by buchareststepbystep | Jul 19, 2014 | General, Tips, Tours
You cannot come to Bucharest and not taste the best sweets the city has to offer. Once renowned around Europe for the quality of the chocolate cakes – the Joffre Cake, a decadent, worthy of a heart attack, chocolate only extravaganza, it’s still as...
by buchareststepbystep | Jul 16, 2014 | General, Main attractions
Romanian gypsy music is simply amazing and Johnny Depp seems to agree. There is no better music to listen to, at a party, in the wee hours of the morning, when the wine is almost finished, your friends are almost asleep, the world has slowed down to a halt and only...
by buchareststepbystep | Jul 16, 2014 | Communism, History, People
Great article about a great photographer and an unfortunate city: A lost city: Photos of Bucharest’s past Andrei Pandele was a young architect when he began photographing his home country, Romania, in the 1970s. His camera captured a period of huge change under...
by buchareststepbystep | Jul 16, 2014 | General
According to Huffington Post, Bucharest has at least 5 reasons to consider itself the Paris of Eastern Europe, even if, according to Wikipedia, there are at least 20 cities that fight for this honor. Eiffel Tower and Mona Lisa aside, Bucharest has a lot like Paris to...
by buchareststepbystep | May 22, 2014 | General, Tips
The Bucharest metro is the cheapest and most reliable public transportation mean in Bucharest. It does not have the same coverage as London or Paris metro but it is good enough. You can buy a 10 ticket card for 15 lei (less than 4 euro). Details here. If you want to...
by buchareststepbystep | May 22, 2014 | General, Tips
The taxis are very cheap but you should pay attention to a few important details. The fare, the company name and the car ID must be clearly displayed on the door of the car. Once you get in the car, the ID of the driver has to be clearly displayed and the meter must...
by buchareststepbystep | May 21, 2014 | General
There is one reason we are here on this page, on this site. Bucharest. I love it and I hope you will love it too. This is my first blog post on this site – the site is not even ready – and I will try in the next few lines to underline the main topics i...
