Nicoleta’s guidebook
Food scene
Strada Stavropoleos 5
5 Strada StavropoleosNice Architecture, great serving, and really good Romanian dishes.
Curtea Berarilor
9-11 Strada ȘelariGood Romanian food, on meter of beer
Nice restaurant with a view. Being placed on 18th floor of the building, it has a nice view over the city and King Michael Ist park. Nice at the sunset.
45 locals recommend
18Lounge
Nice restaurant with a view. Being placed on 18th floor of the building, it has a nice view over the city and King Michael Ist park. Nice at the sunset.
Cozy cafe where you can spend time with friends, or if you have some work to do, do not worry, you can do your stuff and enjoy a drink. It's really usual to work here. You will not be the only one.
50 locals recommend
M60
2 Strada D. I. MendeleevCozy cafe where you can spend time with friends, or if you have some work to do, do not worry, you can do your stuff and enjoy a drink. It's really usual to work here. You will not be the only one.
During the summer you can enjoy a drink in this urban garden. they even have hammocks.
During the winter, they have indoor events and room to have a drink.
129 locals recommend
Gradina EDEN
44-46 Calea DorobanțiDuring the summer you can enjoy a drink in this urban garden. they even have hammocks.
During the winter, they have indoor events and room to have a drink.
Traditional, pretty cheap restaurant.
I guess they have best Papanasi (Romanian desert made of a cottage cheese dough donut fried and topped with cream and jam - i recommend blueberry jam ).
La Măria și Ion
290 Splaiul IndependențeiTraditional, pretty cheap restaurant.
I guess they have best Papanasi (Romanian desert made of a cottage cheese dough donut fried and topped with cream and jam - i recommend blueberry jam ).
Sightseeing
You can enjoy the biggest park in Bucharest by bike, walking, or by boat (on the lake inside the park).
If you are here, stop by the Arch of Triumph.
435 locals recommend
King Mihai I Park
You can enjoy the biggest park in Bucharest by bike, walking, or by boat (on the lake inside the park).
If you are here, stop by the Arch of Triumph.
the second biggest building in the world after Pentagon . I think it deserve a try. If you want to visit the inside, you can take a tour guide. Here's a link for more info http://cic.cdep.ro/ro/vizitare/programe-si-tarife-de-vizitare
699 locals recommend
Palace of Parliament
7 Bulevardul Nicolae Bălcescuthe second biggest building in the world after Pentagon . I think it deserve a try. If you want to visit the inside, you can take a tour guide. Here's a link for more info http://cic.cdep.ro/ro/vizitare/programe-si-tarife-de-vizitare
Stavropoleos Monastery
4 Strada StavropoleosIf you like books and reading, then Carturesti Carousel is your spot! It is a book and souvenir store located on the Lipscani Street 55 in the Old Center of Bucharest .
If books are not really your piece of cake, than you should know that they actually have a bistro inside.
102 locals recommend
Cărturești Carusel
55 Strada LipscaniIf you like books and reading, then Carturesti Carousel is your spot! It is a book and souvenir store located on the Lipscani Street 55 in the Old Center of Bucharest .
If books are not really your piece of cake, than you should know that they actually have a bistro inside.
The museum owns the biggest and most valuable collection of folk costumes in the country, as well as traditional ceramics, carpets and rugs, and household objects, totaling almost 100,000 items. The museum’s café sells traditional Romanian food and beverages and the fairs the museum holds regularly attract the city’s hippest crowd, as do the art house cinema screenings and concerts.
178 locals recommend
Muzeul National al Satului Dimitrie Gusti
30 Şoseaua Pavel D. KiseleffThe museum owns the biggest and most valuable collection of folk costumes in the country, as well as traditional ceramics, carpets and rugs, and household objects, totaling almost 100,000 items. The museum’s café sells traditional Romanian food and beverages and the fairs the museum holds regularly attract the city’s hippest crowd, as do the art house cinema screenings and concerts.
Trip your mind at the Museum of Senses, where nothing seems like it is. Visual illusion is the keyword here.
It is located on General Vasile Milea 4 Bld, inside the Afi Cotroceni Mall.
If you take a visit, send us pictures!
20 locals recommend
Museum of Senses Bucharest
4 Bd. G-ral Vasile MileaTrip your mind at the Museum of Senses, where nothing seems like it is. Visual illusion is the keyword here.
It is located on General Vasile Milea 4 Bld, inside the Afi Cotroceni Mall.
If you take a visit, send us pictures!
Neighborhoods
If you go to the old center of Bucharest, you will not get borred. Here you can find a lot of restaurants, bars and clubs, surounded by historical buildings.
Now that you are in the old center, you should also visit the Villacrosse passage and enjoy the Bucharest night life.
556 locals recommend
Old Town
If you go to the old center of Bucharest, you will not get borred. Here you can find a lot of restaurants, bars and clubs, surounded by historical buildings.
Now that you are in the old center, you should also visit the Villacrosse passage and enjoy the Bucharest night life.
Calea Victoriei is a street in Bucharest that starts in Victoriei Square and ends at the Dambovita river. Along the way you can visit the Bucharest Atheneum, George Enescu Museum, National Art Museum, Revolution Square, University Square, pass next to The Old Center and the beautifull Cec Palace.
Calea Victoriei
Calea VictorieiCalea Victoriei is a street in Bucharest that starts in Victoriei Square and ends at the Dambovita river. Along the way you can visit the Bucharest Atheneum, George Enescu Museum, National Art Museum, Revolution Square, University Square, pass next to The Old Center and the beautifull Cec Palace.
Entertainment
If you still have time and want to have a spa day, then you should go to Therme Bucharest, which is located outside the city, in Balotesti village. Do not worry! you don't have to walk there! You can take the Therme bus from Romana Square, according to their schedule.
At Therme you can enjoy water slides, the hot pools, take a tan at the urban beach or just have a good massage or sauna experience.
206 locals recommend
Therme Bucharest
1K Calea BucureştiIf you still have time and want to have a spa day, then you should go to Therme Bucharest, which is located outside the city, in Balotesti village. Do not worry! you don't have to walk there! You can take the Therme bus from Romana Square, according to their schedule.
At Therme you can enjoy water slides, the hot pools, take a tan at the urban beach or just have a good massage or sauna experience.
City advice
Getting around
Subways are the fastest way to get around
Because they do not wait in traffic, subways are the fastest way to get around.
Buy tickets from every station from the booking
Validation of the tickets is done when you pass through the turnstiles and do not have to validate it again if you change trains, unless you go out through the turnstiles The prices are quite ok, as follows:
- 2 trips - 5 RON can be used for multiple validations
- 10 trips - 20 RON can be used for multiple validations
- 1 day pass - 8 RON cannot be used for multiple validations at same time
- 1 week pass - 25 RON cannot be used for multiple validations at same time
Getting around
Use bus and tramways
You need a trip card that can be recharged.
One trip costs 1.30 RON (Except the express lines to the airport, busses no 783 and 780 that cost 3.5 RON/ trip) and the card should be validated when you enter the bus.