Botosani Travel Guide

 jacobzoethout Says:  The local museum of Botosani tells the history of the city and its region from the prehistoric times until the recent history. It is hard to refuse the guided tour in the museum, even though the women guide doesn't speak english. 

 jacobzoethout Says:  This is a very nice park, just south of the pedestrian Strada Unirii. In good weather conditions, it is a good place to hang around. There is a lane in the park where men are playing all kind of games, like chess and rummykub. 

 jacobzoethout Says:  On the central square in the old heart of Botosani, there is a memorial to the Romanian soldiers who lost their lives in World War I. 

 jacobzoethout Says:  In the markets, there are gypsy women selling clothes. 

 jacobzoethout Says:  Lots of vegetables are being sold in a roofed part of the market 

 jacobzoethout Says:  The markets of Botosani on friday were an interesting authentic Romanian experience. It is very busy there, flowers, vegetables and clothes are being sold. Botosani is an important market town for the surrounding agricultural region. 

 jacobzoethout Says:  There is a big jewish cemetery on the Strada Mihai Eminescu, a few kilometres from the city centre. The cemetery is closed by a wall and a locked gated, and there are dogs guarding the place. If you want to visit it, contact the jewish community. Tombstones are from the 19th... 

 jacobzoethout Says:  In the beginning of the twentieth century, more then 15000 jews were living in Botosani. Most of them had professional jobs or were shop owners. There were about 70 synagogues in the city. There are only two or three of them left, and one is still functioning as a synagogue.... 

 jacobzoethout Says:  It is not easy to get inside the synagogue. If you want to visit the synagogue, contact the jewish community in Botosani. 

 jacobzoethout Says:  Hotel Rares is one of the most beautiful buildings in the old centre. It is the most baroque building on the picture. 

 jacobzoethout Says:  The old centre of Botosani is small; there is one street (Strada 1 Decembrie) and a square. The building on the picture is the beginning of the Strada 1 Decembrie, next to the Calea Nationala, the main road in the city. 

 jacobzoethout Says:  This is a very good patiserie in Botosani. Friendly people working there; a nice place to sit and drink a coffee and eat a placinta or another cake. 

 jacobzoethout Says:  There are lots of taxis driving around. The city centre is small so you dont need a taxi for that. To get top the cemetery, bus- or train station, take a taxi. In Botosani, taxi drivers will probably use the meter but ask just to make sure. Taxis are not expensive for... 

 jacobzoethout Says:  There are about seven daily busses from Botosani to Suceava. The bus was better then I would have ever expected. Very comfortable and clean.The trip costed about 1 euro.From Botosani, there are busses to lots of Romanian towns and cities, among them Iasi, Bucharest and Tirgu... 

 jacobzoethout Says:  There is a daily direct train from Bucharest to Botosani. It leaves little after 11 AM from Bucharest Gara de Nord. The trip takes about seven hours; it is a rapide train, it only stops in the bigger stations.A first class ticket costs about 19 euro, a second class ticket...