Hotel Zefir

In short

Stay at a four-star hotel in Timișoara, about 2.6 km from Piața Unirii. It offers air-conditioned rooms with carpeted floors, a private bathroom with bath and bidet, and some rooms have a balcony. Family rooms are available, and breakfast is served. The hotel has a bar and a banquet room. Practical services include a 24-hour front desk, cleaning, dry cleaning, laundry, copying and fax, plus car rental. Fans, first aid supplies and a lift are also provided. This is a straightforward option if you prefer a quiet location outside the centre, with easy access to the city by car or rental.

Rooms and rates

Hotel Zefir sits 2.6 km from the centre of Timișoara, in Timișoara. The supplier records it as four-star. On this site it sits under Mehala, where the median midweek double was €42 in September 2026.

The address on the booking record is Str. Tulcea Nr. 17, 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

Hotel Zefir sits 2.6 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 Mehala 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 41 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. Breakfast appears in the facilities; whether it is included in the rate is a question for the booking page.

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 41 facilities. Grouped, they read like this; the wording is the catalogue's, not ours.

For families: family rooms.

Food and drink on site: banquet, bars, breakfast, restaurant(s).

For working and staying connected: 24 hour front desk, copy, fax, free wifi, internet access, wifi.

Arriving and getting around: car rental service, free car parking, parking.

Outdoors and wellness: garden, terrace.

Services: cleaning, dry cleaning service, first aid, laundry service, luggage storage, safe, wake-up service.

In the room: air conditioning, balcony, bath, bathroom, bidet, carpeted, hairdryer, iron and board, minibar, non smoking rooms, shower, tv, toiletries, towels.

Also listed: fan, housekeeping, telephone, wc.

Who it suits

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.

A desk and internet access are listed, which is enough for a working trip if the room is quiet.

At 2.6 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 Mehala, in brief

Mehala suits travellers who treat a bed as a base and not as part of the trip. If your days are spent in the centre, at the Bega, or on day trips to Arad or Lugoj, and you want to come back to a quiet street where the shutters close at nine, this quarter does that job without fuss. The stock is small guesthouses, rooms above shops, and a handful of newer builds along the main roads; the owners often live on site, which means the keys are handed over personally and the heating is turned up before you ask.

Tram 1 is the backbone. It runs from the Mehala terminus down Calea Aradului and Calea Torontalului to the ring, then into the centre, and on to the Gara de Nord and beyond. The ride to Piața Victoriei takes about 20 minutes; to the railway station, 25. Trams run every 8–12 minutes from around 5am to 11pm, less often on Sundays. Buy a ticket from the machine at the stop or by SMS; validate it on board. The tram is old and can be crowded at peak times, but it is reliable and cheap — a single ticket costs about EUR 0.60, a day pass about EUR 1.60.

The full guide to the quarter, with what it costs and what is against it, is on the Mehala 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 5845266; 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.

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