How do I get there ?
By plane
The cheapest and the shortest, with the low-cost airline Wizzair
Dortmund to Cluj-Napoca (3 flights a week: Wednesday, Friday, Sunday – departures 15.00 – arrival : 18.00) ...
London Luton to Cluj-Napoca (4 flights a week : Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Sunday – departures : 7.30 – arrival : 12.30)
In Cluj-Napoca, take a taxi to the station or the bus station of Cluj and then the train or minibus up to Beclean (90 km). Beclean is located northeast of Cluj, direction Bistrita Suceava (by road), towards Iasi, Brasov or Sighetu (by train).
Minibus Cluj – Beclean : departure every day of the bus station of Cluj (near the station after the bridge):
Duration: 1.30 - 2.00 -
Price: 12 RON = 3 eur
Autogara Fany (0264-435.278): dep: 7.15 (Sami trans) - 17.00 (Fany)
Autogara Beta (0264-455.249}: dep: 11.30
Cluj – Beclean by train : daily departure from the station of Cluj (tel: 952 0264 or 432 001) for Beclean at: 01.04, 01.50, 04.44, 05.52, 09.05, 12.06, 12.57, 15.38, 16.54. Specify Beclean-pe-Somes as not to confuse. Beclean is a railway junction, trains bound for Iasi, Brasov or Sighetu
Accommodation in Cluj-Napoca: see http://www.hotels-cluj-napoca.com
Ex: Transylvania Youth Hostel, youth hostel in the city center, 15-17 €
Pension Mioval, 10 minutes from the train station, quiet neighborhood, € 15-35
Cluj-price transport Beclean: about 2-3 eur
When you arrive at Beclean:
- Adriana call 0040 (0) 746 30 41 00
- If it does not answer, take the bus to the bus station Beclean (near the station) to Malin (10 km). But outside of school time it is not flowing all the time. Normally departures 14:15, 16:00 and 18:00. In non-school time just 18:30.
No bus on Saturday and Sunday. Price: 3 lei
- If the bus does not run, come by taxi (€ 5 = 20 lei) found at the station in central or 0742 351 443 (Cristi) - 0745 329 319 (Virgil) - 0740 212 211 (Ciprian)
In Malin, go to the bar / shop center (where the bus stops) and ask the farm "the hermitage" of Philippe and Adriana. They will guide you better or a cart takes you.
At the entrance of the village, the first bridge on the left, a sign indicates the direction of the hermitage