Galați travel guide

Galați is the capital city of Galați County in the historical region of Western Moldavia, in eastern Romania. Galați is a port town on the river Danube. and the sixth-largest of all cities on the river Danube.

The city of Galati has a rich history because it is located on the Danube, the most important commercial-river artery in Europe, the Danube-Main-Rhine Canal. Economic life developed around the Shipyard, the River Port, around the Arcelor-Mittal Steel Plant and the Mining Port. Summers are very warm with temperatures sometimes exceeding 35 °C (95 °F) while winters are cold and dry with temperatures at night sometimes dropping below −10 °C (14 °F). Average monthly precipitation ranges from about 28 to 68.6 mm (1.1 to 2.7 in) in June.

Getting in

Ferry service across the Danube River is available from Bratianu to Galati. Ferries operated by Navrom BAC leave from Bratianu every hour on the hour and from Galati to Bratianu every hour on the half-hour. Galați railway station has straight train services to cities such as Bucharest, Cluj-Napoca, Brașov and Iași all year and in the summer to Constanța.

Getting around

Public transport in Galați is provided by a combination of trams, trolleybuses, autobuses (all of which are operated by TRANSURB, an agency of the municipality).

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