About Love Bucharest

Why we made a guide just for Bucharest

Bucharest is one of the most misread capitals in Europe. People arrive expecting grey concrete and leave talking about Belle-Époque mansions on Calea Victoriei, the glass-roofed Macca-Vilacrosse passage, the calm of Cişmigiu Gardens, and a nightlife that quietly outpaces cities twice its size. The “Little Paris” of the 1900s, the Communist-era monumentality of the Palace of the Parliament, and a fast-moving café and restaurant scene all share the same compact centre. Love Bucharest exists to help you plan around that layered city instead of fighting it.

What we publish

We focus on repeatable, high-value pages: weekend and multi-day itineraries, first-time orientation, neighbourhood overviews (Old Town / Lipscani, Dorobanţi, Cotroceni), where to stay, and the practical details that make the city easy — metro and STB tickets, the airport run from Otopeni, and ticketed landmarks like the Palace of the Parliament, the Romanian Athenaeum, and the Village Museum. We prefer fewer picks with more context over exhaustive lists.

Our approach

• Curated, not exhaustive — we'd rather explain ten places well than list a hundred
• Walk-first planning that clusters your day so you spend time in the city, not on transfers
• Evergreen guidance where possible, with time-sensitive details (prices, hours, dates) checked against official sources
• Strong internal linking so you can keep planning without restarting

Who writes it

Love Bucharest is written and maintained by the Love Bucharest editorial team. We publish under our organisation rather than inventing personal bylines, and we verify volatile facts against primary sources — see our editorial policy and sources for how that works.

Where to start

Planning from scratch? Pick one “big picture” page and one “day plan” page, choose a neighbourhood, and keep your day clustered.

• First time in Bucharest
• A weekend in Bucharest
• Neighbourhoods
• Things to do