Bacău

Worth seeing in and around Bacău

3 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   Vasile Alecsandri University

   The Vasile Alecsandri University of Bacău is a public university in Romania, located in Bacău. Named in honor of the poet Vasile Alecsandri, it was founded in 1990.

   3.2 km · university in Bacău, Romania · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Stadionul Municipal

   The Bacău Municipal Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Bacău. It holds 17,500 people and it is the 19th stadium in the country.

   2.9 km · stadium in Bacău · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Cathedral of the Lord's Ascension

   The Church of the Ascension of the Lord is a church in Bacău, Romania and is the third largest cathedral in the country, after the People's Salvation Cathedral of Bucharest and the Holy Trinity Cathedral of Baia Mare. Officially the structure is a church and not a cathedral, because Bacău is not the seat of any bishop.

   1.6 km · church in Bacău, Romania · Wikipedia

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Things to do

Whether you want to take a walk around

1. 01
   Bacău Lake
2. 02
   Cancicov Park

   You can enjoy all of this without a regret.

From Wikivoyage: Bacău, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Where to eat

Of course you can't leave here without trying the delicious traditional food and red wine from the area.

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Getting to Bacău

Airports

Bacău George Enescu International (BCM), 7 km · Iaşi (IAS), 85 km · Suceava Ștefan cel Mare (SCV), 130 km

Stations

Bacău railway station, 2.6 km

• Iaşi → Bacău

  85 km · quickest by road, 2h 32m · lei29–39
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• Suceava → Bacău

  129 km · quickest by road, 2h 54m · lei33–44
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• Brașov (Ghimbav) → Bacău

  148 km · quickest by road, 3h 55m · lei43–55
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