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Hotels in Bucharest currently start at about € 46 per night for two people, with a typical price of € 76 and € 96 for a comfortable 4-star room. Across the 201 properties we can book here, 74% of rooms can be cancelled free of charge; 43% include or offer breakfast; the average guest rating is 8.8/10.
Bucharest is bigger and less picturesque than its Balkan neighbours, with a communist-era core built around the vast Palace of the Parliament. The Old Town is compact, restored and full of bars — lively at night and quiet by day. It is one of the cheapest capitals in the EU in our data.
Per night for two adults, taxes and fees included where the property reports them. Based on the 201 bookable properties we found for a two-night midweek stay a month ahead.
| Cheapest available | € 35 |
|---|---|
| Typical starting price | € 46 |
| Lower quarter of the market | € 60 |
| Typical (median) price | € 76 |
| Upper quarter | € 102 |
| Typical 3-star | € 62 |
| Typical 4-star | € 96 |
| Typical 5-star | € 166 |
The highest-rated properties with a meaningful number of guest reviews, available for our sample dates.
Rated 8/10 or better and priced at or below the city median — the sweet spot most travellers are actually looking for.
The places travellers here look up most, ranked by how widely they are written about. Most sit within reach of the hotels above.
ethnographic museum in Herăstrău Park, Bucharest, Romania
5.4 km from the centresquare in central Bucharest
1.4 km from the centreBucharest sits in Romania at 44.4268° N, 26.1025° E. Every hotel below is plotted on the live map, so you can see straight away which ones are walking distance from what you came for and which are a taxi ride out.
Distances are straight-line from the city centre.
Bars and restaurants, cobbles, loud at weekends.
Central boulevards, museums, best transport.
Embassies, leafy villas, calm and upmarket.
Trains, cheapest rooms, a dull walk into town.
Each of these has its own page with live prices for that part of town.
Rooms within walking distance of what you actually came for.
Use ride apps rather than street taxis, and confirm the fare shown.
Very stable at 1.05 times between ordinary weeks. Summer is hot and the city empties towards the coast and the mountains; spring and autumn are the pleasant seasons; winter is cold and the cheapest.
Barely. Across three separate midweek stays the typical price in Bucharest stayed within a factor of 1.05, so you can book the dates that suit you without hunting for a cheaper week. How we measure this.
The price you see includes our margin and the taxes the property reports. Nothing is added at checkout.
Every rate states its own deadline, and you cancel yourself without calling anyone.
See what each property costs before you click, and search any neighbourhood by dragging the map.
You get a reference the property can look up directly, and a page to view or cancel your booking.
One of the cheapest capitals in the European Union in our data, with very little variation between weeks, so there is no cheap season to wait for.
Around Universitate for central convenience and transport, the Old Town if you want the bars downstairs, Dorobanți for a quieter and greener stay.
Right now the cheapest bookable rooms start around € 46 per night for two people, the typical price is € 76, and the upper quarter of the market begins at € 102. Prices move with the season and the day of the week, so check your own dates.
Yes — about 74% of the rooms available in Bucharest can be cancelled free of charge up to a deadline set by the property, usually 24 to 72 hours before check-in. Use the free cancellation filter to see only those rates.
Very stable at 1.05 times between ordinary weeks. Summer is hot and the city empties towards the coast and the mountains; spring and autumn are the pleasant seasons; winter is cold and the cheapest.
The RON (lei). Cards are common in cities; carry cash outside them.
10% in restaurants.
The best-known places are Palace of the Parliament, Romanian Academy, National Museum of Art of Romania, Herăstrău Park, Romanian Peasant Museum. There is more detail in the things-to-do section above.
Barely. Across three separate midweek stays the typical price in Bucharest stayed within a factor of 1.05, so you can book the dates that suit you without hunting for a cheaper week.