Originally Posted by
florin
I agree with most of what you said. The only thing I wouldn't necessarily recommend is taking the cab from Brasov to OTP. You can take train to Bucharest and from there a cab or a bus to OTP, but if you'd rather not deal with that, it's understandable.
How much is the train? I'm wondering for 3 persons whether it might be cheaper and faster to take a cab if it is only $55?
Originally Posted by
florin
The Peles castle is in a place called Sinaia. There are several cool things about Sinaia and there are frequent trains from Brasov. There's also another smaller caslte close to Peles, it's called Pelisor and I think it's definitely worth seing. If you're there eat at the Serb's Tavern - good food, HUGE portions, decent wine... the whole deal..
Perhaps Sinaia would be an alternative to Brasov for a couple of nights away from Bucharest? Seems like a town with a lot of interesting history and culture.
Originally Posted by
florin
I could recommend a few places in Bucharest. There isn't a lot of cool stuff to see; I do know some good restuarants and such. I'll even be there 6/3-6/14 and 6/23-7/4.
We will be in Romania July 2 to 7 (Northwest forced us to make other travel plans while they were refusing to allow inbound flight changes, so we are probably stuck with those dates). Staying at the Intercontinental Bucharest July 5 and 6 and possibly July 2. Recommendations much appreciated, and maybe we can catch you somewhere along the line someplace?
Originally Posted by
florin
Oh, and I definitely recommend taking the 783 bus from the airport into the center and from there a cab. (Although if you're staying at Intercontinental you don't need to because it stops there.) Avoid the "Fly Taxi" cabs.
We get in on the midnight express flight from Vancouver and don't know what the heck we are going to do for the 8 or 10 hours it is going to take for everything to open up in town (or maybe there's an overnight train to somewhere on which we could get a little shuteye?). Very reluctant to reserve a hotel ahead of time for that night because that leaves you stuck with a big bill for nothing if you don't end up making it for the night plus the chance of being walked at 2 or 3 am when you finally get there is very unappealing. Just not worth it. So how late / how early does the "783" bus run? Wondering whether we will have an alternative to trying to navigate through the hordes of shyster cabbies to find an honest one (at least that's what it sounds like it will be like).