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Piața Victoriei in Timișoara seen from above, a long pedestrian square with flower beds and clipped trees between rows of ornate buildings, leading to the Orthodox Metropolitan Cathedral

Where to stay in Timișoara

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Places to stay in Timișoara

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About Timișoara

Timișoara adds a tourist tax of 2% of the room price for the whole stay, and Timpark charges its street zones on weekdays, with Saturday mornings added in the green zone. The four historic districts differ in which zone their streets fall in.

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Facts and rules

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Airport
Traian Vuia International (TSR), about 16 km by road from Piața Unirii; express bus E4 to the city centre and E4b to the central station. Source
Tourist tax
2% of the accommodation tariff without VAT, for each day and the whole stay (HCL 719/2025), withheld by the accommodation, rented apartments included. Source
Short-term rental rules
Romanian tourism law (OG 58/1998) lets operators use only classified accommodation, with a classification certificate for each unit. Source
Classified apartments
Apartments and rooms let to tourists are a classified type; ministry order 948 of 2026 caps private hosts at 7 rooms or 14 places. Source
Street parking
Timpark 2026, by card or voucher: green zone 0 RON 4.07 an hour, red 1 RON 2.03, yellow 2 RON 1.52, blue 3 RON 1.02; progressive streets RON 4.50 to RON 7.50. Source
Paid hours
Zones 1 to 3 Monday to Friday 08:00 to 20:00; zone 0 also Saturday 08:00 to 17:00; Sundays and public holidays free. Source
Clamped car
Unlocking a clamped wheel costs RON 145.20 with VAT under the 2026 Timpark tariffs. Source
Road vignette
The rovinieta is required on national roads; whether a rental car carries one was not verified as of October 2026, so ask the desk. Source
Schengen
Romania has been a full Schengen member since 1 January 2025, when checks on persons at its internal land borders were lifted. Source
UK visitors
No visa for up to 90 days in any 180 across the Schengen area, which includes Romania. Source
US visitors
On Romania's visa-exempt list for stays of up to 90 days in any 180 (immigration inspectorate list of 2021, no 2026 version found). Source
Entry/Exit System
Fully operational since 10 April 2026; it registers non-EU nationals travelling for a short stay in 29 European countries. Source
Monthly stays
The 2% tax is owed for each day and for the whole period of accommodation; the regulation lists no long-stay exemption. Source
Parking subscriptions
Timpark 2026 zone subscriptions for 21 working days run from RON 25.62 (blue zone 3) to RON 61.53 (zones 1 to 3 combined). Source
Currency
Romanian leu (RON). Source
Emergency number
112 (ambulance, fire, police) Source

Areas of Timișoara

A row of colourful Secession and Baroque houses on Piața Unirii in Timișoara, with café umbrellas on the cobbled square in front
Photo: Chainwit., CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Cetate

The old fortress town, with fortifications and Baroque squares, which grew into a Habsburg stronghold after the city was taken from Ottoman rule in 1716; Piața Unirii and Piața Victoriei lie inside it. It suits a first visit on foot.

Traian Vuia airport
about 18 km
Piața Unirii
about 2 km

Car and parking

On Timpark's 2025 street list, Bulevardul Regele Ferdinand is green zone 0, RON 4.07 an hour by card in 2026, charged on weekdays and Saturday mornings; a few green streets in the city pay a progressive tariff up to RON 7.50 from the fourth hour. Car access to Piața Unirii and Piața Victoriei was not verified.

Piața Traian in Timișoara's Fabric district, a wide cobbled square edged by old two and three-storey houses with ornate facades, under an overcast sky
Photo: Chainwit., CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Fabric

The district east of Cetate that developed independently and, with Cetate, stands as an example of Baroque urbanism, with a 52-metre water tower and a neighbourhood tour listed by Visit Timișoara. It suits a stay about 4 km by road from Piața Unirii.

Traian Vuia airport
about 20 km
Piața Unirii
about 4 km

Car and parking

Piața Traian and Piața Romanilor are yellow zone 2 on Timpark's 2025 list, RON 1.52 an hour by card in 2026, charged Monday to Friday from 08:00 to 20:00; a zone 2 subscription costs RON 34.02 for 21 working days.

The Iosefin water tower rising behind trees and a large ochre building on the bank of the Bega canal in Timișoara, reflected in the still water
Photographed in 2018. Photo: Radueduard, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Iosefin

The district on the Bega around the Iosefin water tower, built in 1913 and 1914, 52 m high and open to visitors again after restoration; Timișoara Nord station lies in Iosefin. It suits a stay by the railway, about 3 km by road from Piața Unirii.

Traian Vuia airport
about 19 km
Piața Unirii
about 3 km

Car and parking

Piața Alexandru Mocioni is yellow zone 2 on Timpark's 2025 list, RON 1.52 an hour by card in 2026, charged on weekdays from 08:00 to 20:00, with weekends free.

The twin-spired Roman Catholic church of Elisabetin in Timișoara, a pale neo-Gothic church with a rose window, seen across a lawn with tram wires overhead
Photo: Chainwit., CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Elisabetin

One of the historical neighbourhoods of Timișoara, with Fabric and Iosefin, the subject of its own neighbourhood tour on Visit Timișoara, south of Cetate around Piața Nicolae Bălcescu. It suits a longer stay about 3 km by road from Piața Unirii.

Traian Vuia airport
about 18 km
Piața Unirii
about 3 km

Car and parking

Piața Nicolae Bălcescu is yellow zone 2 on Timpark's 2025 list, RON 1.52 an hour by card in 2026, charged Monday to Friday from 08:00 to 20:00.

Guides

Questions

How much is the tourist tax in Timișoara in 2026?

2% of the accommodation tariff without VAT, for each day and for the whole stay, under council decision 719/2025. The accommodation withholds it and pays it to the city.

What does street parking cost in Timișoara?

By card or voucher in 2026: RON 4.07 an hour in the green zone 0, RON 2.03 in the red zone, RON 1.52 in the yellow zone and RON 1.02 in the blue zone.

Is parking free at weekends?

In the red, yellow and blue zones Timpark charges Monday to Friday from 08:00 to 20:00, with Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays free. The green zone 0 is also charged on Saturdays from 08:00 to 17:00.

How do buses run from the airport?

Express E4 runs from Traian Vuia airport to the city centre and E4b to the central railway station.