Bucharest travel: How the Romanian capital surprises visitors
Like any capital city, Bucharest has its top tourist landmarks that visitors need to cross off their list but also surprising venues and history worth exploring. We list some of them below.<o:p></o:p>
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Like any capital city, Bucharest has its top tourist landmarks that visitors need to cross off their list but also surprising venues and history worth exploring. We list some of them below.
One of the best pizzerias in Europe
Discovering the local food is part of the charm of any trip, and the Romanian capital has plenty of venues offering traditional dishes, many of which are meat based. But it also has its share of fine dining venues and hip eateries. Among them, is one of the best pizzerias in Europe, according to travel site Big 7 Travel. Animaletto Pizza Bar was included among the top five, among the 50 pizzerias in Europe reviewed in 2019. To try some of the local dishes head to Caru cu Bere, in the Old Town. Housed in a beautiful 19th century building, the restaurant is also a brewery, one of the oldest in the capital.
Art Deco architecture
Travelers might have heard of the Parliament Palace, described as the heaviest building in the world. It is proof of the country’s not so distant Communist past, which also left the city filled with standardized blocks of flats. But the Romanian capital has another important heritage, that of Art Deco and Modernist architecture, dating back to the interwar period, a more prosperous time, when business and culture developments were met with a variety of public and residential buildings. One of the capital’s best known Art Deco building is Palatul Telefoanelor (Telephone Palace). Standing on Calea Victoriei, it was the tallest building in the capital until the 1950s, at 52.5 meters. Similarly, the new part of the North Railway Station, the now-closed HQ of Arcub cultural center on Batiștei St., the courthouse on Ştirbei Vodă, and the Ambasador and Union hotels are all examples of the architectural style, in addition to residential buildings spread through the capital’s downtown areas.
Affordable, fun clubbing
Bucharest doesn’t lack on clubbing venues and it also offers the advantage of being the second cheapest clubbing destinations in Europe, according to a study by HomeToGo
