{ "city_report": { "@appeal_score": "60.3", "@currency": "RON", "@region": "eastern", "metadata": { "title": "Bucharest", "name_it": "Bucarest", "flag": "🇷🇴", "source_url": "https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Bucharest" }, "indicators": { "hotel_count": "41", "hotel_price": "90.47", "safety": { "@index_score": "70.3" }, "environment": { "@green_score": "55" }, "cost_index": { "@value": "48.9" }, "economic_accessibility": { "@score": "51.1" } }, "transport": "Getting there and away: By bus – The Express Bus is usually the best option, as it is inexpensive (50–90 minutes ride) and runs frequently. However, it can get crowded (and it lacks space for luggage) and can get snarled in traffic. The airport bus stop is straight outside Arrivals on the ground floor.", "accommodation": { "hotel": [ { "name": "Apartamente Regim Hotelier Bucuresti", "price": "40" }, { "name": "Short Term Apartments Rental", "price": "40" }, { "name": "Camping Casa Alba", "price": "Prezzo N/D" }, { "name": "Butterfly Villa Hostel", "price": "From 12/night" }, { "name": "Midland Hostel", "price": "from 8/night" } ] }, "highlights": { "attraction": [ { "@lat": "44.4275", "@lon": "26.0872", "name": "Palace of Parliament", "description": "The world's second-largest administrative building." }, { "@lat": "44.4414", "@lon": "26.0972", "name": "Romanian Athenaeum", "description": "Iconic concert hall and symbol of Romanian culture." }, { "@lat": "44.4715", "@lon": "26.0762", "name": "Village Museum", "description": "Open-air museum showcasing traditional Romanian life." }, { "@lat": "44.4714", "@lon": "26.0825", "name": "Herastrau Park", "description": "Large park surrounding a lake in northern Bucharest." }, { "@lat": "44.4672", "@lon": "26.0784", "name": "Arcul de Triumf", "description": "Triumphal arch dedicated to Romania's WWI victory." }, { "@lat": "44.431", "@lon": "26.101", "name": "Old Town (Lipscani)", "description": "Historical center with vibrant nightlife and architecture." }, { "@lat": "44.4314", "@lon": "26.0997", "name": "Stavropoleos Monastery", "description": "Small Orthodox monastery known for its Brancovan style." }, { "@lat": "44.4394", "@lon": "26.0975", "name": "Revolution Square", "description": "The site of major events during the 1989 revolution." }, { "@lat": "44.4397", "@lon": "26.0958", "name": "National Art Museum", "description": "Art museum located in the former Royal Palace." }, { "@lat": "44.4318", "@lon": "26.1017", "name": "Carturesti Carusel", "description": "Beautiful bookstore located in a restored 19th-century building." } ] }, "description": { "b": "Bucharest", "#text": "A city in strong technological expansion, offers one of the best ratios between operating costs and digital infrastructure quality. Its profile is rapidly evolving toward Western European sustainability standards." }, "wiki_intro": { "b": [ "Bucharest", "Bucharest", "Bucharest", "Bucharest", "Bucharest", "Bucharest", "Bucharest", "Bucharest", "Bucharest", "Bucharest", "Bucharest" ], "link": [ { "@href": "https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Romanian_phrasebook", "#text": "Romanian" }, { "@href": "https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Romania", "#text": "Romania" }, { "@href": "https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Romania", "#text": "Romania" } ], "i": "Gypsies", "#text": "(: București) is 's capital and largest city. has a very interesting mix of old and new: finding a 300-year-old church near a steel-and-glass tower that sits next to a communist-style building is commonplace in . offers some excellent attractions, and has cultivated a sophisticated, trendy, and modern sensibility that many have come to expect from a European capital. is the primary entry point into , and the most important industrial and commercial centre of the country. With more than 2.1 million inhabitants in its urban area, is one of the largest cities in Southeastern Europe. is a booming city with many large infrastructure projects changing the old face of the city, which used to be known in the past as \"The Little Paris\". has benefited from an economic boom along with the EU grants that have helped rebuild parts of the city, including the revamped old town. Those who have known in the past will be surprised by the changes that are taking place. The largest finished project is the impressive Basarab overpass, which is Europe's widest cable bridge. , like most of Romania, has a temperate-continental climate with hot summers and cold winters. This region of Romania gets all four seasons, although spring is brief and falls mainly in April. The average high daily temperature in summer is about 29 °C and in winter about 2 °C. It can get really hot and dry during the summer (30 °C) and really cold during the winter (-20 °C), even though temperatures below -12 °C are extremely rare. Best time to visit is April through June, September through October and early December. is in the Eastern European time zone (UTC+2, with a DST of UTC+3 from April to October). * Visitor information from Romania Tourism The official language is Romanian, a Romance language which claims to be the closest currently-spoken relative to Vulgar Latin, but contains around 20% of loan words from Slavonic languages. Most younger educated people will speak English reasonably well and will likely be proficient in one or more second Romance languages; most educated people born before about 1980 will speak French, Spanish or Italian reasonably well. The Roma people () speak their native Romany, as well as Romanian, and sometimes English as well. Beyond that, as in any major city, there will be a smattering of other languages like Chinese, Arabic, Turkish, Hungarian and German." }, "landmark_image": "assets/images/bucharest.jpg", "nightlife": { "venue": [ { "@lat": "44.4421391", "@lon": "26.0944235", "@category": "bar", "name": "112 Bar" }, { "@lat": "44.4307357", "@lon": "26.1018712", "@category": "bar", "name": "1974 Niște Domni și Fiii" }, { "@lat": "44.4449566", "@lon": "26.0962978", "@category": "pub", "name": "1UP Gamers Pub" }, { "@lat": "44.4300616", "@lon": "26.0973551", "@category": "bar", "name": "Abel's Wine Bar" }, { "@lat": "44.4306672", "@lon": "26.1013188", "@category": "nightclub", "name": "Agartha Club" }, { "@lat": "44.4476748", "@lon": "26.1060993", "@category": "bar", "name": "Alan Dala" }, { "@lat": "44.4130209", "@lon": "26.1688469", "@category": "bar", "name": "Alexa" }, { "@lat": "44.4312812", "@lon": "26.0999145", "@category": "bar", "name": "Altfel" } ] } } }