Where is Bucharest in Romania?
Romania’s capital is located in the south-east of the country, on the banks of the Dambovita River. Bucharest is easily the most economically prosperous city in the country, having benefited from being one of the main industrial hubs of the whole of Eastern Europe. In spite of its industrial might, the capital’s eclectic and grand architecture, as well as its strong intellectual scene in the 19th Century, earned it the nickname of the ‘Paris of the East’. Where would you have to fly over? Flights between London and Bucharest take around two-and-a-half hours, with Romania two hours ahead of GMT. Flights head over France and Germany before loosely following the route of the River Danube and into Romania. A couple of areas of interest in and around Bucharest Though Romania is keen to leave its Communist past behind, the Palace of the Parliament continues to dominate the city centre and remains the number one tourist attraction hardly surprising since it is officially the largest public bu
