My hotel in Romania was the Phoenicia Express Hotel. It's no more than a fifteen minute drive from the airport, and while I did this totally on accident, it ended up being on the exact road I needed to drive to the Poenari citadel. Which was the entire reason for my trip to Romania.
The cab ride to the hotel was 140 lei. Lei is the currency in Romania. It sounds like a lot but to put it into perspective 140 lei is about 37 usd. Figuring out what lei will be in usd is easy, just remember that every 100 lei you have is equal to 26 usd.
If you take a taxi in Romania be careful. I had to take a cab back to the Airport the next day, so I could rent a car, and the cab driver tried to charge me 500 lei which is equivalent to 130 usd. That is ridiculous for the 10-15 minute cab ride that I had. I refused to pay it. I ended up paying 300 lei or 78 usd, but was later really mad at myself for that. I wish I'd only given him 200 lei, or 52 usd. They will take advantage of you if you let them.
The lobby in my hotel.
At night this room kind of reminds me of what I would imagine a harem might look like. Ahem.Which is precisely why I only have a picture of it during the day. It was to be avoided at all costs at night...
My room was very comfortable. My hotel also had a swimming pool, and I thought about swimming, but I had gone down when I first got there to look at the pool and was a little creeped out by all the men and lack of women. Needless to say I never went swimming. Bummer too, because I dragged my swimsuit all across Europe to swim here...
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