A guide to the county

Arad
in five.

A short guide to Arad County: in every town, five places to stay, five to eat and five to explore. Chosen by people, not algorithms.

Where to stay · 5 stays

Where to eat · 5 meals

What to see · 5 sights

County sketch, not to scaleAll places on the map →

Towns

We started with the towns where we found good places in all three categories. More will follow as we check them.

The county seat, with palaces from 1870–1913 on Bulevardul Revoluției, the museum in the Palace of Culture and the Mureș riverbank.

A plain town by the Mureș, known for Pecica bread, the buffalo farm with its digital museum and the Dacian site of Șanțul Mare.

Old town on the Mureș, with the Maria Radna pilgrimage basilica, the ruins of Șoimoș Fortress and an Ottoman-era bazaar.

A border town with Hungary, home to a Slovak community for more than two centuries and a Lutheran church with a 54 m tower.

Zarand town on the Crișul Alb, with the Losonczy fortress under restoration and the inn named after Slavici's novella.

Five helps you choose.A list of 40 restaurants leaves the searching to you. Five means we already chose.
Every place has a reason.Each entry says in one line why it made the list.
Different places, not clones.We pick places that are not alike, so everyone finds what suits them.
The list changes, it doesn't grow.When a place comes in, another goes out. We review the selection regularly.