In Bucharest, choose where you stay carefully – particularly if you only have a few days. I arrived to snow settling over the rooftops, and what stuck with me was how walkable the centre is once you’re in the right spot, with grand boulevards, cobbled streets and half the sights …
Yes, Bucharest is absolutely worth visiting – but it’s not your typical European capital. Romania’s capital is a city of fascinating contrasts: crumbling Belle Époque mansions beside shiny new high-rises, bullet-scarred Revolution Square just streets from designer boutiques, and one of Europe’s most vibrant Old Towns emerging from what was …
Bucharest may still be a city finding its feet after decades of hardship and destruction under the communist regime, which was overturned in December 1989. But don’t let that put you off. It has a buzzing nightlife with an abundance of bars, restaurants and clubs staying open until dawn. During …