Old Town, Centru Vechi- Lipscani, Macca-Vilacrosse Passage, Palatul CEC, Calea Victorei, Stavropoleos Monastery, Curtea Veche, Museum of Communism, Manuc's Inn, St. Nicholas Russian Church, National Museum of Romanian History, National Bank of Romania
The Old Town (Centru Vechi) is the coziest and most walkable part of the city. It is situated in the center and is filled with beautiful historical buildings in different styles, some neglect and some in a very good condition. Lipscani is the famous main pedestrian street in the Old Town. There are a lot of outdoor restaurants and churches in the Old Town, and Macca-Vilacrosse Passage, a cozy indoor arcade, that reminds of Paris. Here you also find grandiose bank palaces like Palatul CEC at the busy street Calea Victoriei, the beautiful Stavropoleos Monastery, the orthodox church, the Curtea Veche (Old Court, where Vlad the Impaler once lived), St Nicholas Russian-Orthodox Church with its golde cupolas and the very small Museum of Communism and Bucharest's oldest hotel, Manuc's Inn, that has a popular restaurant courtyard. The grandiose neo-classicistic buildings of National Museum of Romanian History and National Bank of Romania can also be found in the Old Town, that is bordering to Piata Universitate (University Square), that is the center of Bucharest. |