Hotels at Racu booking.com

Racu (Vâlcea)

Booking.com

Racu

General information - Location

Country	Romania
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	East Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 24.2008,Lat: 44.7478
Elevation	281 meter above sea level
Local time	20:06:19pm
Name province/region (Judeţ)	Vâlcea
Wiki-website Subregion (Comună)	Mitrofani
Other place with same name 1	Racu Harghita - Racu

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Mitrofani	2 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Izvoraşu	2.9 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Nemoiu	2.9 km	WestSouthWest
4 Bărbuceni	3 km	EastNorthEast
5 Izvoru	3.3 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bucureşti	Romania	154 km	East
2 София (Sоfiya)	Bulgaria	240 km	South
3 Београд (Beograd)	Serbia	296 km	West

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Black Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 342 km (direction EastSouthEast).The coastline is located in another country namely Bulgaria.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Olt, part of the larger catchment area Danube Region Basin District. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Drăgăşani (11.4 km² at a distance of 5.6 km in Eastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Romanian-Bulgarian border with a straight distance of 111.5 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 156 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 19%, hill: 81%, The hills are mainly northeastern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Henri Coanda International Airport (at a distance of 150 km and direction East).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Craiova Airport (at a distance of 54 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

21.8 km2

27.7%

Nature

0.5 km2

0.6%

Agriculture

24.9 km2

31.7%

Viticulture

23.1 km2

29.4%

Urban area

8.4 km2

10.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Racu in country Romania

Racu at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Monastery of Horezu	Romania	50 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Dacian Fortresses of the Orastie Mountains	Romania	119 km	NorthWest
3 Villages with Fortified Churches in Transylvania	Romania	161 km	North

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Valea Oltului Inferior	RO	5.1 km	NorthNorthEast

Social media - Maps

	Video's op youtube van Racu
	Video's op Vimeo
	TikTok
	Instagram
	Flickr
Filming Location	IMDB Racu
	TikTok
	Bings maps
	Mapquest
	Wikimapia
	OpenStreetMap

Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Amărăşti

Type of weather in Amărăşti	clear sky
Current temperature:	2 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.27 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	1012 mb
Humidity:	64 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	9 hour and 22 minutes
Sunrise :	06:28 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	15:50 Europe/Amsterdam