Bucharest Useful Info

Visit Bucharest and get to know the warm and beautiful Romanian tango community:

Known for its wide, tree-lined boulevards, glorious Belle Époque buildings and a reputation for the high life (which in the 1900s earned its nickname of “Little Paris”), Bucharest, Romania’s largest city and capital, is today a bustling metropolis. While your stay in Bucharest, you can enjoy walking on Calea Victoriei, Bucharest’s oldest and arguably, most charming street and discovering some of the most stunning buildings in the city, as: The Romanian Athenaeum, the Cantacuzino Palace, the Military Club, the CEC Headquarters, the historical Revolution Square and the Arts National Museum. Close to Calea Victoriei, you can enjoy a coffe, a beer or have dinner at one of the numerous coffe shops and terrace-restaurants in the Old Town pedestrian streets.

 

Taxis and Transfers from the airport:

In Bucharest it is recommended to use only brand taxis (yellow with the brand written, in order to avoid high, wrong rates). Here are the names of taxi companies and phone numbers, at the right rate of Ron 1.39 lei/km:

http://www.taxinet.ro/

Getting from Henri Coanda – Otopeni Airport to downtown and back:

http://www.aeroportul-otopeni.info/access.htm

– The shortest way:

By bus

Express line 783: Bucharest Downtown – Henri Coandă Airport (about 45-60 minutes).

Route: Piaţa Unirii, Piaţa Universităţii, Piaţa Romană, Piaţa Victoriei, Arcul de Triumf, Piaţa Presei Libere, “Aurel Vlaicu” Airport Băneasa, Otopeni City, Departures Terminal, Arrivals Terminal.

Schedule:

Monday-Friday:

05:30-20:00 every 15 minutes.

20:30-23:00 every 30 minutes

23:30-05:30 every 40 minutes

Saturday, Sunday, legal holydays:

05:30-23:00 every 30 minutes

23:30-05:30 every 40 minutes

Magnetic cards (tickets) can be purchased in front of the Arrivals Terminal. The price of a two way ticket  is 7 Ron.

Subway Map