"I am constantly curious about the world around me! On the other hand, if everything I discover is not shared, well... it is a sort of waste, isn't it? At least, that is how I see things now!"

Dan Codre

Dan is one of the first members of the Timișoara City Tours group. He lives in Arad, but studied history in Timișoara, so he is closely linked to both cities in western Romania. After working as a teacher and then for about 10 years in television as a reporter and documentary producer, he started working as a guide out of passion to tell others what he learns about the world around him.

"Traveling to over 35 countries and meeting many people along the way, I realized that not many know much about Romania. So I told myself - I have to do something about this! And here I am, together with my colleagues, to guide you through Romania!"

Sergiu Dănilă

Sergiu was born and raised in Timișoara. He is also a senior member of the Timișoara City Tour organization, although he is not that old. He graduated in English and German studies at the West University in his hometown. He speaks four languages fluently: English, German, Italian, and Spanish. He presents his tours as part of his life, not just as a job! Passionate about nature, photography, and... Inter Milan. Definitely worth meeting on the route!

"I think Timișoara is still an undiscovered gem! As a child, I roamed the streets of the Fabric neighborhood and Timișoara in general, being fascinated by these places. I am glad that in 2023, along with the title of European Capital of Culture, Timișoara gained a lot of new spaces for exhibitions. I have also spent a lot of time in art galleries and I think Cultural Timișoara would be a world worth experiencing by any visitor!"

Marius Ciortan

Marius was born in Timișoara the year immediately following the fall of the communist regime in Romania. He took advantage of the new perspectives offered by a democratic country, traveled everywhere he could, and often thought that what he left at home could be interesting to present to travelers. Curious by nature, he often sought to find new meanings behind the walls of old houses in the historic industrial neighborhood of the city where he lives. This is also one of the reasons why he became a guide – to learn and tell the story of his city to guests from all over the world.

"I believe Romania has a lot to show to guests coming from abroad! We have beautiful cities, rural areas that still look authentic, breathtaking nature, all of which make this country an ideal place for tourism. I also feel connected to the world I left behind in Germany, in fact I still commute from time to time between my two countries, but with the experience gained from my studies there and what I found here, I think I managed to reach a recipe that cannot fail to be successful."

Mark Alex Muntean

Alex was born into a multi-ethnic family in Banat that had the chance to escape the gray world of Romanian communism long before the 1989 revolution. Raised in Germany, where he completed his studies at the universities of Mannheim, Heidelberg, and Frankfurt am Main, he returned to Romania in 2015 where he founded Cosmopolit Reisen, a small enterprise focused on promoting inbound tourism. The first collaborations with Timișoara City Tours came just a year later, and today he is one of the core members of our team.

"I am passionate about the multi-ethnic and multi-confessional aspects of these regions, so after a long period in the heart of Transylvania, I returned to the western part of the country, where I love to promote local culture, history, gastronomy, and traditions, while building bridges between cultures. I am passionate about traveling, the English language, theology, science, history, and board games."

Roberta Rosa

Born and raised in Arad, in western Romania, Roberta comes from a multicultural family, something specific to the area that makes her passionate about different cultures around the world. She lived in Cluj-Napoca for 13 years, where she started working as a tour guide in 2015, and since then she has had the opportunity to share the beauties of Transylvania and Banat with people from all over the world.

"I would love to witness again the underground city, the underground cultural life of old Timișoara! Even before 1989, during communism, there was a scene of artists here who gathered in various places, like the rock scene at Flora on the banks of the Bega, and created art that I think we miss today. I hope we regain this world that we somehow lost today! Any self-respecting city has such a culture and Timișoara deserves to have it again."

Armand Iftode

Armand is an actor, teacher, teaches theater at the University (even if it is more complicated to be named a professor there, that's basically what it is), a truly versatile man who has a lot to offer and say! He started city tours more than six years ago. His actor side appreciates direct interaction with guests, with the public he finds on every street tour. He likes stories and especially likes to tell them with passion and a lot of soul. His father is from Moldova, his mother from Oltenia, and he is an authentic guy from Timișoara, very representative of the beautifully colored world of the Banat capital.