Romania Solo Female Travel Safety Tips and Advice

On this page you will find first-hand, unbiased, and real safety tips, advice and reviews from women traveling solo, submitted directly from their personal experiences in the country.

Their opinions are unfiltered and submitted independently as part of the Solo Female Travel Safety Index, a ranking of 210 countries and regions based on how safe they are for women traveling solo.

The safety scores range from 1 to 4 with 1 being the safest and 4 being the most dangerous for solo female travelers.

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Romania Country data

We have compiled a few data points below that can help you better understand Romania and have more context when thinking about travel safety.

Official country name: Romania.

Etymology: The name derives from the Latin "Romanus" meaning "citizen of Rome" and was used to stress the common ancient heritage of Romania's three main regions, Moldavia, Transylvania, and Wallachia, during their gradual unification between the mid-19th century and early 20th century.

Capital: Bucharest.

Independence / foundation: The principalities of Wallachia and Moldavia, for centuries under the suzerainty of the Turkish Ottoman Empire, secured their autonomy in 1856. They were de facto linked in 1859 and formally united in 1862 under the new name of Romania. The country gained recognition of its independence in 1878.

Population: 18 million.

Currency: Romanian Leu (RON)
1 USD = 4.53 - 4.63 RON
1 EUR = 4.97 RON

Time zone: UTC+2

Languages spoken: Romanian (official) 86%, Hungarian 6%, Romani 1%, other 1%, unspecified 6%.

Religions: Eastern Orthodox (including all sub-denominations) 82%, Protestant (various denominations including Reformed and Pentecostal) 6%, Roman Catholic 4%, other (includes Muslim) <1%, none or atheist <1%, unspecified 6%.

Climate: Temperate climate with cold, cloudy winters with frequent snow and fog, and sunny summers with frequent showers and thunderstorms.

Real GDP (ppp – purchasing power parity): $618.95 billion.

Real GDP per capita (ppp): $32,500.

Main airports: Henri Coandă International Airport, Cluj-Napoca International Airport.

World heritage sites in Romania

There are over 1,100 world heritage sites spread across more than 165 countries. New ones are added every year, and some may be removed from the list for various reasons.

Number of UNESCO listed sites: 9.

Top world heritage sites:

- Churches of Moldavia.
- Historic Centre of Sighişoara.
- Danube Delta.
- Monastery of Horezu.
- Villages with Fortified Churches in Transylvania.
- Dacian Fortresses of the Orastie Mountains.
- Wooden Churches of Maramureş.
- Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe.
- Roșia Montană Mining Landscape.

Interesting facts about Romania

- Romania is home to the second largest underground glacier in Europe, the 3500-year old Scarisoara glacier.

- Henri Coanda, Romanian inventor and aerodynamics pioneer, designed and built the first jet powered aircraft, known as the Coandă in 1910.

- The first industrial oil refinery in the world opened at Ploieşti in southern Romania in 1857.

- Romanian gymnast Nadia Comaneci was the first to achieve a perfect routine and get the first perfect score of 10 in the history of gymnastics, during the Olympics in Montreal in 1976. The scoreboard didn't know what to do because the number had never been displayed before.

Further reading: N/A.

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About the Solo Female Travel Safety Index

Safety matters to solo female travelers, you told us so in our annual Solo Female Travel Survey, where year after year, women prove that this is their most important concern when traveling solo.

We wanted to do something about it, so we built these country-specific pages where you can find reviews and scores for 7 key variables affecting the safety of women traveling solo.

How to use the Safety Index

On this page, you will find the country score and the personal opinions on safety of other women traveling solo.

You can sort the comments by:

• The level of experience traveling solo of the reviewer (beginner = <5 trips solo, Intermediate = 5 to 10 trips solo, Experienced = >10 trips solo).
• The age of the traveler.
• Whether they are a visitor or local.
• The date they were posted.

The safety scores range from 1 to 4 with 1 being the safest and 4 being the most dangerous for solo female travelers. 

Thus, the lower the score, the safer the country.

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