Old School Club is on Cale Plevnei, about 30m east of Parcul Operei. It offers traditional Romanian food. I had dinner with a group, ordering Romanian-style c...
Cofetarie Agapitos is on Strada Stirbei Voda about 130m north of Parcul Operei. It is a bakery offering Romanian and Greek cakes, cookies and pastries that are...
Cretulescu Palace is on the north side of Cișmigiu Gardens. The building was commissioned by Elena Cretulescu (designed by Romanian architect Petre Antonescu) a...
Gregory's is a cafe and Greek deli about 100m east of the National Museum of Romanian History. It serves hot and cold beverages and Greek-style pastries, salad...
Stavropoleos Orthodox Monastery is in the heart of the Old Town, flanked by tall buildings. It was built in 1724, during the reign of Nicholas Mavrocordatos (P...
Mihai Vodă Monastery, built in 1591, is one of the oldest preserved churches in the city, but has occupied this site only recently. The monastery was founded ...
French Bakery Opera is about 50m south of the of the Dâmbovița River, across from Parcul Operei. It offers nicely-decorated cakes, fresh pastries, sandwiches an...
St. Elefterie Church is the new church designed by architect Constantin Iotzu. It replaced a nearby older church with the same name. It was named after the Sa...
Bulandra Theatre is in Old Town, about 125m from Cișmigiu Gardens. It was founded in 1947 as Teatrul Municipal, and later renamed to Teatrul Lucia Sturdza Bul...
Izvor Park is on the south bank of the Dâmbovița River, offering views of the Palace of the Parliament. It is one of Bucharest's newest parks (17ha) , and fe...
Ciao Napoli Kaminos is about 350m north of Parcul Unirii in Old Town Bucharest. It is a small fast-food restaurant offering Napoletan-style street food such as...
Pizza Kaminos is about 350m north of Parcul Unirii in Old Town Bucharest. It is a small fast-food restaurant offering Italian-style pizzas made in a traditiona...
Old Town (a.k.a. Centru Vechi), is an area north of the Dambovita River, bordered by Calea Victoriei on the west, Regina Elisabeta on the north, and Bulevardul ...
Ich & Fee is centrally located near Piața Mihail Kogalniceanu, about 200m west of Cișmigiu Gardens. It is a small cafe (modern minimalist decor) offering sandw...
5 to go is a chain of coffee shops (there are a dozen sprinkled around Bucharest). This small shop is centrally located near Piata Mihail Kogalniceanu, about 2...
Saola Coffee Shop is centrally located near Monument Mihail Kogalniceanu, about 150m from Cișmigiu Gardens. It offers specialty coffees (a variety of beans, ro...
Cișmigiu Gardens is Bucharest's oldest and largest (16ha) park, surrounding an artificial lake. The park was built in 1847; its name derives from Ceșme, the Tu...
Hotel Trianon is centrally located on Strada Grigore Cobălcescu, about 80m west of Cișmigiu Gardens park. I stayed a couple of nights; my room had two double ...
Cofetaria Saray is about 250m northeast of Piața Sfatului. I stopped in for an afternoon coffee break. My eye was drawn to a large display case with dozens of...
Book Coffee Shop is about 250m northeast of Piața Sfatului. It has a modern decor, and offers coffee, tea, juice, wine, beer and soft drinks, as well as home ma...