Castle and fortress visitors
Tourists heading for Corvin Castle or the Dacian fortresses plan their route at home. They want to know where to sleep, eat and park, in English, with prices and a way to book.
Web design Deva · Hunedoara County
Web design Deva
Fast websites, online shops and Google Business Profiles for businesses in Deva, in English and Romanian, at a fixed price.
I am Raul, and my studio is in Battonya, just across the border in Hungary, about 207 km from Deva by road, roughly two and a half hours by car. That is too far to drop by, so with businesses in Deva and the rest of Hunedoara County I work online first: phone, WhatsApp, video call and e-mail. I come in person only if the project really needs it. I write English and Romanian myself, so both versions of your site read naturally.
Businesses and customers in Deva
Deva is the seat of Hunedoara County, a compact city on the Mureș at the foot of Citadel Hill, where the ruins of the medieval fortress look over the valley and a cable car takes visitors to the top. It is also home to Romania's national women's gymnastics training centre. The local economy mixes administration, trade, construction materials, energy and the automotive industry, and foreign groups have been building or announcing parts plants near Hunedoara and Simeria. Around the city lies one of Romania's richest heritage circuits: Corvin Castle in Hunedoara, the Dacian fortresses of the Orăștie Mountains with Sarmizegetusa Regia on the UNESCO list, the thermal resort of Geoagiu Băi and the Hațeg Country geopark. This keeps many businesses going: guesthouses, restaurants, guides and drivers, car rentals, dentists, workshops, builders, and firms that supply the plants. A part of their customers are foreign managers, engineers and tourists who search in English.
Why it matters in Deva
Plants with a head office abroad
A subsidiary in Deva or Simeria needs a site its group can read in English and local job applicants can read in Romanian. Two audiences, two clear versions, one company.
Investors checking you out
Before a meeting, a foreign partner or buyer looks you up. Company details, services, certificates and a contact form in English show that you are serious and reachable.
Deva, Hunedoara, Simeria, Orăștie: one catchment
Deva rarely works alone. Hunedoara, with its castle and its industrial past, is a short drive to the south. Simeria, a railway junction known for its old dendrological park, is just down the Mureș, and Orăștie lies further east, at the edge of the mountains that hold the Dacian fortresses. People in these towns move between them every day for work, doctors, shops and offices, and many people live in one of them and work in another. For a business that means your customers may not be in Deva at all. They open the map wherever they are, and Google shows what is close to them. If you serve Hunedoara or Orăștie too, say it clearly on your site and in your Google profile's service area, instead of hoping people will guess.
For a business in the Deva area, I would put the following on the site and on the Google profile. The right main category, checked by hand, because a wrong one hides you from the searches that matter. A website button that leads to your own site, not to an old page or a social profile. Your exact address and a pin that sits on your door. The languages you speak, stated in each version. Prices in lei, with a euro note if many guests come from abroad. Seasonal opening hours, which matter on the tourist route. Real photos of your premises, rooms or team. And a contact form that works on a phone and sends the request straight to you.
Working with Deva from Battonya
From Battonya to Deva it is about 207 km by road, roughly two and a half hours by car: across the border at Battonya–Turnu, through Arad and then along the A1 motorway past Timișoara and Lugoj, not counting any waiting time at the border. That is why projects in Deva run online first. We start with a video call, I send you a short list of the photos and information I need, and we agree on texts by e-mail or WhatsApp. If the project needs a visit, for example a guesthouse or a plant whose premises must be photographed on site, we agree on it in the offer.
207 km from Battonya · about 2 h 30 min by car
Typical searches in Deva
Examples of what customers in Deva search for. I write your website copy and Google profile around searches like these.
- guesthouse near Corvin Castle
- where to stay Deva citadel
- Sarmizegetusa Regia tour from Deva
- Geoagiu Băi thermal pool
- English speaking dentist Deva
- car rental Deva
- restaurant Deva centre
Prices for businesses in Deva
A guesthouse or restaurant on the tourist route usually fits Essential: €999 (≈ 5,270 lei), with texts by me and a booking or order calculator; the English version adds €99 (≈ 520 lei). A supplier or service firm that needs several pages, the Google profile and keyword research fits Business: €1,499 (≈ 7,910 lei). A company site in two languages with a blog fits Premium: €1,999 (≈ 10,550 lei). Hosting for the first year is included in every package, and a logo from Essential upwards. The domain is paid separately.
