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city guide","hw_hub_city_hero_h1":"Things To Do In Bucharest","hw_hub_city_hero_intro":"Big, loud, green and cheap: the heaviest building on earth, an old town that does not sleep, and belle \u00e9poque boulevards between the concrete.","hw_hub_city_hero_image":"1304680","hw_hub_city_hero_overlay":"light","hw_hub_city_hero_cta":"Where to stay | #areas\r\nWhat it costs | #money","hw_hub_city_live_stats":"1","hw_hub_city_stats":"1989 | The revolution that ended Ceausescu's rule, started in part here\r\n~4 million t | The estimated weight of the Palace of the Parliament\r\n~5 lei | To the euro, roughly","hw_hub_city_intro_title":"Once called the Paris of the East, then rebuilt by a dictator","hw_hub_city_intro_body":"Bucharest earned the nickname Little Paris before the Second World War for its boulevards, its belle \u00e9poque villas and its Arc de Triomphe, and a good deal of that city survives in the streets north of the centre.\r\n\r\nThen, in the 1980s, Nicolae Ceausescu demolished around a fifth of the historic centre to build the Palace of the Parliament and the boulevard leading to it. The palace is one of the largest administrative buildings in the world and is often described as the heaviest. It is obscene, fascinating, and toured daily.\r\n\r\nThe revolution of December 1989 ended that regime within days, and Revolution Square, where Ceausescu gave his last speech, is marked plainly.\r\n\r\nThe old town, Lipscani, is the nightlife centre and runs all night. The parks are large and genuinely good. The food is cheap and heavy.\r\n\r\nIt is not a pretty capital and does not pretend to be. Two or three days, and most people move on to Transylvania.","hw_hub_city_facts":"Getting in | Airport 40 minutes by train or express bus 100, about 5\u201310 lei (\u20ac1\u20132)\r\nGetting around | Metro and buses on one card, around 3 lei (\u20ac0.60) a trip\r\nCurrency | Romanian leu (RON). Roughly 5 lei to the euro\r\nTaxis | Use Bolt or Uber. Street-hailed taxis are a well-known overcharge\r\nPalace of the Parliament | Book the tour ahead and bring your passport\r\nTraffic | Heavy and aggressive. Cross at lights and look twice","hw_hub_city_areas_title":"Where to stay","hw_hub_city_areas_intro":"A sprawling city with a compact old centre and a better-looking north.","hw_hub_city_areas_map":"1","hw_hub_city_areas_zoom":"12","hw_hub_city_hostels_pins":"1","hw_hub_city_areas_live":"","hw_hub_city_areas":"Old Town (Lipscani) | Nightlife | The historic core: bars, clubs, restaurants and most hostels. Loud until dawn at weekends. | 44.4310 | 26.1000 |  | \nPiata Romana and Universitate | Central and transport | Around the main boulevards: metro hubs, shops and a short walk to the old town. | 44.4460 | 26.0980 |  | \nCotroceni and the Palace area | Quiet and residential | South-west: villas, the botanical garden and the palace down the road. | 44.4300 | 26.0700 |  | \nDorobanti and Floreasca | Parks and restaurants | North: belle \u00e9poque villas, the lakes, the Village Museum and a calmer feel. | 44.4600 | 26.0950 |  | ","hw_hub_city_itin_title":"How long have you got?","hw_hub_city_itin_intro":"The routes we would walk, in the order we would walk them.","hw_hub_city_itin":"","hw_hub_city_do_title":"Things to do in Bucharest","hw_hub_city_do_body":"Tour the Palace of the Parliament. Ceausescu had around a fifth of the historic centre demolished to build it, it has over a thousand rooms, and guided tours of the portion open to visitors run about 60 to 80 lei (\u20ac12\u201316). Book ahead and bring your passport, which is checked. It is a monument to a particular kind of madness and it is essential.\r\n\r\nThe Village Museum in Herastrau park, about 30 lei (\u20ac6), is an open-air collection of wooden houses, churches and mills moved from villages across Romania, and it is one of the best of its kind in Europe.\r\n\r\nCarturesti Carusel is a restored nineteenth-century building turned into a six-level bookshop with white spiral balconies, free to walk into.\r\n\r\nStavropoleos Monastery, a tiny eighteenth-century church in the old town, is free and beautifully carved.