The Cluj-Napoca City Guides answer the questions visitors bring with them: where to eat sarmale and papanași without paying main-square prices, which museums open on which days, how to reach the salt mine and the Apuseni caves, and where students head when the square goes quiet. Each guide is a short, opinionated list with the reason to go, what to order or look for and one practical tip for every place, and it opens in your browser as soon as you pay.
About the Cluj-Napoca City Guides
- 142 places
- 6 guides
- 13 languages
- Works offline
- Print or PDF
- Instant access
- Free updates
The six Cluj-Napoca guides
Food guide
25 places
Sarmale and polenta with sour cream in Transylvanian dining rooms, Hungarian goulash, cheap weekday lunches, the market for cheese and pickles, and papanași for dessert.
Things to do guide
21 places
The main square and its Gothic church, small museums worth an hour, a medieval bastion, the old theatre and the free view from Cetățuia hill.
Family guide
24 places
Greenhouses and an open-air village museum, an ice rink, a puppet theatre, a hands-on steampunk museum and indoor play for cold, wet days.
Nightlife guide
25 places
Cocktail bars, Romanian wine by the glass, craft beer, a basement pub that closes at dawn, big clubs and food after midnight.
Day trips guide
23 places
The Turda salt mine and gorges, the star fortress of Alba Iulia, Rimetea under its cliff, ice caves in the Apuseni and the closest ski slopes.
Budget guide
24 places
Free churches, towers and a historic cemetery, hill and park walks, museums that cost little, filling meals for small money and markets for a picnic.
Why an interactive guide beats a list
Tick places off
Mark each place as done and watch your progress, so you always know what is left.
Your own notes
Write notes on any place and add your own finds. They stay on your phone.
One tap to Maps
Every place opens in Google Maps, and the day route puts your picks in a sensible order.
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Works offline
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Print it or save as PDF
On a computer, print any guide or save it as a PDF to take with you.
Three places from the guides
Casa Maramureșeană
Bulevardul 21 Decembrie 1989 82
Cooking from the northern Maramureș region under heavy wooden beams: grilled mici with mustard and bread good enough to ask for more. Local families fill the tables at weekends, a short stroll from the main square. From the food guide.
Turnul Croitorilor
Strada Baba Novac 35
The Tailors’ Bastion is one of the last standing pieces of the medieval town walls. The small exhibitions inside are free and the top floor looks out over the roofs. Expect steep stairs and no lift. From the things to do guide.
Rimetea – Torockó
About 1 h 15 by car
A former iron-mining village where Hungarian is still spoken, its white houses lined up beneath a limestone cliff. Pick a clear, cold day with snow on the peak, and leave the car outside the village at weekends. From the day trips guide.
Plan your days in Cluj-Napoca
Day one: start at Piața Unirii, walk on to the Tailors’ Bastion and the Orthodox cathedral, eat a Transylvanian lunch a few streets away, climb Cetățuia for the evening light and finish with a glass of Romanian wine. Day two: leave the city for the Turda salt mine, the fortress at Alba Iulia or the village of Rimetea. For a rainy or slow day, pair a couple of small museums (most close on Mondays) with the botanical garden greenhouses, a long lunch and live music after dark.
Questions about the Cluj-Napoca guides
What do the Cluj-Napoca City Guides include?
Six guides covering 142 places: food, things to do, family, nightlife, day trips and budget. Each place comes with its area, why it is worth your time, notes on opening days and a practical tip.
How do I receive the guides once I have paid?
The links appear on your order page as soon as the payment goes through, and you get them by email too. Any browser on a phone, tablet or laptop opens them, with nothing to install and no account to create.
Can I use the guides offline in Cluj-Napoca?
Yes. Load each guide once while you are online and it keeps working without a connection, your ticks and notes included. Opening a place in maps needs mobile data.
What languages are the guides available in?
The guides open in English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Dutch, Portuguese, Greek, Polish, Chinese, Japanese, Korean and Arabic. You can switch the language inside the guide at any time.
How much do the Cluj-Napoca guides cost?
One guide is €4.99, two are €8.99, four are €15.99 and the full set of six is €19.99.
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