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margolden Jun 7th, 2008 04:03 AM

Motels in Oradea
 
Could anybody recommend an inexpensive but decent motel in Oradea?

Jed Jun 7th, 2008 05:58 AM

Can you give us an idea where is Oradea? ((*))

tower Jun 7th, 2008 06:34 AM

Oradea is a major city in western Romania...there are also a handful fair priced hotels therein also. However, I only stayed in Oradea once back in pre-revolution days, with a family I was interviewing. It is a well situated, good looking city on a riverside, just over the Hungrian border.

stu t.

margolden Jun 7th, 2008 10:30 AM

Whimper-whimper... Oradea is also known as Nagyvárad, I understand. (The Hungarian name.) I'm getting in on the 11th from Budapest, and was hoping for a peaceful night's sleep before traveling on. Thanks, anyway! :)

tower Jun 7th, 2008 11:55 AM

Mar:


Most cities and towns in Transylvania and other parts of the former Austro-Hungarian empire had Hungarian names..the largest one, Timoshoara was Temesvar, Satu-Mare was Szatmarnemesht, and so on. It even serves as a rather humorous episode in one of my books on the region.

If you're researching your family roots, I'd be happy to point you in an effective direction. with an organization called The Jewish Genealoigical Association, Special Interest Group on Romania...matters not whether your Jewish, their services are readily available to anyone.

Stu t.

margolden Jun 8th, 2008 07:44 AM

Thanks for the pointer, Stu t., but my roots are mainly dead. My 90 days' stay limit is about up in Hungary, and immigration people told me to get my body over to a non-Schengen country to be stamped out and in again. I suppose,people travel for all kinds of reasons. :D

MilenaM Jun 8th, 2008 08:44 AM

Are you driving or taking the train?

margolden Jun 9th, 2008 12:15 PM

I'm taking the train. Gas is way to expensive in Europe.

MilenaM Jun 10th, 2008 06:14 PM

http://www.cazaretransilvania.ro/Oradea192a.html

You will find a few hostels/motels here. I do not know how far away from the train station they would be, but send them an e-mail, maybe they could even pick you up.


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