The white galleries of the Cărturești Carusel bookshop

Itinerary · Bucharest, Romania

A rainy day in Bucharest

Bookshops, museums, a glass-roofed passage, a thermal spa and the opera.

A full day · mostly indoors

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  1. 10:00

    1Cărturești Carusel

    Old Town·Bookshop

    Books and coffee upstairs.

  2. 11:00

    2Macca-Villacrosse Passage

    Old Town·Covered passage

    Coffee under the glass roof.

  3. 12:30

    3Museum of the Romanian Peasant

    Kiseleff·Museum

    Folk art and the ie.

  4. 14:30

    4Therme București

    Balotești·Thermal spa & water park

    Thermal pools under palm trees.

  5. 19:00

    5Romanian National Opera

    Cotroceni·Opera house

    An evening at the opera.

Therme is open late; take a taxi or the Therme shuttle.

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