Two days · Our reception recommends

Two days: the palaces, then the Fortress and the sunset

Two days allow you to visit the interiors as well as the façades: the City Hall Tower, the Darvas–La Roche House Museum and the museums in the Fortress. The second day begins a few steps from the hotel, with the Baroque, and ends on Ciuperca Hill, with the city at your feet.

Departure around 10 a.m., return in the afternoon. About an hour on foot.

Explore the route
  1. Your starting point

    Aris Boutique Hotel & SPA

    Departure around 10 a.m., return in the afternoon. About an hour on foot.

  2. Union Square – view across the square, Oradea
    Photo: Elekes Andor, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

    1About 20 minutes on foot

    Union Square

    This is where picture-postcard Oradea begins: City Hall with its tower, the Black Eagle Palace, the bishop’s palace and three historic churches, all around the same square.

    Suggested visit: a quarter of an hour · Best admired from outside

  3. Black Eagle Palace – façade, Oradea
    Photo: Paralelogram, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

    2Just steps away

    Black Eagle Palace

    The most monumental Secession building in the city. We recommend stepping into the glass-roofed arcade to admire the stained-glass window with the black eagle.

    Suggested visit: a quarter of an hour · Best admired from outside

  4. Church with the Moon – aerial view, Oradea
    Photo: MariBo99, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

    3Just steps away

    Church with the Moon

    On the tower, a sphere one metre in diameter turns to show the phases of the Moon, driven by a mechanism installed in 1793.

    Suggested visit: a quarter of an hour · The interior is well worth a visit

  5. City Hall Tower – at sunset over the Crișul Repede, Oradea
    Photo: Dan Dragos, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

    4About 6 minutes on foot

    City Hall Tower

    The tower, almost 50 metres high, offers three panoramic levels over the historic centre, while the clock’s giant hammers strike every quarter of an hour.

    Suggested visit: about an hour · The interior is well worth a visit

  6. Zion Neolog Synagogue – façade, Oradea
    Photo: Chainwit., CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

    5About 5 minutes on foot

    Zion Neolog Synagogue

    On the banks of the Crișul Repede, the 16-windowed dome of the Zion Synagogue makes one of the loveliest views in the city.

    Suggested visit: half an hour · The interior is well worth a visit

  7. Crișul Repede Riverside – on the Crișul Repede river, Oradea
    Photo: Szilas, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

    6About 5 minutes on foot

    Crișul Repede Riverside

    The promenade along the Crișul Repede, with terraces and the Intellectuals’ footbridge: the most beautiful route between the squares.

    Suggested visit: a quarter of an hour · Best admired from outside

  8. Queen Marie Theatre – façade, Oradea
    Photo: Chainwit., CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

    7About 8 minutes on foot

    Queen Marie Theatre

    The theatre designed by the Viennese architects Fellner & Helmer dominates Ferdinand Square; an evening performance concludes the day in style.

    Suggested visit: a few minutes · Best admired from outside

  9. Darvas–La Roche House (Art Nouveau Museum) – façade, Oradea
    Photo: Szilas, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

    8About 4 minutes on foot

    Darvas–La Roche House (Art Nouveau Museum)

    Romania’s first Art Nouveau museum, housed in a villa from 1909, presents the interior of a bourgeois home of the Belle Époque.

    Suggested visit: about an hour · The interior is well worth a visit

  10. Republicii Street (the corso) – pedestrian street, Oradea
    Photo: Wikizoli, CC BY-SA 3.0 ro, Wikimedia Commons

    9Just steps away

    Republicii Street (the corso)

    The city’s corso: along its pedestrian stretch, the Stern, Apollo and Moskovits Miksa palaces line up among cafés and terraces.

    Suggested visit: half an hour · Best admired from outside

  11. About 15 minutes on foot

    Return to the hotel

    You return to the hotel, where the pool and SPA await you.

    For lunch, we recommend Vasile Alecsandri Street or the area around Union Square: terraces and restaurants, just a few steps from one another.

    Time permitting, also along the way: City Hall Palace, Greek Catholic Bishop’s Palace, St Ladislaus Church, Moskovits Adolf and Sons Palace, Kováts House, Deutsch K. Ignác Glassware Shop, Visit Oradea Tourist Information Centre, “Iosif Vulcan” Memorial Museum

Further walks recommended by our reception

Union Square – view across the square, Oradea
Photo: Elekes Andor, CC BY-SA 4.0
One day

Oradea in one day, unhurried

Union Square, the Secession palaces, the Fortress and the Crișul Repede riverside: the essence of the city in a single day.

Highlights: Union Square, Black Eagle Palace and Church with the Moon.

Departure around 10 a.m., return in the afternoon.

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Black Eagle Palace – façade, Oradea
Photo: Paralelogram, CC BY-SA 4.0
Three days

Three days: the city, then the warm waters

Two days devoted to the city and one to relaxing at the thermal waters near Oradea.

Highlights: Union Square, Black Eagle Palace and Church with the Moon.

Departure around 10 a.m., return in the afternoon.

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Church with the Moon – aerial view, Oradea
Photo: MariBo99, CC BY-SA 4.0
4–5 days

Four or five days: the city, the warm waters and the mountains

Oradea at leisure, a day at the thermal waters, another in the caves of the Apuseni Mountains and, for a longer stay, a day devoted to children.

Highlights: Union Square, Black Eagle Palace and Church with the Moon.

Departure around 10 a.m., return in the afternoon.

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