Timisoara is located in the west of the country, in a plain area. The city is crossed by the river Bega (channeled in 1728, thus becoming the first waterway). The climate is temperate, only that the positioning in an open area brings a few degrees more in the summer and also lowers the temperatures in the winter. The average annual temperatures are around 11° C. Precipitations remain within normal values, specific to a plain area.

The historic city center has a linear structure running parallel to the Bega River, on a distance of about 10 km. The city has developed greatly in recent years, so that in addition to the communist working-class neighborhoods around the old town, today there are important industrial parks (which are sometimes at significant distances from the actual town). Renting a car facilitates travelling in this special organization of the city, regardless of the purpose of your visit.

Timisoara is commonly known for the events of December '89, but the city has many stories to tell to its listeners. Built on a swamp, Timi?oara had to have an ingenious fortification until the late 17th and early 18th century, when the river Timi? was redirected so as not to traverse the current territory of the city and the works for damming the Bega river began. The building of the National Theatre in Timi?oara has stability problems today, precisely because it is built on such a fortification.

A particularity of this area is that, although the Romanians have always been an overwhelming majority (currently 86% of the population is of Romanian origin), the administration was entirely foreign. Only in 1919, with the fall of the Empire Hasburgic, Timi?oara first enters under Romanian administration. This is in fact visible everywhere, from the way the buildings are constructed and placed, to the mindset of the people. Thus Timi?oara is a special city in Romania's landscape which in any case should not be missed.