PACT 2007 Local Information - Brasov
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getting around Brasov
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restaurants
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sights
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This page provides various details regarding Brasov
including restaurants, sightseeing, hotels,
and other useful items.
Transilvania University Aula
ARO Palace Hotel
ARO Palace conference room
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The conference hotel is the
ARO Palace Hotel, which is a five star hotel in the
historical center of Brasov.
PACT technical sessions,
the conference banquet on Monday evening, and most lunches
(Sept 15-19, except Tue. Sept 18)
will be held at the hotel.
Transportation between the international airport in Bucharest and
the conference hotel in Brasov can be arranged through PACT 2007.
More information regarding hotel and airport transportation reservations
is available on the
PACT 2007 Hotel and Airport Transportation Reservations page.
The workshops and tutorials proceeding the
conference on September 15 and 16 will be held at the Aula (Iuliu Maniu Street)
of the nearby
Transilvania University of Brasov.
From the ARO Hotel, the Aula can be reached easily in 15 minutes walk.
- Brasov Map showing
conference hotel, Aula, and other locations of interest.
The conference technical sessions will be held September 17-19
in the Europe I and Europe III conference rooms of the ARO Palace Hotel.
Internet is available in the guest rooms and in the conference areas.
Registration materials for pre-registrants and on-site registration
will be available at the ARO Hotel on Friday September 14, and
Monday thru Wednesday September 17-19, and at the Aula on Saturday and
Sunday September 15-16.
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Brasov is very rich in restaurants. These restaurants that have
emerged recently are working hard to outdo each other.
They are worth dropping in at and tasting their Romanian or
international cuisine.
Just in front of University Aula building, where the
Tutorials and Workshops will be held,
at no more than 100 m there are three restaurants:
Ceasul Rau, NEC's and City Center.
ARO-PALACE has three restaurants on the ground floor,
a night bar and Belvedere Restaurant (on the eigth floor),
also there is room service.
In the old part of the city, very close to ARO-PALACE hotel, there are
a lot of restaurants. To get to them, it is better to take Piata Sfatului
(the old square of the Town Hall) as a starting point.
On every street leading from Piata Sfatului you can find nice restaurants.
They have fresh and first class cuisine for Romanian meals and some for
international dishes. The prices are not so high. A lunch is around
40-50 lei, and the dinner is a bit more (this includes a glass of wine).
Romania has very nice wines, it's worth tasting them.
We are trying to enumerate some of them (but it is better to visit
them). Many of them have tables in the middle of the street and you can
enjoy your meal at the sunshade.
Piata Sfatului : China Restaurant,
Gustari 1
Piata Sfatului 14, Brasov
Phone: +40-268-475365
Cerbul Carpatin
Piata Sfatului 12, Brasov
Phone: +40-268-143981
Alstadt (german specific)
Sfatului Square 1, Brasov
Phone: +40-268-476945
Muresenilor Street :
Ischia Tour
George Baritiu 2, Brasov
Phone: +40-268-478693
Bella Musica
Gheorghe Baritiu 2, Brasov
Phone: +40-268-477956 +40-268-476946
El Bario
George Baritiu 1, Brasov
Phone: +40-268-470265 +40-722-583086
Saloon
Muresenilor 11-13, Brasov
Phone: +40-268-141611 +40-268-477317
Sergiana
Muresenilor 22, Brasov
Phone: +40-268-419775
Sirul Vamii
Muresenilor 18, Brasov
Phone: +40-268-477725 +40-268-471355
Apollonia Hirscher Street:
Keller Steak House
Apollonia Hirscher 2, Brasov
Phone: +40-268-472278
Da Vinci, Traditional Scottish Pub, Casa Hirscher
Piata Enescu Street: Clasic Restaurant, Bistro de l'Arte, No Name Restaurant
Republicii Street: Budapesta, Ambasador, Taverna Sarbului, Butoiul Sasului
Diaconu Coresi Street: San Marco Restaurant
Michael Weiss Street:
Normandie
Michael Weiss 29, Brasov
Phone: +40-722-693-386 (Romanian and international cuisine).