\r\n\r\nRevolution Square, where Ceausescu made his last speech on 21 December 1989 before fleeing by helicopter from the roof, is free and plainly marked.","hw_hub_city_do_points":"Palace of the Parliament | About 60\u201380 lei (\u20ac12\u201316). Book ahead, bring a passport\r\nVillage Museum | About 30 lei (\u20ac6), and one of Europe's best open-air museums\r\nCarturesti Carusel | Free. A six-level bookshop in a restored building\r\nRevolution Square | Free, where the 1989 regime ended","hw_hub_city_do_tag":"things-to-do","hw_hub_city_do_more":"All things to do in Bucharest","hw_hub_city_free_title":"Free things to do in Bucharest","hw_hub_city_free_body":"Revolution Square, the old town and Stavropoleos Monastery all cost nothing.\r\n\r\nThe parks are large and free: Cismigiu in the centre, Herastrau around its lake in the north, and Carol Park with its mausoleum on the hill.\r\n\r\nCalea Victoriei, the grand old boulevard, is free to walk and holds most of the surviving belle \u00e9poque architecture, including the Romanian Athenaeum.\r\n\r\nCarturesti Carusel is free to browse.\r\n\r\nWatching the Palace of the Parliament from the end of Unirii Boulevard is free and gives you the scale, which is the point, even without the tour.","hw_hub_city_free_points":"The parks | Cismigiu, Herastrau and Carol, all free\r\nCalea Victoriei | The belle \u00e9poque boulevard\r\nRevolution Square | Where 1989 happened\r\nThe Palace from outside | Free, and the scale is the point","hw_hub_city_free_tag":"free-things-to-do","hw_hub_city_free_more":"All free things to do in Bucharest","hw_hub_city_food_title":"Eating and drinking in Bucharest","hw_hub_city_food_body":"Cheap and substantial. A main is 35 to 60 lei (\u20ac7\u201312) and lunch menus less.\r\n\r\nMici are the thing to order: small skinless grilled sausages of mixed meat, served with mustard and bread, around 5 lei (\u20ac1) each, and eaten everywhere.\r\n\r\nSarmale \u2014 cabbage rolls stuffed with pork and rice, served with polenta and sour cream \u2014 are the national dish.\r\n\r\nCiorba, the sour soup, comes in many versions and is the Romanian starter. Ciorba de burta, tripe soup, is the one locals swear by.\r\n\r\nPapanasi are fried doughnuts with sour cream and jam, and one portion is dessert for two.\r\n\r\nA beer is 10 to 18 lei (\u20ac2\u20133.50), and Romanian wine is seriously underrated \u2014 Feteasca Neagra is the local red to try.","hw_hub_city_food_points":"Mici | About 5 lei (\u20ac1) each, with mustard\r\nSarmale | Cabbage rolls with polenta. The national dish\r\nA main | 35\u201360 lei (\u20ac7\u201312)\r\nFeteasca Neagra | The local red, and underrated","hw_hub_city_food_tag":"food","hw_hub_city_food_more":"All food guides for Bucharest","hw_hub_city_nightlife_title":"Going out in Bucharest","hw_hub_city_nightlife_body":"The old town is dense, loud and runs all night \u2014 dozens of bars and clubs in a few streets, busy every night at weekends, and a good deal of it aimed at visitors and stag groups.\r\n\r\nThe better scene is elsewhere: the courtyard and garden bars in villas around the centre and north, which open in summer and are the most Bucharest thing about the city's nightlife.\r\n\r\nA beer is 10 to 18 lei (\u20ac2\u20133.50) and cocktails 30 to 50 lei (\u20ac6\u201310).\r\n\r\nClubbing is serious and runs very late \u2014 Bucharest has a respected electronic scene and some venues open until morning.\r\n\r\nSummer moves everything outdoors, and the garden bars are where to be from May to September.","hw_hub_city_nightlife_points":"Old town | Dense and all-night, and heavily touristed\r\nGarden bars | In villas and courtyards, the best of it in summer\r\nPrices | Beer 10\u201318 lei (\u20ac2\u20133.50), cocktails 30\u201350 lei\r\nA serious club scene | Running until morning","hw_hub_city_nightlife_tag":"nightlife","hw_hub_city_nightlife_more":"All nightlife guides for Bucharest","hw_hub_city_transport_title":"Getting around Bucharest","hw_hub_city_transport_body":"The metro is the fastest way around, and metro plus buses run on contactless or a card at around 3 lei (\u20ac0.60) a trip.\r\n\r\nUse Bolt or Uber for taxis. Street-hailed taxis, particularly at the airport and Gara de Nord, have a long record of overcharging visitors.\r\n\r\nFrom the airport, the train to Gara de Nord or express bus 100 to the centre takes about 40 minutes for 5 to 10 lei (\u20ac1\u20132).\r\n\r\nThe city is large and the centre is only partly walkable \u2014 distances between areas are longer than the map suggests, and traffic is heavy.