Located on a quiet pedestrain lane, in the heart of Cluj-Napoca city, Retro Youth Hostel is offering over 48 accommodation places in all type of rooms (single, twin, triple and shared rooms), with a fresh homemade breakfast included in the price!
Cluj-Napoca, the historical capital of Transylvania, is one of the most important cultural and economical cities of Romania. It lies in the centre of the country, at the crossroads of many national and international highways. Today, the city is one of the most important academic, cultural, industrial and business centres in Romania. Among other institutions, it hosts the country's largest university, Babeş-Bolyai University, with its famous botanical garden.
Our city's cultural scene spans its history, dating back to Roman times: the city started to be built in that period, which has left its mark on the urban layout as well as surviving ruins. Cluj-Napoca hosts a number of cultural festivals of various types throughout the year. We look forward to the year of 2015, when the city will be the European Youth Capital!!!
Besides our services, free bike rental, free Internet Access, TV, common area with our retro recorder and our records collection, access to a bunch of books in different languages and many other, we also organize city guided tours and trips around Romania.
Among our tours you can choose to visit the Salt Mine, the Ice Cave at Scarisoara, Sibiu – the cultural capital of Europe in 2007, the Bear Cave and the Thermal Baths at Felix, Sighisoara – the medieval town, Rosia Montana – willing to be included in the UNESCO patrimony, the Wind Cave – the largest cave reservation in Europe, Maramures – as one of the last traditionaly preserved regions in Romania, the Monasteries in Bucovina, you can follow the famous Dracula Tour, explore Romania in a fantastic 11 days cultural and historical tour, as well as hike in the great Carpathians such as Retezat Mountains, Apuseni Mountains, Fagaras Mountains and many more!
Last, but not least, we organize a brand new tour following a journey into the Romanian Communist dictatorship and Ceausescu's trial and execution.
You can find us on the cobble stone street named Potaissa, no. 11, in the city of Cluj Napoca, Transylvania, Romania (www.retro.ro, tel. 0040-64-450452).
