10 things to know before you visit Bucharest (2023)
Last updated:
15 November 2023
1. Metro is the quickest way around⦠and the cheapest
The city center stop is āUniversitateā or the long form āPiata Universitatiiā and offers you a quick link to any parts of Bucharest. You can buy several passes.
2 trips / 5 RON (~1.01 €)
10 trips / 20 RON (~4.02 €)
One day pass / 8 RON (~1.61 €)
One week pass / 25 RON (~5.03 €)
2. Parking is available downtown
Public parking is available at street level, in which case is marked with blue lines, or underground. Each of our serviced apartments in Bucharest are having public parking in front of the building or few meters away. Install and configure the parking app prior of parking!
Underground parking Interparking Intermore info here
or Interparking Piata Universitatiimore info here.
Install and configure P-Appbefore parking! and your plate number will be recognized and a 10 percent discount will be applied.
5 RON / 1 hour
40.00 RON / day
330 RON / week
498.00 RON / month
Paid parking at street level: Monday to Friday, 07:00 - 23:00.
Install parking app from here!
5.00 RON / 1 hour
25.00 RON / day
3. RON is the currency and not Euro
The exchange rate today is 4.97 RON/€.
4. Sundays are not dead
Unlike most European cities, in Bucharest almost everything is open 7 days a week, including Sundays, until late in the evening. Shopping malls and supermarkets are open daily ātil 22:00. Some small stores close Sunday around 15:00.
5. Supermarkets in downtown
Within 2 minutes walking from any of our apartments there is a supermarket and a 24-hours minimarket, called ānon stopā. The opening hours are daily until 22:00 (excepting Saturday, when it close at 14:00)). Mega Image is the largest supermarket chain and the most present in the center.
6. Open-air food markets are great
The most authentic, older and biggest market in Bucharest is āOborā. It has a corresponding metro station, āOborā, which is 2 stops away from āUniversitateā. In the center, there is a good, but smaller fresh produce market, open Thursday to Sunday, located on Str. Edgar Quiet.
7. WiFi & Mobile
All our apartments have fast & reliable WiFi. In the city, almost all places have free WiFi, including in the airport. If you want a Romanian SIM, buy a prepaid one. Itās cheap and comes with mobile data as well.
8. āCaru cu bereā is not overrated
This restaurant in the Old Town, housed in a historical building and it seems overrated on the Internet, but trust us ā is a good one. Us - locals, eat there. No need to make a reservation, just go there and if is full, wait or sit by the bar for few minutes until a table opens up. The prices are fair, the artistic shows are authentic and the house beer is excellent.
9. Vegetarians will not starve to death
Even if Romanian cuisine is mostly meat based, almost all restaurants have at least few good vegetarian options in the menu, from soups to deserts. Even in the supermarkets you will find vegetarian & raw vegan options. In the center, "Sindbad" (Str. Lipscani nr 19) has very tasty vegetarian options, while "Aubergine" (Str. Smardan nr 33, in Old Town) has good vegan options. Or you can cook at home, since all our Bucharest holiday apartments have kitchens āready for cookingā, just buy some groceries.
10. English speaking
The majority of people under 50 speak English, at least at a basic level. No worries, we do speak English fluently
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