Pitești

Pitești is the capital and largest city of Argeș County, Romania. The settlement has the reputation of the city of tulips, because here being hosted an annual important festival called Simfonia Lalelelor. In 2021, Pitești had a population of 141,000 people, making it the thirteenth largest urban center in Romania.

History
During the Great Northern War, Swedish King Charles XII lived in exile in the Ottoman Empire for years. In 1714, he and his company left Pitești, and rode to Stralsund 14 days later; a tremendous speed at its time.

Geography
Pitești is in the central southern part of Romania between Carpathians and the Danube, in the northwest of historical region Muntenia. The town lies at the confluence of Argeș River with Doamnei River.

Pitești is at an altitude of 250 m, at the minor riverbed of 'Arges' River '(south), and 356 m in the Trivale neighborhood (west). Northwest terrace  Triviale-Papuceşti  is the share of 373 m, to the east of the village Valea Mare-Podgoria share is 406 m. In the west-southwest of the villages of Mica and Bascov share is 439 m (Bogdăneasa Forest). Pitești area is 4,073 hectares (calculated in 2003).

The city sits between high hills, on the terraces's Arges River has a topoclimate valley, calm and moderate. Annual average temperatures vary between 9° and 10 °C, the average January is -2.4 °C, while that of July of 20.8 °C. Rainfall exceeds the national average, varying between 680 and 700 mm annually.

In the northern city ends the A1 highway which is linking Bucharest and it is also a bypass in the east of it.

By train
There are frequent trains from Bucharest (including three Rapid type trains) and Craiova.



By bus
Public transport is well developed in the city; the different neighborhoods and interest areas of the city are linked through 14 bus lines:
 * A: Teatru - Carrefour
 * 1: Tudor Vladimirescu - Novatex
 * 2: Arpechim - Bascov
 * 2B: Trivale - Arpechim
 * 3B: Războieni - Arpechim
 * 5: Trivale - Alprom
 * 5B: Trivale - Găvana
 * 7: Gheorghe Doja - Alprom
 * 7B: Gheorghe Doja - Găvana
 * 8: Trivale - Gara de Sud
 * 13: Războieni - Alprom
 * 13B: Războieni - Găvana
 * 19: Arpechim - Găvana

The 2 bus line route is the longest in the city, stopping at 25 stations and having an average duration of 40 minutes, but during the hours of congestion, traveling on this line more than 50 minutes.

Drink
In the Pitești region you can drink the best țuica (a brandy made out of plums or apples) or the best wines in the south of Romania.

Consulates

 * 🇷🇸 Serbia

Connect
As of Aug 2022, Pitești has 4G from Orange and Telekom, and 5G from Vodafone and Digi.

Go next

 * Nearby towns of Ștefănești and Mioveni.