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♦ Accommodations [ go ]
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Accommodations [ top ] [ return ]
The conference has a block of 14 rooms reserved at Hotel Academica, a University facility at 20 minute walk from
the conference site. Each room has two twin beds, shower, fridge and TV. The
rate is 25€ a night. Reservations are made only through us, on the
basis of the list of names and dates we send (first come first serve). So
please let us know a.s.a.p. what your dates are and if you would consider
sharing the room with another participant.
Other affordable options are Hanul
lui Manuc [ website ] and Hotel Rembrandt [ website ]
More information on hotels and
apartments for rent is available [ here ]
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Airport - Hotel
The international airport near Bucharest is OTOPENI.
Please check the customs regulations for your own country for visa
requirements [ e.g. here ] From the airport, you need to take a taxi to the
hotel. It is preferable to opt for official companies (e.g., Fly, Taxi
2000, Cobalcescu, Meridian, Cristaxi,
Confort), especially if you need a receipt. The
official price runs up to RON 50. There are also unauthorized drivers offering
their services, and they generally end up charging you a bit more and being
unable to write it down for you as a receipt.
Excursion
A group of us intend to go to
the mountains after the conference. Anybody is welcome to join us. The plan
is to leave Bucharest on June 28th in the
morning by train, going to Sinaia, in the Bucegi mountains (in the general direction of Brasov). The return,
by train, would be on June 30th in the afternoon. The train trip Bucharest-Sinaia takes less than two hours, and a return ticket
is approx. RON 43. Activities for these 2,5 days include a ride on cable
car, hiking, visits to the Peles Palace and the Enescu house, a visit to Brasov and Poiana
Brasov, and eating in a few restaurants with authentic ethnic cuisine
(these are only suggestions, everybody is free to do what they see fit with
their time). We would like to make arrangements for accommodation, but we
need to know how many takers we have. Please let us know by May 1. For info
and pictures on Sinaia see [ website1 ] or [ website2 ]
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Currency [ top ] [ return ]
Presently, Romanian prices can
be read (and negotiated) in three currencies: ROL, RON and EUR.
ROL = Romanian Lei, the old
currency.
RON = Romanian New Lei, the very
new currency.
At this time, the currency
converter [ website ] gives these values:
1 RON = 10,000.00 ROL
1 EUR = 3.5 RON
1 CAD = 2.5 RON
There are bank machines all over
Bucharest
compatible with credit and debit cards of all denominations, although they
will only deliver RON/ROLs. Many restaurants and
shopping facilities accept credit cards. There is no need to carry large
amounts of cash on you.
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