Slobozia

Slobozia is a city in Muntenia.

Understand

A city of about 50.000 people located in the middle of the Bărăgan steppe, Slobozia is the seat of Ialomiţa County and it's best known as transit point to the nearby Amara salt lake and resort.

Get in

By bus

There are hourly buses from Bucharest (two hours travel time) and four-five buses from Ploieşti (two hours away). Most of their schedules are available on autogari.ro

By train

Slobozia is located on a secondary railway and gets limited service. Several local trains link it with Ciulniţa station on the Bucharest-Constanţa mainline (a 20-25 minutes trip); there is also one direct train from Bucharest (three and half hours travel time) and one from Ploieşti (three hours). Timetables are available on the railway operator's CFR website .

Get around

Several minibus lines cover the city.

See

• 1 Mânăstirea Slobozia (Slobozia Monastery), strada Mânăstirii nr. 1 (in the south-eastern part of the city), ☏ +40 243 235245. A fortified monastery built in the early 17th century  
• 2 Muzeul Naţional al Agriculturii (National Museum of Agriculture), Bulevardul Matei Basarab nr. 10, ☏ +40 243 231991, fax: +40 243 230184, secretariat@slobozia.buzau.ro. Tu-Su 10AM-6PM (March to October), 9AM-5PM (November to February).  
• Muzeul Judeţean Ialomiţa (Ialomiţa County Museum), Bulevardul Matei Basarab nr. 30, ☏ +40 243 230054, office@mjialomita.ro. Tuesday to Saturday 9AM-5PM, Sunday 10AM-4PM, Mondays closed. 3 lei.  

Sleep

• Hotel Select, Bulevardul Chimiei nr. 4, ☏ +40 243 230 805, hotel_select@yahoo.com. Pretty utilitarian. $42. 
• Hotel Central, Bulevardul Cosminului nr. 2-4, ☏ +40 343 109 500. Kind of a big behemoth thing with a lot of concrete, with a restaurant. $52. 

Go next

• Amara resort is located just 7 km north of the city and there are minibuses to it every 15-30 minutes.

Hotel Parc Amara Hotel Dana Amara