Romania & Moldova (Lonely Planet Travel Guides) Paperback – January 1, 2004

This book is great.Last summer I took my first overseas trip in my life. Being a lazy American, I did no real research and I landed in Bucharest Romania with nothing to fall back on but the 3rd Edition of Lonely Planet's "Romania & Moldova."I was supposed to meet a friend who was traveling from Russia, but long story short... I was not able to meet up with him until 5 days later. I did not have any travel itinerary but this book allowed me to make the most of those 5 days by myself.After those first days on my own, I finally met my buddy in Budapest Hungary, but then we traveled back to Romania for another 5 days or so.The information in this book made it possible for me to have the trip of a lifetime. The only thing wish I did differently was take a Romanian language book with me.That said, this book was hands down an invaluable asset to me.I used this book to visit Bucharest, Deva, Hunedoara, Sighisoara, Sibiu and Poienari. (Except for BucharestI did not know anything about these towns and cities but this book helped me find them)Traveling in a country where I could not speak the language and very few people could speak English was a tough experience for me, but this book helped make my trip an awesome adventure.If I every make it back to Romania, I will be taking this book with me!

To be upfront with people I'm originally from Romania and thus know a lot about the culture and places. I bought the book to see what somebody else has to say about my home country and I loved it. If you are new to Romania, maybe you don't know where it is, maybe you just heard about it, or something than definately buy the book to see what it's all about. Romania as described here is an "exotic" country with many traditions and fantastic places but not enough visitors.

There is not much to find about Moldova.If you go there first time, like me, then its the best book you could wish for.Lots of good tips and all you need to know..

I am planninga trip to Romania and I bought this book to help. It is very good, vivid, easy to understand and it makes me wish I was already there!

No pictures. Ok book but I would try to find a better one

I've always like Lonely Planet guides. The format of putting the country into reigions so that you can see what is near were you are going is very helpful. This particular guide is becoming dated as Romania has joined the European Union and the country is on the quick path to change. Many of the quaint traditions are giving way to western traditions. I stayed in country for 2 weeks and this was an excellent reference. My Romanian friends were using it to find out about other parts of the country as we traveld there. I also bought the frommers guide and this one is much better in my opinion

My aunt recently went on a tour around the two countries and felt that she missed out on understanding some of what she was seeing. Whilst there's no current version of this book, it appears that much of the content is still relevant and up to date. She felt that it provided her with a good understanding of much of what she had seen.

LP always tops

The book gave me the information I required - yes it is little out of date hence the cheap price

Lonely planet guides are ideal for short breaks. This one is great for Romania and Moldova which I am visiting in February.

An excellent travel guide which I took with me and used extensively on my recent trip to Moldova.