Bucharest Historic Centre

Hanul lui Manuc

by Craig Turp July 25, 2011 Bucharest

  Few places in Bucharest have a history to match that of Hanul lui Manuc (Manuc’s Inn), the last remaining caravanserai in this part of Europe; recently reopened after a four-year refit. Completed in 1808, it is named for its founder, Manuc Bei, an Armenian merchant and diplomat. – Bought and sold many times throughout [...]

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Postcards from Bucharest

by Craig Turp May 12, 2011 Bucharest

 Wow. You’ve got to love RATB (except of course when they are making life difficult for visitors to Bucharest). Who knew that their marketing department had started producing souvenir packs of sepia postcards featuring Bucharest public transport in years gone by? (In fact, who knew that RATB had a marketing department?) We came across them [...]

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Lipscani is doing just fine without any input from Bucharest City Council

by Craig Turp October 23, 2009 Bucharest

 As we wrote in the foreword of the current edition of Bucharest In Your Pocket, the rehabilitation of Lipscani/Centru Vechi/Historic Bucharest as the city’s heart and soul continues apace. It is the one part of the capital that has the potential to become a worthwhile place to visit, a centre of nightlife and debauchery to [...]

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Map of Bucharest, 1979

by Craig Turp July 13, 2009 Bucharest

 We cleared out the attic and dusted off a few old books at the weekend, including an absolute gem: a tourist guide to the capital written by Dan Berindei and Sebastian Bonifaciu, published in Romanian in 1979. Thankfully lacking the usual homage to Romania’s president at the time which blight so many works of the [...]

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Bucharest’s urban gardens reveal genius of city’s plan for Historic Centre

by Craig Turp July 8, 2009 Bucharest

 Walking around Bucharest’s Historic Centre yesterday, trying out a few new places for the next issue of Bucharest In Your Pocket, we couldn’t help thinking how green and really rather organic Strada Lipscani looks. A little like an urban garden… What Bucharest city council have done is little short of genius. They dug massive holes [...]

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