Located in the heart of the old city, right on the Civic Park's edge, the Continental Hotel, now known as the North Star Continental Resort Timisoara, is your ideal stop for business trips. Cross the Civic Park to reach the Opera house and the town's three state theatres: the National, Hungarian and German theatre houses. A little further, next to the city's Metropolitan Cathedral, you?ll find the Banat Philharmonic with its unforgettable classical and jazz performances. Art galleries, bookshops, wine cellars, coffee shops, Italian ice-cream parlours, museums and tourist attractions are all present in the Old Fortress (Cetate) neighbourhood. And who could possibly leave Timisoara without doing some shopping? The nearest shopping centre is Bega, just 1 minute away from the North Star Continental Resort; more ample shopping, with greater product diversity, is available at Iulius Mall, in the northern part of the city and 10 minutes' walk away from the hotel