Bucharest Old Town
Bucharest's Old Town (Lipscani) is a compact grid of pedestrian streets between Calea Victoriei and the Dambovita River. Free to walk.
Church in Bucharest
Stavropoleos Church
The Stavropoleos Church is a tiny 18th-century Orthodox church hidden in the Old Town, with an ornate stone facade, a carved wooden porch, and a courtyard cloister filled with medieval tombstones and fragments. Free. The church is one of the most beautiful buildings in Bucharest and the most peaceful spot in the otherwise noisy Old Town. Budget travelers duck in off Strada Stavropoleos for five minutes and find a building that rivals anything in the city’s museums.
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- Stavropoleos Street, 030081 Bucharest
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Other places worth the walk, and what each one costs.
Calea Victoriei
Calea Victoriei is Bucharest's most historic boulevard, running from the Dambovita River to Piata Victoriei. Free to walk.
Cismigiu Gardens
Cismigiu Gardens is Bucharest's oldest and most central park, 16 hectares of shaded paths, an artificial lake with rowing boats (cheap in summer), a Roman Garden, and a Writers' Alley lined with busts of Romanian poets. Free.
Saint Anthony Church Bucharest
Also known as the Old Princely Court Church, this is the oldest surviving church in Bucharest, dating to the 16th century. Free to enter, it sits next to the ruins of Vlad the Impaler's court in the heart of the old town.
Herastrau Park
Herastrau Park is Bucharest's largest park, wrapping around a lake in the northern part of the city. Free.
Macca-Vilacrosse Passage
The Macca-Vilacrosse Passage is a fork-shaped glass-roofed arcade in the center of Bucharest, built in the 1890s and bathed in amber light from the yellow glass canopy. Free to walk through.
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