Driving to Romania

[sanden]

Hi, A relative of mine will be driving to Romania next month and I wonder if anyone has suggestions as to the best route. I know there may be quicker / safer routes to travel, also that there might be better border crossings to go through. Any tips would be useful.
Thanks.

[boxtops]

define Best sanden - safest, sightseeing - there are no border crossings between here and Romania any more, it's all EU.

[sanden]

Safest and hopefully quickest. They will have one of two overnight stops along the way but not for sightseeing.

[boxtops]

OH drives a truck in Europe - he suggests

Drive to middle of Germany - Stuttgart area (overnight stop)
Stuttgart - Debrecen in Hungary (overnight stop)
then go via Sofia in Bulgaria

then.... which bit of Romania is he going to?

It's a long way, too much to do with only 1 stop, 3 would be better.

[sanden]

Thanks Boxtops - I am not sure exactly where they are heading to but I am meeting up at the weekend to help look for overnight stop hotels. Sorry my last posting said one or two stops but I meant two or three.
Thats a great help.

[boxtops]

No problem, OH is around if there are any questions!

[sanden]

Boxtops - I just looked at a map and can follow it to Debrecen, but not sure why you would go to Sofia after that? It looks too far south. I know I dont know the exact destination but I cant see that Sofia would be en route. Is that correct Boxtops?

[boxtops]

sanden, I'll put you on to nibble (my OH) - he'll steer you.

[boxtops]

Nibble apologises, he sent you the wrong way :-)

Day 2 should be Stuttgart to the Budapest area
Day 3 should be Budapest to Szeged through Timisoroara (which is in Romania) - this is a faster road than going via Debrecen

[sanden]

Thanks for your help.

[boxtops]

PS he says that Szeged is signposted all the way from the Austrian border

[sanden]

Nibble - thanks for your help.

[boxtops]

sanden, I'll subscribe to this post in case you want to come back with any questions when you've met up with your friend

[sanden]

OK thank you both for the help.

[spudqueen]

Go to google maps, put in where in Romania your relative is driving too, then go to get directions, and put in your relatives home address. Bingo.