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City itineraries · Romania

Bucharest, day by day

Bucharest is a collage of French facades, interwar modernism and the largest building Ceaușescu could imagine, and it is the cheapest capital in the European Union to spend a long weekend in. These plans put the old town, Calea Victoriei and the northern museums in a walkable order, with 2026 hours and prices.

Updated 12 September 2026 · 4 official sources checked · report an error

Bucharest
Photo: Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0

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3 days in Bucharest

3 Days in Bucharest
3 days3 Days in BucharestThe Palace of the Parliament, Vlad III's princely court, Stavropoleos and the Lipscani bars, then Calea Victoriei with the Dacian gold, the royal art collection and the Athenaeum, then the Village Museum, Herăstrău and the museums on Kiseleff.

Before you go

Good to know in Bucharest

The Village Museum: gates, hours and tickets

  • The houses in the open-air exhibition are open Wednesday to Sunday, 09:00 to 19:00 in summer and 09:00 to 17:00 in winter, and the last ticket is issued 60 minutes before the museum closes. The two main gates on Șoseaua Kiseleff, at numbers 28 and 30, open Monday 09:00 to 17:00 and Tuesday to Sunday 09:00 to 19:00 in summer, and daily 09:00 to 17:00 in winter. The Miorița and Transilvania gates inside Herăstrău Park are closed Monday to Friday in summer and open Saturday and Sunday 10:00 to 18:00, and Wednesday to Sunday 09:00 to 17:00 in winter.Source: Dimitrie Gusti National Village Museum — Museum schedule · checked Sep 2026

Antipa and Stavropoleos: hours and tickets

  • The Grigore Antipa National Museum of Natural History keeps its summer schedule from 1 April to 31 October, opening Tuesday to Sunday from 10:00 to 20:00 with the last visitor admitted at 19:00, and closing on Mondays. A full ticket is 32 lei, pensioners pay 16 lei, and pupils, students and holders of Euro 26, ISIC, IYTC and European Youth cards pay 8 lei; preschool children enter free, as do visitors with a disability certificate and their companions.Source: Grigore Antipa National Museum of Natural History — Schedule and tariffs · checked Sep 2026

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Sources and method

Places and coordinates: Wikidata and Tripwoa's open-data place catalog (Overture Maps Foundation, © OpenStreetMap contributors). Photos: Wikimedia Commons, credited on each image. Practical rules: the official sources linked in each note, checked in September 2026.

How this plan was made: Tripwoa's planner drafted the day order from real coordinates and typical visit times. Each stop was then reviewed, reordered where needed and rewritten with AI assistance. Walking distances are straight-line estimates, so allow a little extra time on real streets.