Pitesti

Pitesti is a city in Romania on the Arges River. It is an important commercial centre, and also has a university. It is on the main road from Bucharest, and if you're going out to discover Transylvania or going towards Sibiu, Pitesti will be your first stop. It is an hour from Bucharest since they have built a fast highway to connect the two cities. From Pitesti, it is more complicated to drive as there are small roads and lots of traffic. It is a city that has had a turbulent history. It was created in the Middle Ages and has served consecutively as a centre for the national party to express their ideas outside the capital, and during the communist era it had a national prison and was a centre of repression.