Bălţi (Cyrillic Бэлць, Бельцы or Бєльці), after Tiraspol in breakaway Transnistria, is the second largest city in Moldova.
Understand
editThe main traffic bearing street is Strada Ștefan cel Mare. One block south, the town's commercial centre continues on the pedestrianized Strada Independeţei.
Get in
editThere are two railway stations. The main one is the north station, Gara de Nord (confusingly tickets will have this station as Bălţi Sloboziya - Бэлць Слобозия). The other, more central, south station is Gara de Sud (labelled on tickets as Bălţi Orash - Бэлць Ораш, meaning Bălţi Town). All trains stop at the north station (even those heading south), though Orash station may be more convenient to travellers heading south towards Ungheni on the Romanian border and Chișinău.
Get around
editBy bus
editInformation can be found from Easyway which has also a journey planner.
See
editNice pedestrian zone around the central square. Check out the old part of the city.
Do
edit- 1 Vasile Alecsandri National Theatre, MD-3120, Strada Independeţei 1. The programme is advertised outside on a board outside, usually they have a few plays a week. Tickets are sold from a counter on the ground floor, under the stairs. around 25.
Buy
editEat
edit- 1 Pizza de Italia, Strada Ștefan cel Mare 76. Decent pizza, helpful staff, free WiFi 10:00 - 23:00.
Drink
editSleep
edit- 1 Konsul Hotel, MD-3112, str. Mircea cel Batrîn, 81. (at the end of the street, on the corner with Vasile Lupu), ☏ +373 231 2 52 15, [email protected]. 600 lei for a two-bed room.
Connect
editCope
editConsulates
edit- Romania, Str. Sfântul Nicolae 51, ☏ +373 231 80001, [email protected].
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