In short
This three-star property in Timișoara offers apartments about 2.9 km from Piața Unirii. You'll have air conditioning, a balcony, and a private bathroom with a bath and hairdryer. The kitchen includes a coffee machine and dishwasher. Free WiFi and internet access are available, and you can park for free in the garage or on-site car park. Lifts, family rooms, a garden, and cleaning service are also provided. The apartments come with a cot, making them suitable for families. This gives you a practical base to explore the city while staying in a self-contained space with the amenities you need for a comfortable stay.
Rooms and rates
Elegant City Retreat is a hotel in Timișoara, 2.9 km from the centre of Timișoara. The supplier records it as three-star. On this site it sits under Dumbrăvița, where the median midweek double was €52 in September 2026.
The address on the booking record is Strada Marginii 2 Building Ijkl, Timisoara, Romania. The supplier supplies 6 photographs of the property. Rates are not fixed here: the booking page resolves them live for the dates you choose.
Location
Elegant City Retreat sits 2.9 km from the centre of Timișoara, in Timișoara. You are outside the ring, so reckon on a tram or a bus into the centre; the trade is usually parking and a quieter street.
The quarter around it is covered on the Dumbrăvița page, which sets out what it costs, how you get in and out, and what is against it.
The facilities, in detail
The supplier record lists 35 facilities. Parking appears in the listing, which matters inside the ring where metered space is short. Air conditioning is listed — worth confirming for July and August, when the city sits around 30°C. There is a kitchen or a fridge in the record, so a long stay need not eat out every night.
Facility lists in this catalogue are supplied by the property and are not checked by us. Anything that decides your booking — a lift, a cot, parking, a late arrival — is worth confirming directly before you pay.
What the property offers
The supplier record lists 35 facilities. Grouped, they read like this; the wording is the catalogue's, not ours.
For families: cot, family rooms.
For cooking and eating in: coffee, dishwasher, kitchen, microwave, oven, refrigerator.
For working and staying connected: free wifi, internet access, wifi.
Arriving and getting around: free car parking, garage, parking.
Outdoors and wellness: garden, terrace.
Services: cleaning, lifts, smoke detector.
In the room: air conditioning, apartements, balcony, bath, bathroom, hairdryer, non smoking rooms, shower, slippers, sofa bed, tv, toiletries, towels.
Also listed: wc, washing machine, water.
Who it suits
A kitchen on the record makes it a sensible base for a week or more, or for anyone who would rather shop at the market than eat out every night.
Family rooms or a cot are listed, so it is set up for children rather than merely tolerating them.
Parking is on the record, which matters here: the centre is a paid-parking zone and most apartments in the old quarters have none.
At 2.9 km from Piața Unirii you will use the tram or a taxi to reach the centre; the day ticket is the cheap way to do it.
About Dumbrăvița, in brief
Dumbrăvița suits travellers who value space, quiet and a lower room rate over being in the middle of things. The commune has grown quickly from a village into a northern extension of Timișoara, and its streets are wide, its buildings mostly new, and its pace slower than the city centre. If you are visiting friends or family who have moved out here, or you have business at one of the industrial parks on the northern edge of Timișoara, staying in Dumbrăvița puts you close without putting you in traffic. The lake and bird reserve at Dumbrăvița-Pădurea Verde give the area a green edge that few city quarters can match.
The main public transport link is bus route M14, which runs from Dumbrăvița centre to Piața Libertății in Timișoara. The journey takes about 25 minutes in light traffic and up to 40 minutes at rush hour. Buses run every 15–20 minutes on weekdays from about 05:30 to 22:30, and every 30–40 minutes on weekends, with the last bus leaving the city around 22:00. A single ticket costs 4 lei (about EUR 0.80) if bought from the driver, or 3 lei from a kiosk. A day pass is 10 lei. You can also use the 24-hour ticket for 20 lei.
The full guide to the quarter, with what it costs and what is against it, is on the Dumbrăvița page.
Things to know, from the quarter guide:
Good to know before you book
Cobbles are the usual surprise in the centre: wheeled cases rattle and heels suffer. Most museums close on Monday. Terraces take cards; the markets and the bakeries prefer cash.
Coming in by tram is straightforward, but buy the ticket in the app or at the kiosk before you board — you cannot pay the driver.
Where our data comes from
This page is built from the booking catalogue, not from a visit. The name, the star rating, the address, the coordinates and the facility list are the supplier's own record for hotel 21744819; the distances are measured from those coordinates to Piața Unirii. Nobody pays to appear here and there is no commission ranking.
What we have written ourselves — the quarters, the guides, the things to do — is on the rest of the site, and it is written from the ground. This page is a catalogue entry, and says so.
Photographs from the property
Supplied by the property through the booking catalogue, not taken by us.
Questions
Sleep in Cetate, wake up in the squares
Median €55 midweek, September 2026. Nobody pays to be on this list.