Bucharest Travel Guide

Travel guide to Bucharest, Romania with comprehensive information about events, shopping, and major Bucharest sporting events to help you enjoy your visit more.

Bucharest Overview

The capital of Romania, Bucharest has changed enormously since the end of communism to become a tourist destination that offers exceptional value for money, enormous cultural wealth, stunning architecture and history, not to mention a great location in the centre of one of the most beautiful and yet least explored countries in Europe.

With its combination of the modern and ancient and mix of influences, Bucharest is an often exciting and fascinating destination that offers amazing value for money.

Whether you visit Bucharest as a destination in its own right, or travel to the city on your way to one of the ski resorts in the Carpathian Mountains, make sure that you spend time getting to know about all that it has to offer, and then take the time to discover all its secrets to get as much as possible out of your visit.

Top Bucharest Attractions

Romania is a fascinating country with loads to offer, and depending on when you visit, you will find an entirely different experience.

In the winter, the ski resorts of the Carpathian Mountains offer top class facilities and modern hotels that are far cheaper than you might find in Switzerland or Austria.

During the summer, the extensive Black Sea Coast of Romania has a number of sun kissed beach destinations to choose from, and overlooking the coastal plains of Wallachia you can visit the infamous Castle Dracula!

Shopping in Bucharest

Despite not being known as a major fashion centre, the increasing consumerism of modern Romania means that the residents of the city have started to demand the best - although with average incomes well below those in Western Europe, Bucharest has become a great place to save money.

Depending on where you are in the country, you can also find some great bargains on local products such as the renowned Romanian wines and spirits, along with some great local carvings - particularly the ones produced around Timisoara.

Bucharest Sporting Events

Dynamo Bucharest have been regular fixtures in the European Championships over the past few years, and the Romanian national football team are also highly respected.

In the more mountainous parts of the country, skiing is an important par of the economy, and there are many high quality resorts with well maintained piste areas and a developing hospitality industry that is quickly catching up with more established destinations in western Europe - although the prices are not!