New Youth Hostel in Romania
Retro is the newest youth hostel in Cluj-Napoca (Transylvania, Romania), ideal place for backpackers and budget travellers to stay while travelling this region.

We are located five walking minutes from the St. Michael Church, and 500 meters from the "Babes-Bolyai" University. Retro Youth Hostel, situated inside the medieval city wall, is within the neighbourhood of public transport, tourist attractions, restaurants, pubs, bars, discos and shops.

Thus, you can reach in the walking distance all the other sights of the old part of Cluj-Napoca, such as: The Evangelic Church, The Tailors Fort, Museum of History, Museum of Art, Botanical Garden, Ethnographic Museum.

Retro Youth Hostel is offering shared rooms, triple rooms, and family room. Free hot showers and toilets are near every room, and on the ground floor there is a fully equipped modern kitchen.

We offer a price-included breakfast, free cooking facilities, safe boxes for luggage, info service and a friendly English speaking staff.
Our prices start with 10 Euro/night, or 12 EURO/night if you choose for breakfast included.
So, if you are looking for a nice and inexpensive central located accommodation while traveling Cluj or Transylvania, here we are!

We look forward for welcoming you!
Best regards,
Radu Vadeanu

RETRO YOUTH HOSTEL
Potaissa street 13
3400 CLUJ-NAPOCA
ROMANIA
tel:0040-264-450452
www.retro.ro

Pension in Kosice, Slovakia
I took lodgings in the little pension "Penzion nad Bankou". It was not very cheap (if we compare prices there). Single room was 1200 SKO (about 27 USD)/ per night.

But if you stay longer so you can negotiate the lower price - the owner seemed to be very flexible. The owner and staff in the pension were very kindly and the service was really all-inclusive. To example, I broke my eye-glasses there (the lens dropped out). I (try) asked if the owner could tell me where is the nearest optician. The owners skill of English is very poor, but he said "take a beer, I will come back soon" so he just took my glasses and after one hour he came back with my repaired glasses, and the price was only 3 USD - including beer(!).

Unfortunately, the pension is still very small (6 rooms) but they have plans to extend it. The pension is situated in the old, valuable building in the centre of Kosice (100m away from main road there). They have own web-sides too www.hotel.sk/enghot/mkosice/pnbankou/pnbankou.htm. They have sauna too - it is not mentioned in the web-side. The price of sauna is 150 SKO and there was not any time limit to be in sauna when I visited there. I can say only that the price/quality level is excellent in that pension. Big minus was the fact that no one can speak English there, but they are very kindly and you will manage there if you only want to.

Baikal Travel Company suggests you to visit one of the most mysterious and unique places of the globe lake Baikal.
We would like to offer you such trips which allow you to become acquainted with the world such as it is, to see and even to feel the astonishing beauty of the great Baikal as well as to get inspired with it s energy. You also become acquainted with the origins of Buddhism and shamanism and visit the places of their historical location.
Here you can cognize yourself and feel yourself as a part of our nature and sense a real freedom.
You cross Siberian taiga, overpass mountain rivers, revive through the energy of hot wells and get delighted with an unexplored wilderness. You can see surprising native customs of the local people Buryats, their holidays, taste their kitchen as well as pure Russian one. Motor and air travels as well as water tours, excellent facilities, maximum kindness are offered to everybody.
You are going to visit one of the most wonderful places of the lake - Tunkinskaya valley and to make a fascinating tour by the memorial Baikal circular rail train.
Our Company is glad to offer you comfortable hotels in Irkutsk city, nice small hotels along the lakeside of the Baikal as well.
During the whole journey every client of our Company is insurant of one of the biggest Russian insurance company Rosno, we guaranty security and medical care to all our clients.
We can assure you that all the impressions you ll get during your travel around the lake will be the most vivid and unforgettable ones.

Do not hesitate to contact us if you need any detailed information.

Yours faithfully, Vladimir A. Kizenkov

Baikal Travel Company Co Ltd.;
office 312, 40, Gagarin Str., Irkutsk, 664000, RUSSIA.
Tel.Fax: 7-3952-343329; E-mail: iapo@mail.ru