10 Best Things to Do in Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania

The capital of Romania has been coined the Paris of the east and it’s easy to see why. With tree lined boulevards, grand architecture, beautiful parks and a vibrant café culture, it would be easy to be mistaken for thinking you were in the French capital.

But it’s more than just a French copycat, far from it. Bucharest is a wonderful melting pot of styles and influences, with large portions of its distinct Romanian heritage and Soviet past on show too.

It’s one of the greenest cities in Europe, with plant life eking out of almost every building and it has vibrant dining and nightlife scene. They don’t do things by halves in Bucharest and there is a number of attractions which register among the biggest in the world in their field.

On the fringes of the city you will find the biggest spa complex in Europe, called Therme Bucuresti. It’s an astonishing development, with market leading spa facilities set among a huge site, with both indoor and outdoor elements.

It has 10 pools, swim up bars, a full range of treatment and massage facilities, restaurants and many other relaxing areas.

It draws in 1.2 million people a year, who come to relax among more than 1,500 palm trees and 800,000 plants on the site. The huge domed structure also has facilities for children in a sectioned off area and it hosts DJ nights in the summer months, attracting ravers to dance in the pools. ...... (follow the instructions below for accessing the rest of this article).