A big, old-fashioned apartment let by the night or the month — heavy wood furniture, chandeliers, a full kitchen, and the Landhaus kitchen downstairs if you would rather not cook.
Second bedroom with its own televisionMain bathroom — full-size tub with jetsTwin stone basins under the carved mirror, bronze taps on an ironwork standKitchen — oven, hob, fridge, table for fourLounge — velvet suite and marble tableLiving room, looking through to the hallDining room — the table doubles as a deskLiving room with televisionThe rooms run into each other — the flat is wide, not narrowThird room, three single beds — good for a family or a crewEntranceUtility room — washing machine, drying rack, storageSecond bathroomDining room from the hallLate sun through the hallway
What you get
Space and style
Three bedrooms including a room with three singles, two bathrooms, a separate kitchen, a dining room and a lounge — and every room furnished properly: carved wood, velvet, chandeliers, gilt frames, a baroque bed you would expect in a manor house. Classic Romanian interiors done the way they were meant to be, in far more space than anything at the same price in a new block.
A full-size bath
The main bathroom has a proper tub with jets, not a sit-in half tub. Second bathroom besides. Washing machine and drying space in the utility room.
Food on site
The Landhaus kitchen operates from the same building — Romanian home cooking to order, so you can eat without going out or shopping. That is the part that makes this different from an ordinary let.
There is a lignite power station 10 km north-west of the city at Işalnița. On a westerly the plume runs east-south-east across the eastern side of Craiova, and downwind you can smell it — it has been noticed out east of the city and at the railway station. For a few nights it is a curiosity. For a month in a flat it is worth asking the landlord, and worth knowing which way you are from the stacks before you sign.