Ploiesti, one of Romania's major cities, capital of Prahova County, is seated in the center of Wallachia, north-central part of the Romanian Plain, situated 60 km north of Bucharest. The current area surrounding the town is about 60 km ². Ploiesti is located near Big Hill-growing region will continue to happen and have direct access to the Prahova Valley, the most important alpine tourist area of Romania and is an important transport hub, being on the roads linking the capital Bucharest and Transylvania Moldova.

The bombings of 1916 and 1944 in Ploiesti many buildings were destroyed, buildings and churches, but now, you can visit: Nicholas Simache''''Clock Museum, the memorial house Nichita Stanescu St. John the Baptist, Memorial Hunters; National Petroleum Museum