Travel apps to plan a trip in Romania

To help in researching and planning the next trip in Romania, here is a selection of apps that offer details on urban and nature sites in the country.

When arriving or departing from Romania, Henri AppPort, the app of the Henri Coandă International Airport, Bucharest’s main one, allows users to check the status of their flight and the schedule of arrivals and departures and locate their check-in point and gate, as well as restaurants and service outlets on an airport map. Those who download the app, available for both IOs and Android devices, have a 10% discount in all airport restaurants and cafes. Upon using it, further discounts are available.

Many regions and cities in the country now offer tourist apps, with information regarding accommodation options, eating out and events. One of the first to launch was Visit Maramure s, covering the beautiful region of Maramureș, in northern Romania. The app, available in Romanian and English, offers information on accommodation, restaurants, and tourist info points in the area, as well as the events taking place. It also includes a route of the wooden churches in the region that have been included in the UNESCO Heritage Sites list, a route of the eco-road Greenway Maramureș, as well as a map of the county. It is available for both Android and iOs devices, hereand here.

Several other counties and regions have launched their own tourist apps, and the list includes Harghita, Covasna, Neamț, Mureș, Prahova, Caras Severin, Buzău and Bran. Among the Romanian cities that showcase themselves to tourists with dedicated apps are Iași, Brașov, Sibiu, Cluj-Napoca, Oradea, Arad, Sighișoara, and Tușnad.

Munţii Noştri offers directions and descriptions of local mountain trails. Trails have additional info about seasonality, sections where directions might be unclear because of barely visible trail markings, and information about water sources. All trails have technical details such as difficulty, length, total ascent, total descent, duration, maximum elevation, while every mountain region has a a list of approved trails. Users can download maps for offline use, and descriptions of tourist attractions in the area are also available. The language of the appdepends on the operating system (Romanian or English).