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AIRPORTS

IN BUCHAREST:
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT HENRI COANDA (OTOPENI)
Info phone: 004021-2041200
Phone: 004021-2041210
004021-2014050
Website: www.otp-airport.ro

AIRPORT BANEASA
Info phone: 0040-9371
Phone: 004021-2320020

IN CONSTANTA
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT MIHAIL KOGALNICEANU
Phone: 0040241-255100
www.mk-airport.ro

RENT A CAR

BUCHAREST
www.active-rentacar.ro
www.rentacar.com.ro
www.rentacar.ro
www.mgf-rent-a-car.ro
www.autostil.net
www.aliagrup.ro
www.romania-on-line.net/business/rentacar.htm

CONSTANTA
www.e-sixt.com
www.cars4rent.ro
www.rent-car-bucuresti.luxdesign28.ro
www.deltatravel.ro
www.icar.ro
www.blueair-web.com
www.car-rental.europcar.com

EMBASSIES IN ROMANIA:
www.ambasade.ro

HOW TO REACH MERIGAR EAST (23 August village)

ARRIVING BY AIRPLANE TO BUCHAREST:
(International Airport Otopeni or Airport Baneasa)
At the airport you can change money – there are exchange offices and cash machines too. Exchange rate is about 3,7 RON = 1 Euro (May 2008) but at the airport you have usually lower rate, so change only as much money as you need for travel. The rest you can exchange on the spot as there are many banks, cash mashines and exchange offices in touristic places at the coast.

BY TAXI:
Bucharest - 23 August is 270 km. The only possibility to go directly from Bucharest's airports to 23 August is to take a taxi. It takes about 3,5 – 5 hours (depending on traffic) and costs about 140-160 euro (negotiate the price before you take the taxi and take only taxis with company-emblem). Sometimes you can pay with euro but usually taxi drivers take domestic currency.

BY TRAIN:
From Bucharest to 23 August:
From the airport (Otopeni or Baneasa), you should go to Gara de Nord railway station.
The most simply way to go from the airport to Gara de Nord railway station is by taxi. From Otopeni the taxi costs about 60-80 RON (more or less 20 euro). Negotiate the price before you take the taxi and take only taxis with company-emblem. The passage takes about 35-40 minutes. From Baneasa it is cheaper and closer.
From both Otopeni and Baneasa airports you can also take a shuttle bus 783 (every half an hour, by rush hours even often). A double ticket (save it as you can use it when you return) costs 7 RON (less then 2 euro). You can buy it in small offices at almost every bus stop.
At Otopeni airport the bus stop is close to the departures.
At Baneasa you must walk left from the main building, follow the street where taxis are used to park till the big street (there is a traffic circle). Cross the traffic circle as the bus stop is at the oposite side of the road. It takes about 5 minutes walk.
You leave the bus at Piata Victoriei (20-40 min. depending on traffic) and change to metro line M3 (yellow) to Gara de Nord railway station (1 station). Single ticket costs 2,20 RON (about 60 euro cents)
From Gara de Nord rail station, there are trains to 23 August. Direct trains are just in summer time. The train connections for the summer time will be available in May, we will informe you.
Now you could come by train Bucharest - Constanta; then in Constanta you have to change for 23 August (direction Mangalia)
TRAINS: please check the trains marked in red and prices, I have no idea if it is true!!!!
Bucharest (departure) – Constanta (arrival):
7:12 (12:08), 8:35 (13.24), 13:53 (18:50), 18:42 (23:35)
The ticket costs 36 lei, 11 euro.
Constanta (departure) – Halta Pescarus (arrival) - direction Mangalia
Halta Pescarus is the name of the small station you must leave, 5 minutes walk from the Gar. 5:54 (6:51), 8:00 (8:57), 14:18 (15:15), 16:22 (17:20),
The ticket costs 4 lei, 1.30 euro.
If you want to come directly to 23 August village (and from there to Gar), it is better to take a bus from Constanta as the railway station Halta Pescarus is about 3 km walk from the village.

