Târgu Neamţ

Târgu Neamţ is a town in Moldavia.

Understand

One of the oldest towns in Moldavia, Târgu Neamţ has an impressive 14th century fortress and it's a good base for trips to the numerous old monasteries in the nearby mountains.

Get in

By train

Târgu Neamţ is reached by 6-7 daily trains from Paşcani station (on the Bucharest-Suceava/Iaşi mainline), a 35 minutes trip. The route is operated by the private rail company Regiotrans

By bus

There are several buses per day from Iaşi (2 hours away), Piatra Neamţ (one hour away), Târgu Mureş (5 hours) and one from Braşov (7 1/2 hours).

Get around

The town is walkable, but several minibus lines do exist.

See

• 1 Cetatea Neamțului (Neamț citadel), Aleea Cetăţii (on the north-west edge of town). Daily 9AM-7PM. A massive citadel built in the 14th-15th centuries. Adults 5 lei, children 3 lei. 
• 2 Muzeul de istorie si etnografie (History and ethnography museum), strada Ştefan cel Mare nr. 37, ☏ +40 233 662594. Tuesday to Sunday 9AM-5PM (October - March), 10AM-6PM (April - September). 
• 3 Veronica Micle memorial house (Casa memorială Veronica Micle). 
• 4 Ion Creangă memorial house (Casa memorială Ion Creangă), strada Ion Creangă nr. 8, ☏ +40 233 663320. Tuesday to Sunday 9AM-5PM (October - March), 10AM-6PM (April - September). A surprisingly well preserved traditional rural house that was the birth place of the 19th century Romanian writer Ion Creangă. 
• 5 Agapia Monastery (Mănăstirea Agapia). 
• 6 Neamț Monastery (Mănăstirea Neamț). 

Sleep

Numerous guesthouses exist in the town with prices starting around €16/night.

Go next

• Rezervatia de zimbri Dragoş-Vodă (Dragoş-Vodă auroch reserve) (on the road to Neamt monastery). A auroch breeding back project