Is Romania safe for solo female travelers?

Romania generally provides a safe environment for solo female travelers. The locals are friendly and helpful, and public spaces are well-policed. However, like in any country, it's necessary to be cautious, particularly in crowded areas where pickpocketing may occur. Also, while Romania has a fairly comprehensive public transportation system, it is advisable to avoid late-night travel when alone if possible. Regular safety precautions like avoiding isolated areas at night and not sharing location details with strangers should be practiced.

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How safe is Romania for solo female travelers?

Travel safety index

4.3 /5

based on 57 experiences from female travelers

Busteni, Family travel

There was mountains. It was very beautiful. I was eating langoasa with sheep cheese. Everything was good. The nature is wanderful. There are bears, lovely bears. Also there is a monastery in mountains

Posted: January 30, 2026
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Ahsen

Ahsen

Turkey

Oradea, Solo travel

The experience was quite nice. You can sightsee here a lot because the City is small. Also you can use the tramway to go everywhere. Bailey Felix, Bear Cave, Piata Uniri are the famous places to see.

Posted: August 6, 2025
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Albariña

Albariña

Spain

Brasov, Solo travel

Little city, very nice to walk around. I stayed in a hostel and met a lot of people, Many of them romanians. I stayed a week. Very nice nightlife, i felt super-safe and meet a lot of friendly people. I felt at home.

Posted: June 16, 2025Experienced: May, 2014
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How safe is Romania for women?

Local safety index

4.2 /5

Based on 216 local experiences

Local crime index

1.9 /5

Based on 216 local experiences

Alisia

Alisia

Cluj-Napoca

Overall, a very safe city. I've never had a problem other than a few drunk men staring or making sounds at me. But be a bit more cautious at night in Iris, Marasti, Manastur on dark streets as I've heard of people being robbed there

Posted: February 25, 2026
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Sona

Sona

Brasov

I walked trough the city and took public buses, everyone was super polite and ready to help. Maybe my stay is a bit short and I haven’t went out at night, but I easily made friends here, and everyone was talking about how the city is active ar evening which I think is a good sogn and nobody mentioned anything unsafe or things I shouldn’t do or go.

Posted: February 24, 2026
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Bucharest

Bucharest is pretty much a safe city but depending on where you’re going it can change. Personally I didn’t had anything happened to me but I know some stories where some of my friends did not felt safe but thankfully nothing happened to them. In most areas Bucharest is a safe city especially in the tourist areas.

Posted: February 18, 2026
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Safety in Romania

Hospitality Exchange in Romania

Annamaria

Annamaria

Oradea

Can host for:

7 days

About me

Hey girlll, I’m Anna, 19 years old and my dream is to travel around until I’m young ( I already feel old 😩) I’m extroverted, really friendly, I love to have fun aand I have a huge obsession for Japan. I’m looking for summertime friendships, so we can visit each other. I can offer to show you a bite of Balkan culture, food, my beautiful home town Oradea, we can do trips to other close cities or even Budapest and Vienna.

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Maria

Maria

Craiova

Can host for:

4 days

About me

aloha! i am an adventurous person who would like to see as much of the world as i can in this life and i realised that is all about the people you meet along the way! i am also pretty interested in a few things like photography, cooking, reading and yoga.. 🌈🧘‍♀️🌀

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