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Marking the start of the festive season, the Winter Gifts Festival at Bucharest's Museum of The Romanian Peasant features work by around 150 local artists. Objects for sale range from…
Located on Piata Unirii, this is the prime showcase for glamorous local fashion designers Nichi Cristina Nichita. Bucharest's style conscious browse for elegant business outfits, handbags and…
Fine, exclusively handcrafted chocolate treats fill the impressive displays inside this shop, situated in a small passageway near Piata Victoriei. Let the friendly staff help you buy…
Reservations are essential at La Mandragora, a smart, modern restaurant in a renovated house. The menu is among Bucharest's most innovative, with dishes like beef carpaccio with beetroot and…
Set amid the grand embassies of Bucharest's leafy north, Casa Doina is a favourite among the city's elegant set. Smartly-dressed waiters serve a modern take on Romanian cooking, from chicken…
Bucharest's top-notch Balthazar, near Piata Romana square, has candlelight and cream-leather banquettes. Here affluent gourmets mix with visiting A-list celebrities. The kitchen fuses French…
One of a trusted chain of restaurants, City Grill Centrul Istoric in the Lipscani area of Bucharest serves generous portions of wholesome food at reasonable prices. The menu is a mix of…
Animal trophies and stuffed birds peer down from the walls at Burebista Vanatoresc, as diners feast on dishes straight from the hunt. The menu features bear paws and flame-grilled beef. The…
Charme serves simple, wholesome dishes. Friendly waiters deliver grilled swordfish, fresh asparagus, and pasta with mushrooms to the backdrop of smooth lounge music. The affluent young diners…
Central Bucharest's Museum of the Romanian Peasant contains the city's best souvenir shop. Visitors browse the hand-painted pottery, colourful rugs, folk drawings and lovingly made trinkets.…
Jaristea cooks up old-fashioned Romanian dishes. This popular restaurant near Piata Romana square serves spicy soups, meat stews and Romanian polenta. Inside are dark wooden furniture, woven…
Megosios serves fresh fish in a harbour-themed interior of blues and whites. Bucharest's first Mediterranean restaurant when it opened in 2000, this cheerful eatery, near Piata Universitatii…
La Taifas, near Calea Victoriei boulevard, serves an ever-changing menu of simple Romanian dishes, including fresh rustic breads. Business types occupy the cushioned seating areas at lunchtime…
A grey communist-era building near Piata Unirii square has been turned into the city's favourite shopping centre. Bucuresti Mall boasts 140 shops, a 10-screen cinema and bowling alley.…
Carturesti is a bookshop, which doubles as a bustling teashop. The wooden shelves groan with everything from rare art books to coffee-table glossies. Located near Piata Romana square, this is…
This small colourful market in central Bucharest offers fruit and vegetables from all over Romania. Locals come here for their weekly shopping, stocking up on fresh cabbage, potatoes or wild…