\r\n\r\nTrains to Brasov take about two and a half to three hours and to Sibiu or Cluj considerably longer. Romanian trains are slow but cheap and generally reliable.","hw_hub_city_transport_points":"About 3 lei (\u20ac0.60) a trip | Metro and buses\r\nUse Bolt or Uber | Not street taxis\r\nAirport | Forty minutes, 5\u201310 lei (\u20ac1\u20132)\r\nBrasov | Two and a half to three hours by train","hw_hub_city_transport_tag":"transport","hw_hub_city_transport_more":"All transport guides for Bucharest","hw_hub_city_money_title":"What Bucharest costs","hw_hub_city_money_body":"One of the cheapest capitals in the EU. Dorms are 50 to 110 lei (\u20ac10\u201322), a main 35 to 60 lei (\u20ac7\u201312), and a beer 10 to 18 lei (\u20ac2\u20133.50).\r\n\r\nA day is \u20ac30 to \u20ac55.\r\n\r\nRomania uses the leu, not the euro. Places that accept euros apply poor rates. Cards work widely in the city.\r\n\r\nExchange at banks or established bureaux, never on the street, and check the commission \u2014 some bureaux advertise attractive rates and charge heavily on the back.\r\n\r\nThe Palace tour and the Village Museum are the only significant entries. Everything else worth doing is free or close to it.","hw_hub_city_money_points":"Dorm bed | 50\u2013110 lei (\u20ac10\u201322)\r\nA day, all in | \u20ac30\u201355\r\nPay in lei | Places taking euros use poor rates\r\nExchange carefully | Banks or known bureaux. Check the commission","hw_hub_city_money_tag":"budget","hw_hub_city_money_more":"All budget guides for Bucharest","hw_hub_city_safety_title":"Staying safe in Bucharest","hw_hub_city_safety_body":"Bucharest is safer than its reputation, with low violent crime against visitors. The problems are commercial and traffic-related.\r\n\r\nTaxis are the first. Street-hailed taxis at the airport and Gara de Nord routinely overcharge. Use Bolt or Uber.\r\n\r\nMoney exchange is the second. Never change money on the street, and check the commission at bureaux before handing anything over.\r\n\r\nThe old town has occasional issues with inflated bills and strip clubs that use street promoters to bring men in. Check prices, and do not follow promoters.\r\n\r\nTraffic is aggressive and Romania has one of the highest road fatality rates in the EU. Cross at lights and look properly.\r\n\r\nStray dogs were once a serious problem and have been sharply reduced since 2013, but they persist in outer areas. Emergency number is 112.","hw_hub_city_safety_points":"Use Bolt or Uber | Street taxis overcharge, especially at the airport\r\nExchange carefully | Never on the street. Check commission\r\nOld town promoters | Do not follow them. Check prices first\r\nTraffic | One of the highest road fatality rates in the EU","hw_hub_city_safety_tag":"safety","hw_hub_city_safety_more":"All safety guides for Bucharest","hw_hub_city_trips_title":"Day trips from Bucharest","hw_hub_city_trips_intro":"A mountain resort, a lakeside palace and the start of Transylvania.","hw_hub_city_trips":"Sinaia and Peles Castle | 2 hours | Train, about 40 lei (\u20ac8) | A mountain resort with a neo-Renaissance royal castle, one of the most elaborate in Europe. |  | 1304632\nBrasov | 2.5\u20133 hours | Train, about 50 lei (\u20ac10) | The gateway to Transylvania, and better as a base than as a day trip. |  | 1304633\nDanube Delta | 5 hours | Train and boat, multi-day | One of Europe's largest wetlands, UNESCO-listed, reached via Tulcea. Too far for a day. |  | 1304635","hw_hub_city_trips_tag":"day-trips","hw_hub_city_trips_more":"All day trips from Bucharest","hw_hub_city_season_title":"When to go","hw_hub_city_season_intro":"April to June and September to October. Summer is very hot, winter cold and grey.","hw_hub_city_season_note":"Average highs. Bucharest sits on an open plain and summer heat is severe \u2014 July and August regularly pass 35\u00b0C, and the concrete holds it well into the night.","hw_hub_city_season_rows":"January | 2 | 2 | Cold and grey. Cheapest\r\nFebruary | 5 | 2 | Cold and quiet\r\nMarch | 11 | 3 | Improving. Parks starting\r\nApril | 18 | 5 | Excellent. Warm and green\r\nMay | 23 | 5 | Very good. Garden bars opening\r\nJune | 27 | 5 | Warm and busy. Everything outdoors\r\nJuly | 30 | 3 | Very hot. The city heats up badly\r\nAugust | 30 | 3 | Hottest month. Many locals leave for the coast\r\nSeptember | 25 | 5 | Superb. Heat breaking\r\nOctober | 18 | 5 | Excellent value and mild\r\nNovember | 10 | 3 | Cooling and grey\r\nDecember | 4 | 4 | Cold, with a Christmas market in front of the Palace","hw_hub_city_events_title":"What is on while you are there","hw_hub_city_events_intro":"A Christmas market in front of the heaviest building on earth.","hw_hub_city_events_source":"api","hw_hub_city_events_count":"8","hw_hub_city_events_cache":"24","hw_hub_city_events_cta_label":"All events in