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# Oradea

Oradea is the capital of the Crișana region in Romania.

[Plan a trip to Oradea](https://www.mixroutes.com/?to=Oradea) [From Cluj-Napoca](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Cluj-Napoca&to=Oradea)

## Every way there

- Cluj-Napoca → Oradea 131 km · quickest by road, 3h 7m · lei36–48 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/cluj-napoca-to-oradea) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Cluj-Napoca&to=Oradea)
- Timişoara → Oradea 153 km · quickest by road, 2h 54m · lei39–50 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/timisoara-to-oradea) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Timi%C5%9Foara&to=Oradea)
- Sibiu → Oradea 220 km · quickest by road, 5h 11m · lei75–100 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/sibiu-to-oradea) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Sibiu&to=Oradea)

Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.

The field note

What is in and around Oradea, ranked by how widely it is written about, how you reach it, and the nearest places where we have researched how people move.

[Read the note on Oradea](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/oradea)

What Oradea has

- Y Scheduled flights Oradea (OMR), 5 km
- Y Trains and coaches Transitous carries 29 timetable feeds for this country, 11 with real-time
- N Ferries no crossing within 25 km
- Y Driving and taxi OpenStreetMap roads; cab fare from the country band
- F Bike and scooter share 2 share feeds in Transitous, not surfaced yet
- N Cruises no open itinerary source anywhere

Y routable now · F found, not yet implemented · N no source known.

47.072°, 21.921°

It serves as the administrative centre of Bihor County. The city is situated on both banks of the Crișul Repede River.

Get in

## Getting to Oradea

1. Oradea As of 2025, the railway between Cluj and Oradea is being modernised.
2. Oradea Bus Station
3. Autogara Oradea Intercity bus and coach services running through Oradea are increasing, and most of the residents see them as a welcome departure from what they see are slow, uncomfortable trains.
4. Oradea International Airport

See

## Worth seeing

The beautiful city centre is worth visiting, as are the Băile Felix health spas, accessible by train or bus and located outside the city. Other sites worth visiting are:

1. Criș Land Museum History section: historic documents, historic photographs.
2. Baroque Palace A wonderful Baroque castle in Viennese style with 365 famous windows.
3. Roman-Catholic Basilica The biggest Baroque cathedral in Romania.
4. The Oradea Fortress
5. Moon Church A church unique in Europe, with a type of astronomical clock depicting the phases of the moon.
6. Black Eagle Passage Art Nouveau-style hotel and shopping arcade, built in 1907–08.

Do

## Things to do

1. Băile Felix

Eat

## Where to eat

Dining in Oradea is usually a pleasure. Most restaurants serve local recipes, which are similar to other Central European cuisines. Additionally, some Chinese and Middle Eastern restaurants have opened.

1. Don Giovanni Pizza Strada Vasile Alecsandri 13.
2. Euphoria Biergarten Strada Mihai Eminescu 18.
3. Restaurant Palazzo Strada Ciheiului 55.

Text adapted from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oradea) and [Wikivoyage](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Oradea), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Wikimedia Commons (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.


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