ahead, as some hotels in popular des-
tinations may be full.
New Year
(1 and 2 January)
Orthodox Easter Monday
(April/May)
Labour Day
(1 May)
Pentecost
(May/June, 50 days after Easter Sunday)
Assumption of Mary
(15 August)
Feast of St Andrew
(30 November)
Romanian National Day
(1 December)
Christmas
(25 and 26 December)
Telephone
Domestic & International Calls
Romania has a modern telephone network of landlines and mobile (cell) phones. It's pos-
sible to receive and make direct international calls from anywhere in the country. Ro-
mania's country code is 40.
»All Romanian landline numbers have 10 digits, consisting of a zero, plus a city code and
the number.