Pay attention! - there are more trains Constanta - Mangalia but not all stops on Halta Pescarus!!!
You can also look at www.infofer.ro for timetable of Romanian Railways.

BY BUS:
From Bucharest to 23 August
From Bucharest, you can take a bus or microbus. The bus station you can find opposite to Gara de Nord rail station, there is the Transport Ministry. You go from the left side behind the Ministry and there is a parking. From that parking goes every 40 minutes a microbus to Mangalia (23 August village is 11 km before Mangalia). The first microbus starts at 6.30 the last at 19.10. The name of the company is SIMPA TRANS, you can see it on every bus and microbus. If you take a bus it goes quicker as they don’t stop in every village. A ticket costs 45 RON, 12 euro, and the time of passage is 5 hours.

ARRIVING BY AIRPLANE TO CONSTANTA:
(Airport Mihail Kogalniceanu)
from the airport you have to go to Constanta by bus or taxi. In Constanta you have to arrive to the railway station.
BY TRAIN:
From Constanta-23 August
The regular trains Constanta-Halta Pescarus (23 August) you can see above.
BY BUS:
Constanta-23 August
When you come out from the rail station Constanta, you go about 100 m to the right. There is the bus station from where every 30 minutes a bus departs to Mangalia. In summertime in every 10 minutes. The ticket Constanta-23 August costs 5 RON, 1.50 euro.
The time of passage is 45 minutes.

If you have any question, please do not hesitate to ask.
HAVE A GOOD JOURNEY!

ACCOMODATION

ACCOMMODATIONS NEAR THE GAR
You can book accomodation directly in hotels or campings at the coast.
You can also make reservations through Free-land real estate agency. Please check their website: www.free-land.ro, or write to office@free-land.ro.
If you want to book in Neptun or Olimp resorts you can also contact Est Turism agency: www.plaja.ro.

On the www.infolitoral.ro , www.litoral.info.ro you can find more informations about the Romanian Black Sea.

CAMPING
In Jupiter holiday center there is a tent Camping called “Zodiac”. This camping is 6 km. far from the Gar.
www.campingzodiac.ro
Tel: 0040 241 731404

RENT A ROOM in 23 August Village
For accomodation in the village please contact Free-land real estate agency: www.free-land.ro, or write to office@free-land.ro.

TRAVELING ON THE SEASIDE
While the retreat time every morning and afternoon –according to the retreat program – buses will run between Camping “Zodiac” in Jupiter – Neptun – Olimp – 23 August - Merigar East and back.
IN GENERAL
BY BUS:
On the national road, Constanta-Mangalia buses and microbuses are coming every 10 minutes.
There are many buses between the holiday centers.
The village is 2 km. from the Gar, on this distance there is no public transport; it takes 30 minutes to walk there.

BY TRAIN:
On the road Constanta-Mangalia, there is a local train. In the summertime, there are 5-6 trains a day.
Near the Gar is a train station (Halta Pescarus), 5 minutes walk to the Gar.

Below you can find the timetable to and from the gar to Mangalia and Neptun:

Mangalia - Neptun- 23 August (Halta Pescarus)
MANGALIA - NEPTUN 1 - NEPTUN 2 - GAR (Halta Pescarus)
5,30 5,38              5,45            5,48
8,04            8,12            8,18            8,30
16,40           16,48          16,54           16,57
19,09           19,17          19,22           19,27

23 August (Halta Pescarus) - Neptun- Mangalia
GAR(Halta Pescarus) - NEPTUN 2 - NEPTUN 1 - MANGALIA
06,58           7,05            7,11            7,20
17,18          17,22           17,30           17,30
19,50          19,58           20,05          20,12

MEALS ON THE SEASIDE:
All holiday centers are full with restaurants, cafees, fast foods, terraces, window bakeries, fruit sellers and food stores.
The meal for one day cost about 15-20 euro.
The Gar is between the two holiday centers and right near the Gar there is no any restaurant.

Any kind of question you have, please ask at this email address: office@dzogchen.ro