Dear participant,
At present we are preparing the last stage of the visit and
we would like to ensure that all the participants will give you the best
professional and cultural experience you can benefit whilst on our city.
ACCOMODATION IN BUCHAREST
We had made a group reservation at “Yesterday “Hotel
Bucharest between the 14th and the 18th October 2012. (or as you
specified in the questionnaire responses)
The address and hotel contact details are as follows:
Venue: “Yesterday” Hotel
Str. Economu Cezarescu, Nr. 8
Bucharest, Romania
Hotel Contact Person: Ms. Erna Degeratu +40 723 678 678
Hotel reception: +40723 915 497;
Email: hotel@yesterday.ro
The hotel has given a special rate for this study visit for a
single room on bed & breakfast basis per night. (Prices are inclusive of
VAT). To make payments to the hotel can use the bank card
We trust that all the participants will be present at the
hotel on Monday 14th Oct 2011 at 19,00: where we will have a short introductory
meeting.
Attention ! The national currency of Romania is LEI(1 Euro =
4.53LEI). For all your payments is required to have LEI.
As you know CEDEFOP visit the organizers do not provide for
any budget. Therefore transport costs and lunch and dinner will be charged to your
budget.
Next you will receive information to help you make a budget:
-on 16th October the lunch is around 15 euro/person
-on 17th October the lunch is 5 euro/person
-travel fare Bucharest-Ploiesti return is around 18 euro
-on 18th the lunch is around 20 euro
Some recommendations for the
menu :
Salads: 6 lei – 24 lei;
Cold snacks: 25 lei – 60 lei;
Hot Hors D’oeuvre: 8 lei – 50 lei;
Sour soup, soup, cream stock soup: 6 lei – 10 lei;
Pasta: 18 lei – 24 lei;
Pizza: 16 lei – 24 lei;
Fish dishes: 40 lei – 12 lei;
Chicken dishes: 40 lei – 16 lei;
Coffee/ Tea: 6 lei – 12 lei;
Beer: 6 lei – 14 lei;
Soft drinks: 4 lei – 6 lei
Transfer Airport->Hotel->Airport
Taxi
The best way to arrive at the “Yesterday” Hotel is by taking
a taxi directly from the airport. The
trip depends of the traffic but no more than 50 min. The cost
of travel by taxi is about 10 euro.(1,39 lei/km is written on taxi’s door)
Bus – Public transport
After picking up your luggage take the left elevator and go
to the ground floor .
The bus stop is in front of the airport and there is also the
ticket office.( a return trip costs 8,6 lei )
You may take bus no 783 or a taxi.
The itinerary to the hotel is : Henry Coanda Airoprt (bus
783) -> Piata Victoriei (change ) -> underground Piata Victoriei (yellow
line ) -> Gara de Nord -> Basarab -> Crangasi -> Petrache Poenaru
-> Grozavesti (arrival ).
There you can see the hotel . A SUBWAY MAP HAS BEEN ATTACHED.
A card is needed for underground travel and you can buy it from
the station.
Only cash is accepted for any travel tickets.
The Program
Attention! Bucharest is a very busy city and there are often
traffic jams . We may spend more than planned in the traffic.
The aim of the program is to
highlight different aspects school management and leadership
in order to implement National and European Policies as well
as to improve quality standards of education.
Training school headmasters and also inspectors will help
them improve their competences both at professional and personal level. It is
our purpose to exchange information and good practices about how to make
Quality Management System work in our schools and how to train future school
headmasters and inspectors.
A draft program has been sent to you and a final program will
be sent to you around 06 th October.
GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT Bucharest
Bucharest (Romanian: București) ;
is the capital municipality, cultural, industrial, and financial centre of
Romania. It is the largest city in Romania, located in the southeast of the
country, at44°25′57″N 26°06′14″EC:, and lies on the banks of the Dâmbovița
River.
Bucharest was first mentioned in documents as early as 1459.
