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Triplandio Romania guide covers 12 travel guides with 1 city across 32 areas, complete with hotel picks. Explore 44 self-guided walking tours in Romania with 225 POI, spanning 182.9 km in total. Get inspired by 12 local dishes, complete with recipes and our unique Food Flavour DNA graph.
City & Country Data Romania
Key travel data — cost of living, safety, healthcare, local currency and essentials, curated by Triplandio.
🌍 Romania
Cost
HIGH
Safety
70
Health
47
Lifestyle
64
Infra
50
Rank
#47
Score
48
Tourists
5.0M/y
GDP/cap
$22.5k
Life Exp
76.5 yrs
Population
19.0M
Currency
RON lei
Language
Romanian
Payments
Cards OK
Emergency
112
Traditional Local Food Romania
Local Flavours of Romania — Explore recipes, history, our unique food flavour DNA graph and more.
Main course
Meat
Ardei Umpluți
Ar-day Oomp-loots
· Stuffed bell peppers
Peppers stuffed with a rice and meat mixture, served with a tomato sauce.
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Main course
Vegetarian
Bulz
Bools
· Polenta and cheese dish
Grilled polenta balls filled with telemea cheese and often bacon.
Soup
Meat
Ciorbă de burtă
CHOR-buh deh BOOR-tuh
Traditional tripe soup with sour cream.
Dessert
Vegetarian
Papanasi
Papanași
pah-pah-NAH-shee
Fried doughnuts with sour cream and jam.
Main course
Meat
Tochitură Moldovenească
Toh-khi-too-ruh Mol-doh-veh-neshk-ah
· Moldovan pork stew
Rich and flavorful pork stew with polenta and cheese.
Starter
Vegan
Zacuscă
Za-koos-ka
· Roasted vegetable spread
A smoky spread made from roasted vegetables, typically eggplant and peppers.
Snack
Vegetarian
Covrigi
Co-vree-ghee
· Romanian pretzels
Baked pretzels, typically with a salted crust.
Main course
Meat
Șnițel de porc
Shnee-tzel de pork
· Pork schnitzel
Breaded and fried pork cutlet.
Soup
Vegetarian
Ciorbă de legume
Chor-buh deh leh-goom-eh
· Vegetable sour soup
A tangy vegetable soup made with fermented bran.
Dessert
Vegetarian
Cozonac
koh-ZOH-nahk
A sweet, leavened bread filled with nuts, cocoa, and sometimes Turkish delight.