Hotel Dâmboviţa

Wallachia


If you’re going to spend the night in Târgovişte, make it here, the nicest place in town. While the modern high-rise building doesn't look encouraging from the outside, the rooms are clean and quiet; some have balconies with views overlooking the central park. Breakfast (included in the room price) is served à la carte, a welcome relief from tired buffet spreads.


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1. Statue of Mihai Viteazu

0.08 MILES

A large statue of 16th-century Wallachian Prince Mihai Viteazu marks the western end of the town's central park.

2. Cathedral

0.09 MILES

Târgovişte's main church occupies a prominent position in the town's central Parcul Mitropoliei. The church is built of red brick in Byzantine style and…

3. Târgu Church

0.16 MILES

Near the restaurants on Str Alexandru Ioan Cuza is the beautiful, partially frescoed Târgu Church. Dating to 1654, it was painted during the 17th and 18th…

4. Museum of Romanian Police

0.33 MILES

Romania’s only police museum has a number of exhibitions from the 19th and 20th centuries, including an overfilled cloakroom-style display of uniforms,…

5. Museum of Printing & Old Romanian Books

0.34 MILES

Housed in a 17th-century palace built by Constantin Brâncoveanu for his daughter Safta, this museum is filled with original books from the beginning of…

6. Princely Court

0.37 MILES

The Princely Court was built in the 14th century for Mircea cel Bătrân (Mircea the Old) and remained a formal residence for Wallachia’s princes, including…

7. Zoo

0.6 MILES

Târgovişte's small zoo, in the park just north of the Princely Court, is surprisingly comprehensive, with some large cats, a hippo, lots of chimps and a…

8. Military Barracks

0.67 MILES

This small, spare museum just outside the train station contains the military barracks where former Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceauşescu and his wife Elena…