Since then it has gone through a variety of changes, becoming the state capital
of Romania in 1862 and steadily consolidating its position as the centre of the
Romanian mass media, culture and arts. Its eclectic architecture is a mix of
historical (neo-classical), interbellum (Bauhaus and Art Deco), Communist-era
and modern. In the period between the two World Wars, the city's elegant
architecture and the sophistication of its elite earned Bucharest the nickname
of "Little Paris" (Micul Paris). Although many buildings and
districts in the historic centre were damaged or destroyed by war, earthquakes,
and Nicolae Ceaușescu's program ofsystematization, many survived. In recent
years, the city has been experiencing an economic and cultural boom.
According to provisional data from 2011 census, 1,677,985
inhabitants live within the city limits, a decrease from the figure recorded at
the 2002 census. The urban area extends beyond the limits of Bucharest proper
and has a population of 1.93 million people. Adding the satellite towns around
the urban area, the proposed metropolitan area of Bucharest would have a
population of 2.2 million people.
To find out more data about Bucharest see
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bucharest.
Landmarks
Bucharest has a large number of landmark buildings and
monuments. Perhaps the most prominent of these is the Palace of the Parliament,
built in the 1980s during the reign of Communist dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu.
Currently the largest building in Europe and the second-largest in the world,
the Palace houses the Romanian Parliament (the Chamber of Deputies and the
Senate), as well as the National Museum of Contemporary Art. The building also
boasts one of the largest convention
centers in the world. We shall visit Palace of Parliament in first day of Study
Visit. Some information about are given below:
Admission fees
I. Standard Tour - 25 LEI/person
Additional fees
- Photo camera: 30 LEI - Video camera: 30 LEI
Visiting rules
1. For all tours: groups of maximum 25 persons 2. Access:
only with an identification document (identity card, passport) - First
group - 11:00 o'clock - Last group - 14:00 o'clock 7. Descending elevator -
last lap: 16:00 o'clock
The climate in Bucharest
Bucharest has a continental-type climate (Köppen climate
classification Dfa). Due to its position on the Romanian Plain, the
city's winters can get windy, even though some of the winds are mitigated due
to urbanization. Winter temperatures often dip below 0 °C (32 °F), sometimes
even dropping to −20 °C (−4 °F). In summer, the average temperature is
approximately 23 °C (73 °F) (the average for July and August), despite the fact
that temperatures frequently reach 35 °C (95 °F) to 40 °C (104 °F) in
mid-summer in the city centre. Although average precipitation and humidity
during summer are low, there are occasional heavy storms. During spring and autumn,
average daytime temperatures vary between 17 °C (63 °F) to 22
°C (72 °F), and
precipitation during this time tends to be higher than in summer, with more
frequent yet milder periods of rain.
More information on weather conditions in Bucharest can be
found on: www.weathercity.com/ro/bucharest
Emergency and useful numbers
Ambulance: 112
Fire: 112
Police: 112
GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT Ploiesti
Ploiești is the county seat of Prahova County and
lies in the historical region of Wallachia in Romania. The city is located 56
km (35 mi) north of Bucharest.
According to the 2011 Romanian census, there were 197,542
people living within the city of Ploiești, making it the 9th most populous city
in Romania.
The town was established in 1596, during the reign of Mihai
Viteazul (Michael the Brave). It rapidly flourished as a center for trade and
handicraft manufacturing in the 17th and 18th centuries. The road connecting
Ploieşti to Braşov was opened in 1864, and the railway arrived in 1882. Many
schools and hospitals were built around this time.
In the mid-19th century, the Ploieşti region was one of the
world's leading oil extraction andrefinery sites. The city is also remembered
as the site of the self-styled Republic of Ploieşti, a short-lived 1870 revolt
against the Romanian monarchy.
Ploieşti is home to the Oil & Gas University, Ploieşti
Philharmonic Orchestra—one of the top-rated philharmonic orchestras in
Romania..
There are many cultural
and architectural monuments, including the Cultural Palace; the Clock Museum,
featuring a collection of clocks and watches gathered by Nicolae Simache; the
Oil Museum; the Art Museum of Ploieşti, donated by the Quintus family; and the
Hagi Prodan Museum, dating to 1785: the property of a merchant named Ivan Hagi
Prodan, it contains elements of old Romanian architecture and for a short time
after World War I it hosted the first museum in Ploieşti, "Prahova's
Museum". In August 2011,Ploiesti hosted the Golden Carpathian European
Film & Fair and Goran Bregovic concert.