Lombardi Restaurant
Here are a few links providing information about Brasov and the surrounding area.
The mountain you will see first when arriving in Brasov is called Tampa (400 meters above Brasov).
Frequently, Brasov is called the town from Tampa's foot. You can see on the top of it a TV antenna
and a nice restaurant called Panoramic. There is a cable car (8 lei is a return ticket) and
in two minutes from the foot of the mountain, you'll get on the top.
1, 2, and 3 day Excursions Originating from Brasov.
Excursions to interesting locations in Romania can be arranged
through the Micomis Travel Agency,
which is located about 100 meters from the ARO Palace Hotel in Brasov.
These excursions should be booked on your own with Micomis, either
before the conference using the on-line interface or after you have
arrived in Brasov.
Micomis requires a minimum of 5 registrants for each trip, so please
make your bookings early to assist them and your colleagues in planning.
The three recommended trips are
Sights in Brasov.
There are lots of nice touristic and historical places in Brasov which are
worth visiting. The majority of these are situated in the old town of Brasov.
The old town of Brasov has two parts: the old citadell of Brasov which was
surrounded by walls, which was a german core, and the Schei part, outside of
the wall, which was a Romanian seating.
Some of these old walls you can still see today.
Touristic objectives in Brasov:
Black Church Tower
Piata Sfatului (Council Square)
First Romanian School
Sfantul Nicolae Church
Sfantul Nicolae Church
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- Brasov fortress
- erected between the XIVth and XVIIIth centuries;
known as one of the strongest fortresses in Transylvania.
It is the keeper of a big number of vestiges:
Poarta Ecaterinei, Poarta Ecaterinei, Bastionul Postavarilor, Bastionul Tesatorilor, Bastionul Fierarilor.
The White Tower and the Black Tower are two fortifications exterior to the fortess
which have been kept in very good condition.
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Black Church -
XVIth century - it has been qualified by specialists as being the most representative
monument of the gothic art in Romania. This church has an organ with 4000 tubes,
of a famous organist in the world -Stas Ekhardt- and of a famous collection of
oriental carpets. It was named Black Church after the spots of soot remained
on the walls from the big fire in 1689.
It is an imposing building, 89m long, 21m high and 38m wide,
with an interior tower built afterwards (65m high).
The Black Church is a Catholic church.
- Piata Sfatului (Council Square) -
an old place for bargains, is dominated by the old building
of the council (XV th century), with a tower to control the
access to town. The foundation and the ground floor of the tower,
which are still conserved, show that this monument was raised in 1528.
Once it used to be the center of the Townhall. To the ground floor
of the tower, we can find the History Museum where are exposed
objects from neolithic and paleolithic age. The Council Square is
the hub for the old part of the town.
Here annually is organized the international music contest "The golden stag".
- Bartholome Church (XIIIth - XIVth century)
- very imposing with strong fortifications consolidated with contreforts .
It's a gothic style construction.
- Catholic - Roman Church (21 Muresenilor Street) -
built on the place of an old basilic between 1776 - 1782.
It's an illustrative monument in baroque style with stained-glass windows.
- Art Museum (21 Eroilor Bld.) - A modest collection of contemporary art.
The museum hosts both wood and glass icons, portraits, paintings and sculpture.
The Museum contains a unique collection of plastic art and a section dedicated to Romanian
and foreign applied art.
Located in the same building as the Ethnographic Museum at 21 Eroilor Blvd., near the Aro Palace Hotel.
HOURS: Tuesday-Friday: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Mondays: Closed
- Casa Negustorilor, also known as Casa Hirscher (The merchant's house)
- built in 1545 by the model of the ancient market halls in West Europe.
This house is currently the "Cerbul Carpatin" restaurant.
- The First Romanian School Museum
- Dramatic Theatre (Eroilor Street)
- Ethnography Museum (23 Eroilor Bd). Open : 9:00 - 17:00 / Monday closed
- Sfantul Nicolae Church (sec XVI- XVIII)
- Sfantul Petru and Pavel Church (sec XVIII)
- Sfanta Treime Church (sec XVII - XIX)
- Adormirea Maicii Domnului Church (Dealul Melcilor).
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