Start site
€499≈ 2,630 lei
- 1 page, up to 6 sections
- The same quality and speed as the bigger packages
- Built with your own texts and photos
- Cookie banner, GDPR, legal notice
- PageSpeed 90+, 1st year hosting
- Ready in 5 working days
Essential website
€999≈ 5,270 lei
- 1 page, up to 12 sections
- Copy based on searches in Deva
- Online booking or order calculator
- 1 short business video
- Ready in 7 working days
Business website
€1,499≈ 7,910 lei
- Up to 10 pages
- Google Business Profile included
- Keyword research
- 3 short business videos
Online shop
from €1,999≈ 10,550 lei
- Up to 50 products
- Card payment (Stripe) and invoice
- 3 short business videos
- Ready in 14 working days
The nearest real case: Diagnoza Auto Simon in Timișoara
Diagnoza Auto Simon, on the same A1 corridor in Timișoara, cleans particulate filters, EGR valves, turbos, injectors and throttle bodies without taking them apart: about 75 minutes, 1,700 lei, fixed. Customers rate it 4.5 stars across 174 Google reviews. Yet on 7 October 2026 its Google profile was working against it: the “Website” button led to an old domain that had ended up with a betting site, the category read “smog inspection station”, and the map pin sat near Battonya with no address. The new site, curatarefiltruparticule.ro, went live on 12 October 2026 with PageSpeed 100 in all four mobile scores. Its form, “What's wrong with your car?”, turns make, model and symptoms into a WhatsApp message. The profile corrections are prepared and go in one per day once the owner gives manager access.
What a Deva business can take from it: check that your category is right, that your website button really leads to your own site, and that customers can describe their problem in one step. In Arad, La Lavinia showed the same: once its profile was fixed, the cake shop appeared correctly on Google Maps two days after launch.
Case study: Diagnoza Auto Simon →Case study: La Lavinia →Questions from Deva
Why work with someone two and a half hours away instead of a studio in Deva?
Only if it suits you. Most of my projects run by phone, WhatsApp and video, so distance changes little in practice. You get a fixed price in writing, a reply on the same working day and, from Essential up, a free homepage preview within 48 working hours. I write English and Romanian myself, which matters if both versions must sound natural.
Hardly anyone searches in English for Deva. Is an English version worth it?
Searches in English for Deva are too few to measure, but that is not the point. Foreign tourists search for the castle or the citadel, not for your town, and then look at what is nearby. A foreign head office or partner opens your site after hearing your name. For them, one clear English version decides. It costs €99 as an extra language.
Our plant belongs to a foreign group. What should our local site do?
Usually two things: tell the group and its customers in English who you are and what you make, and tell people in Deva and the towns around, in Romanian, that you are hiring and how to apply. A careers page with real shifts, transport and contact details often brings more applicants than an ad. The group's design rules can be followed if you send them.
My guesthouse is on the castle route. What should the English page include?
Distances to Corvin Castle, Deva citadel and the Dacian fortresses, what the road is like, parking, check-in times, breakfast, whether you take cards, prices in lei with a euro note, and real photos of the rooms. Add a booking or enquiry form, because visitors decide before they set off. I write it with you after a short call.
Can you fix only my Google profile?
Yes. Setting up or correcting a Google Business Profile costs €199 (≈ 1,050 lei): category, description, photos, hours, service area, the website button and a review link. In Timișoara the website button of a workshop with good reviews led to a betting site; such faults are easy to miss. If you are not sure, start with the free check, a short PDF within 24 working hours.
How do photos work if you don't come to Deva?
I send you a short list: which rooms, dishes, products or team shots I need, and how to take them with a phone in daylight. Good phone photos are enough for most small sites. If the project needs professional photos on site, for example many rooms or a production hall, we agree on a visit in the offer.
How do we work together if you're not based in Deva?
Online: a call or video chat, texts and photos by email or WhatsApp, and you see the draft in your browser before launch.
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Written by Raul Gabriel Nagy
Founder of RAGANA Studio, web designer since 2009. I hand-build websites and online shops for businesses in Romania, Hungary, Austria and Germany, and run my own online shop, raganadesign.shop. My story →
Updated:Let's see how customers find you in Deva.
Send me your business name. Within 24 working hours you get a short PDF: how you appear on Google and 3 concrete things to improve.