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Car Hire

  Holiday Autos   -   Fully inclusive low cost car rental
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Hotels Bucharest  



  Hotels in Bucharest   -   Hotel Guide Bucharest

  Tulip Inn Bucharest City Hote ****, Nerva Traian Street No. 3A, 031041 Bucharest
Located in the financial and commercial district, Tulip Inn Bucharest City offers sophisticated facilities in a prime, city centre location.
As well as the restaurants and bars of the surrounding area, the hotel is also a short walk from Unirii Square, within walking distance from The Unirea shopping centre and Bucharest Mall. The impressive Parliament Palace, the second largest building in the world, is a must see and is close by.
Cismigiu Gardens, a green inner city oasis, provides more tranquil scenes away from the bustle. Henri Coanda International Airport is 19 km away, while the main train station, Gara de Nord, is only a 15 minute drive from the hotel.

  Accorhotels.com 

Tour Operators 

  G Adventures

  Balkan Holidays
Leading specialist holidays tour operator to Romania.

  Expedia   -   Create your perfect trip to Bucharest
Flight, Hotel and Car



  Regent Holidays   -   Bucharest City Break / A taste of Transylvania

Travel Guides Bucharest / Related books 

  Travel Guides Romania [ amazon.co.uk ]

Romania Insight Guide (Insight Guides)
With everything from Bucharest's increasingly sophisticated nightlife to some of Europe's most spectacular wildernesses, Romania lacks neither attractions nor diversity. This new 384-page title has detailed coverage of Europe's new tourism frontier. Romania, which recently became a member of the EU and is now linked to London by low-cost airlines, is one of the continent's most fascinating destinations. This guide incorporates hundreds of spectacular colour photographs, detailed maps and full details and assessments of hundreds of hotels and restaurants right across the country. It is an inspiring background read, serving as an invaluable, on-the-spot companion but can also be kept as a superb, visual souvenir of a visit. Expert local writers bring Romania's history, culture, arts and people to life and it includes all the travel details and contact numbers visitors will need.
Perfect Paperback: 300 pages; Publisher: APA Publications Pte Ltd,Singapore (27 Jun 2007); ISBN-10: 9812586105; ISBN-13: 978-9812586100.

  Magazine   -   Bucharest Business Week

Transport / How do I travel to Bucharest 

  Bucharest Airport   -   Otopeni International Airport, 18 km from city center.
Transfers can be made by airport coach or by taxi.

  Airline Tickets / Bargain Flights
Flight tickets Bucharest..

Malev Hungarian Airlines    -   Flight tickets Bucharest [ BUH ]

  National Express Eurolines
Travel by bus or coach to Bucharest.

Links 

  Bucharest   -   national capital of Romania
Take a tour around the exquisite marble halls of the staggering 'house of the people', the second largest building in the world and a symbol of Ceausescu's rein. This is a green city with parks and lakes and wide avenues lined with leafy trees ideal on hot summer days. For lovers of history and architecture the Arc of Triumph offers fantastic views of the city and be sure not to miss the Old Pricely Court of Prince Vlad the Impaller and the Romanian Atheneaeum. Sit under the trees in the courtyard of the Hanul lui Manuc, a caravanserai and feel like you have stepped back in time.

  Crețulescu Palace
  Cotroceni Palace   -   current residence of the Romanian President
  Gara de Nord   -   busiest railway station in the city
  Museum of the Romanian Peasant
Displays a rich collection of textiles (especially costumes), icons, ceramics, and other artifacts of Romanian peasant life.
  Museum of Romanian History
Containing a collection of artefacts detailing Romanian history and culture from the prehistoric times, Dacian era, medieval times and the modern era.
  National Bank of Romania's headquarters
  Open-air Village Museum [ Herăstrău Park ]
Contains 272 authentic buildings and peasant farms from all over Romania.
  Romanian Athenaeum   -   neoclassical building
Founded in 1852 and host to classical music concerts, the George Enescu Festival, and home to the "George Enescu" Philharmonic. 
  Telephone Palace

  FC Dynamo Bucharest   -   F.C. Dinamo Bucuresti
  University of Bucharest
An 1864 decree of Prince Alexandru Ioan Cuza converted the former St. Sabba Academy into the University of Bucharest, which presently comprises eighteen departments. Ever since, the University of Bucharest has been considered, within Romania and abroad, the country's leading educational and research institution.
  University   -   Politechnica University of Bucharest
Faculty of Automatic Control and Computers

Cuisine



History Bucharest

First mentioned as the "Citadel of București" in 1459, it became a residence of the Wallachian prince Vlad III the Impaler.

  History of Bucharest
Ancient times, Foundation, 17th century, Phanariote era, Kiselyov and Alexandru II Ghica, 1840s and 1850s, Capital of the United Principalities, Capital of the Romanian Kingdom, Communist era, 1989 to present-day, Administrative history, Religious and communal history [ Romanian Orthodoxy, Jewish history of Bucharest, Other communities ], Population history.

  Bucharest Photo Album

Music, Art & Culture, Events

  George Enescu Philharmonic
  National Radio Orchestra of Romania
  Romanian National Opera

  Culture of Buchares
Landmarks, Visual arts, Performing arts, Music and nightlife, Traditional culture, Cultural events and festivals, Religious life.

  I.L. Caragiale National Theatre
  State Jewish Theatre

  Bucharest Biennale.
  George Enescu Festival


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