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While city transport, at least round the centre, is pretty good during the day, it is almost non-existent at night and street lighting throughout Bucharest leaves a lot to be desired. It is therefore best to avoid arriving late at night, unless you're willing to take a taxi to your hotel. Both of the city's
airports
are on the main road north of the city and are linked by express bus with the city centre; the
train station
is a little way out of the centre to the northwest, but is on the city's metro system. There are six
bus stations
in the city, all in the suburbs and mainly serving the local villages, so its unlikely that you'll arrive at any of them, but there are
private bus services
to major destinations throughout the country, which come and go from Calea Grivitei, opposite the train station.
By air
International air passengers arrive at the recently renovated
Otopeni airport
, 16km north of the centre. A second phase of redevelopment is currently underway which, when complete, will coincide with the opening of a much needed airport hotel....
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By train
Virtually all international and domestic services terminate at the
Gara de Nord
, which is now much cleaner and less intimidating than it used to be, thanks largely to increased security and a small entrance fee (payable if you don't possess a...
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By road
Arriving
by road
, drivers should be wary of potholes, cyclists, drunks and wandering animals on the "highways" at night. Approaching from Transylvania on the DN1 you'll pass both airports before reaching the Soseaua Kiseleff, an...
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