Welcome to
Targu Mures City

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Location:

Targu Mures, the capital of Mures County is situated in Romania’s central part, approximately in centre of the county.

Area/Surface:

66.96 km²

Population:

126.000 people

Calling code:

+4 0265 or 0365

How to get here:

By car:

South-East entry: follow the European road E60 (DN13) from Constanța – Slobozia – Bucharest – Ploiești – Brașov – Sighișoara.

South-West entry: follow the European road E60 (DN1/15) from France – Switzerland – Austria – Hungary – Oradea – Cluj Napoca – Câmpia Turzii – Luduș – Iernut.

North-East entry: follow the National road DN15 (E578) from Bacău – Piatra Neamț – Toplița – Reghin.

North-West entry: follow the National road DN16/15e from Cluj Napoca.

By train:

Even if it’s situated in the centre of Romania, Târgu Mureș City, is not a main railway junction of the country. The most important railway routes which cross the city are:

Târgu Mureș – Iernut – Luduș – Războieni – Aiud – Teiuș – Alba Iulia – Sibiu
Tg. Mureș – Reghin – Toplița – Gheorghieni – Miercurea Ciuc
Târgu Mureș – Câmpia Turzii – Cluj Napoca
Tg. Mureș – Reghin – Toplița – Miercurea Ciuc – Sfântu Gheorghe – Brașov
Târgu Mureș – Miercurea Ciuc – Sfântu Gheorghe – Brașov – Ploiești – Bucharest
Tg. Mureș – Reghin – Bistrița
Târgu Mureș – Toplița – Gheorghieni – Onești – Tecuci – Galați
Tg. Mureș – Alba Iulia – Deva – Lugoj – Timișoara and many others.

There is also an express train which comes from Budapest till here.

By plane:

Targu Mures City has a little International Airport, so tourists who want to come here by plain will have to arrive on “Transylvania” International Airport with regular flights from or towards Budapest, Barcelona, Bucharest, Billund, Dortmund, London, Rome, Bologna, Milano, Madrid or Paris.

Foundation year:

1116 under the name Secuilor Market.

When to go:

The best period to visit Târgu Mureș City is between April and October. The weather in this period is beautiful, with positive temperatures, even exceeding 20° C in the majority of May and September days. In spring the city goes into blossom, while in autumn the color of the trees gives gorgeous hues.

Targu Mures City

Relief, climate, rivers and lakes:

Targu Mures City is situated in centre of Transylvania‘s historical region, in a hilly relief area (Cornesti, Nirajului Hills) situated at the junction between the Transylvanian Plain, Mures Valley and Niraj Valley. Geographically, all these are part from the well known Transylvanian Plateau and the average of the elevation where the city is situated is 300 m height. The climate in Targu Mures City is temperate-continental, moderate with hot summers and frosty winters which means that the difference between summer and winter is big. Here you can feel both western influences from the Atlantic Ocean and also the eastern ones from Russia/Siberia. The annual average of the temperature is 8-9° C and the rainfall is 650 mm per year. Targu Mures City is crossed by Mures River, but no important lakes are in the area.

Short history, population, importance and name of Targu Mures City:

Mures County‘s capital has a special history. Most of the time it was part from Austro-Hungarian Empire or Kingdom of Hungary rather than being part of Romania and many of Transylvania’s kings were Hungarian in origins. Today the population is mixed composed by both Romanians (52%) and Hungarians (44%), same like religion. For many years, Targu Mures City was the most important cultural, economic, industrial and educational centre of Secuiesc Land.

Today is also an important cultural, historical, commercial, industrial, university and tourist center from Transylvania. (Find more journeys on blog.worldlifetimejourneys.com) Although in the last decades the city developed very much, the old centre and its historical buildings give tourists the impression of going back in time, making them feel like hundreds of years ago. The name of Targu Mures City comes from the Hungarian word “vásárhely” which means trade (market) and Mures word coming from the fact that the city is situated on Mures River.

Tourism, tourist objectives and attractions and what to do and see:

Targu Mures City‘s centre and also the most important tourist objective is the Medieval Citadel. Use it as a starting point to explore the city’s medieval streets full of history or to visit the cultural and religious tourist objectives and attractions from this beautiful Transylvanian City. A little further in south of Targu Mures, there is a little city, more beautiful and historical. Sighisoara, is a gorgeous city of a rare beauty among Romania’s medieval cities and is also the host of an annual medieval festival.

The city is also known by tourists due to the legend of Vlad Tepes known as “Dracula”. Returning to Mures County‘s Capital, this offers many more attractions and objectives to the tourists than the historic or cultural air mentioned above. A leisure complex, a beautiful zoological garden, national and international festivals, parks, plazas and gardens or forests with a high hunting potential, all await you to visit them. Visit Targu Mures City!

The Citadel, Targu Mures City