Right in the centre!

Ambasador

The hotel, founded in 1937, declared monument of architecture, has 12 floors. Each room has a bathroom, cable TV, mini-bar (empty), phone, central heating (our room, among few, was pretty cold, but at least we had hot water in the bathroom).

The restaurant's on the 1st floor and is quite small for such hotel. And the service's pretty slow. A woman from our group wanted to try some soup but there wasn't any, so she asked for some chips and had to wait for almost an hour! But the breakfast (Swedish buffet) was really good.

Unique Qualities: The hotel's very close to both Revolution Sq and University Sq, only 20 minutes away from the Bucharest International Airport and 10 minutes from the main Railway Station 'Gara de Nord'

The brochure says that there are facilities like:

a room

-room service
-fitness room
-sauna
-hairdresser/manicure/pedicure
-conference rooms
-parking
-laundry
-internet access
-luggage room
-safe

Feel free to check that out!

Address: 8-10, Magheru Boulevard
Phone: +40 21 315 90 80
Theme: Hotel
Website: http://www.ambasador.ro

The Central University Library

The golden building in the picture was built between 1891 and 1914 under the direction of French architect Paul Gottereau.

It now houses a library, an art gallery, an EU Information Centre and a bank.

Address: Revolution Square

The Senate

This robust building was constructed in 1940. It now houses the Senate and the Ministries of Workforce and Health.

In the Communist period this was the headquarters of the Communist Party and it was called CC (initials of Comitetul Central-The Central Party Committee).

senate

The small white marble pyramid with a flame sculpted out of earth stands here in memory of those who died here during the 1989 Romanian Revolution.

This is also the place from which Ceausescu, the former dictator left by helicopter, only to be captured, tried and shot in the following hours.

Address: Revolution Square

Romanian Commercial Bank

bank

This marvelous building is the central headquarters of the Romanian Commercial Bank, the country's largest bank.

Nearby are 4 statues of important figures of Romania's history, including that of a 16th century Romanian king called Michael the Brave, one of the last to undertake crusades against the Ottoman Empire with the Pope's blessing.

The Military House

military club

This impressive building is the Army Club.

It was built in 1912.
A gigantic flag is placed in the middle of this square called the Square of the Flag.

Address: Piata Tricolorului

The Government Building

government building

This is where the Romanian government meets, in this white building.

It used to be the Ministry of External Affairs.

Address: Victory Square

The Academy of Economical Studies

academy

This is the University in Bucharest dealing with things such as Commerce.

Address: Romana Square