Bucharest","hw_hub_city_events_cta_url":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/events\/europe\/romania\/bucharest\/","hw_hub_city_events":"Christmas market | December | Constitution Square | A large market set directly in front of the Palace of the Parliament. |  | \nGeorge Enescu Festival | September, odd years | Citywide | One of Europe's major classical music festivals, named after Romania's best-known composer. |  | \nGarden bar season | May to September | Citywide | When the courtyard and villa bars open and the city lives outdoors. |  | \nRevolution anniversary | 21\u201322 December | Revolution Square | Marking the events of 1989 and those killed during them. |  | \nSummer Well | August | Buftea, near Bucharest | A music festival in the grounds of a palace outside the city. |  | ","hw_hub_city_budget_title":"What your trip will cost","hw_hub_city_budget_intro":"Pick how you travel. Per person per night, in euros \u2014 you will pay in lei, at roughly 5 to the euro.","hw_hub_city_budget_note":"Shown in euros for comparison; Romania uses the leu and places accepting euros use poor rates. The Palace tour at about \u20ac12\u201316 sits in the doing line.","hw_hub_city_budget_rows":"Shoestring | 10 | 9 | 2 | 3\r\nMiddle of the road | 20 | 18 | 4 | 12\r\nComfortable | 40 | 32 | 8 | 25","hw_hub_city_budget_currency":"\u20ac","hw_hub_city_hostels_title":"Where to stay in Bucharest","hw_hub_city_hostels_intro":"A good scene concentrated in and around the old town, at some of the lowest prices in the EU. Live from Hostelworld.","hw_hub_city_hostels_cta_label":"All hostels in Bucharest","hw_hub_city_hostels_cta_url":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/hostels\/europe\/romania\/bucharest\/","hw_hub_city_hostels_source":"api","hw_hub_city_hostels_count":"12","hw_hub_city_hostels_cache":"12","hw_hub_city_picks":"Best for solo travellers |  |  | \nBest for a party |  |  | \nQuietest |  |  | ","hw_hub_city_hostels":"","hw_hub_city_faq_title":"Bucharest travel questions","hw_hub_city_faq_note":"The ones we get asked most.","hw_hub_city_faqs":"Is the Palace of the Parliament worth it? | Yes. Ceausescu demolished around a fifth of the historic centre to build it in the 1980s, it has over a thousand rooms, and the guided tour of the part open to visitors costs about 60 to 80 lei (\u20ac12\u201316). Book ahead and bring your passport, which is checked at entry. It is the key to understanding what the city went through.\r\nHow do I avoid being overcharged by taxis? | Use Bolt or Uber. Street-hailed taxis at the airport and Gara de Nord have a long record of overcharging visitors, and apps remove the problem entirely.\r\nDoes Romania use the euro? | No. It uses the leu, at roughly five to the euro. Places that accept euros apply poor rates, so pay in lei or by card, and exchange only at banks or established bureaux \u2014 never on the street.\r\nIs Bucharest worth visiting or should I go straight to Transylvania? | Two days is worthwhile. It is not a pretty city, but the Palace of the Parliament, the Village Museum, the 1989 history and the surviving belle \u00e9poque streets explain modern Romania in a way the Saxon towns do not. Then go to Transylvania.\r\nWhat should I eat? | Mici \u2014 small grilled skinless sausages, about 5 lei (\u20ac1) each \u2014 sarmale cabbage rolls with polenta, and ciorba, the sour soup. Papanasi, fried doughnuts with sour cream and jam, for dessert. Drink Feteasca Neagra, the local red.\r\nIs it safe? | Safer than its reputation. Violent crime against visitors is low. The practical risks are taxi overcharging, street money exchange, promoters in the old town and very aggressive traffic \u2014 Romania has one of the highest road death rates in the EU.\r\nHow hot does it get? | Very. July and August regularly pass 35\u00b0C on the open plain, and the concrete holds the heat overnight. April to June and September to October are far more comfortable.","hw_hub_city_cta_title":"Say yes to hostels, meet the world","hw_hub_city_cta_body":"Compare Bucharest hostels \u2014 live prices, real reviews and free cancellation on most bookings. Then meet the people already there in the app.","hw_hub_city_cta_buttons":"Find hostels in Bucharest | https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/hostels\/europe\/romania\/bucharest\/\r\nGet the app | https:\/\/hostelworld.onelink.me\/IdiK\/f5a50nhd","hw_hub_city_newsletter_title":"Get the good stuff monthly","hw_hub_city_newsletter_body":"New city guides, deals and route ideas. 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