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A royal mountain resort with a fairy-tale palace, below the Bucegi peaks.
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Old Town
The cobbled lanes of Lipscani, with merchants' inns, banking palaces, bars and the ruins of the princes' court.
- Open
- Always
- Price
- Free; paid for the court museum
- Time Needed
- 2 hours
- Address
- Strada Lipscani, 030031 BucharestDirections
- Getting There
- Piața Unirii metro station, then a 5-minute walk.
Why Go
The Old Princely Court, whose ruins sit in the middle of the quarter, is where Vlad the Impaler signed the first document to name Bucharest, in 1459. Around it, trading streets named for their crafts grew up, and in the late 19th century banks built palaces like the domed CEC Palace.
Today the lanes are the city's nightlife center, with terraces and bars on every corner.
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