Romanian Coast

May 1st in Romania = No day off

by Craig Turp April 30, 2010 Bucharest

 We had one very disappointed small boy on our hands last night. Having told him last week that he would be getting this coming Monday off school for the May Bank Holiday he was traumatised to discover that in Romania, logic is not at home. Though Monday is of course May 3rd, we assumed (wrongly) [...]

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Photo Opportunity

by Craig Turp March 26, 2010 Romania

 Dear Bucharest Life Reading the news that Romania’s coast will not be forming part of the country’s new Tourism Brand, I dare say we can assume that as a result, our glorious beaches will no longer be promoted internationally, neither on television nor in printed promotional materials? Bearing this in mind, I wonder if you [...]

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Romanian Tourism Ministry gets it (partly) right. At last

by Craig Turp March 26, 2010 Bucharest

 Now there’s a nice surprise. News reaches us today that everybody’s favourite Tourism Minister, Elena Udrea, has taken the sound advice offered here by our good selves (and, we doubt not, in many other places by many other people) and finally realised that Romania – as a tourist destination – cannot be all things to [...]

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Photo Opportunity

by Craig Turp February 24, 2010 Romania

 Dear Bucharest Life I read the other day that the Minister of Tourism, Elena Udrea, is to invest €850,000 of her ministry’s money on new road signs to help tourists find Romania’s major tourist hotspots. As I am sure that the Romanian seaside will be one of those tourist hotspots to benefit from the improvement [...]

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