Understand edit
Calafat is a major crossing point between Romania and Bulgaria. The New Europe Bridge opened in 2013 between Calafat and Vidin (in Bulgaria) across the Danube River.
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By train edit
There are four slow (the 107 km trip takes three - three and half hours) Personal type trains daily from Craiova.
By bus edit
There are frequent buses from Craiova; travel time is around two hours. There is a bus that goes to Calafat from Vidin and Craiova.
By ferry edit
The ferry to/from Vidin used to run several times per day.
By car edit
Via E85, from Bucharest, Pitești, Craiova.
Via DN55A, from Bucharest, Alexandria, Turnu Măgurele, Corabia.
Get around edit
The city is walkable. Taxi service is present in Calafat.
See edit
- Muzeul de Arta si Etnografie (Art and Ethnography Museum), 22 Decembrie street, no. 6, ☏ +40 251 232251, fax: +40 251 230883.
Do edit
Take a walk towards the Calafat Beach, a small strip of pebbles and mud at the end of the Municipal Park:
- See the statue of Marița
- See the Monument of Independence, and the Monument of the Soviet Soldier
- See the modern wood sculptures scattered around the park
Celebrate the Days of Calafat, which take place yearly between 3/4-May and 6/7-May.
Buy edit
In the Civic Center of the city, there is a flea market that sells, among others, handcrafted silver jewelry of the best quality.
Eat edit
- Restaurant Max, Bulevardul Tudor Vladimirescu, ☏ +40 757 044 144. Open every day 08:00–01:00. Well known in Calafat.
Drink edit
Sleep edit
1 Casa Italia, Bd. Horia, Cloșca și Crișan, nr. 41, Calafat, ☏ +40 783 062 655. Check-in: 14:00, check-out: 12:00. Italian-inspired 3-star hotel in Calafat. Price per night, per single room, starting from 35 EUR.
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