Bucharest to Budapest

[copperski]

Just returned from AMASERENA Bucharest to Budapest cruise. We stayed in Bucharest 5 nights pre cruise and 2 nights post cruise in Vienna. Would be happy to answer any questions you may have. Hopefully will write a review in the near future.

[ural guy]

In September we're heading Budapest to Bucharest on Vantage, hope that you do find time to write up a report.

 

Did you go to the Folk Life Museum in Bucharest? Did you use taxis or buses to get around? What really impressed you in Bucharest that you weren't expecting, and would love to do again?

 

We'll have a few days post cruise and are deciding if we want to head up to Brasov for 4 nights or split it between Bucharest and Brasov. Thanks.

[copperski]

We did not go to the folk life museum. However we heard from other people that it was very interesting. We did go to the open air Village Museum which shows the traditional architecture of rural Romania in various regions. We used Uber to get around. It was ridiculously cheap, a 10 to 15 minute ride cost around three U.S. Dollars. We also did a lot of walking around. One of the days we took a four hour bicycle ride with a tour guide. We were able to keep the bikes for the entire day so we rode around one of the parks. The local people were very nice and friendly. They were proud of their city. The food in the restaurants is unbelievably cheap. We went to some higher end restaurants and found the prices to be very reasonable.

 

I personally would split my time between Bucharest and Brasov. We rented a car for the day and drove up into the mountains and drove on the Transfagaras road. That was definitely a highlight of our time in Romania. We also joined the Amma waterway excursion to Transylvania and Pales castle in Sinaia.

[I_r_a]

Hi Copp,

 

>We went to some higher end restaurants and found the prices to be very reasonable.

 

Any recommendations? We expect to be there in Sept.

[copperski]

Hi Copp,

 

>We went to some higher end restaurants and found the prices to be very reasonable.

 

Any recommendations? We expect to be there in Sept.

 

Hi Ira, the following article should be helpful.http://theculturetrip.com/europe/romania/articles/bucharest-s-10-best-cultural-restaurants-culinary-delights-in-romania/

 

We had dinner at 3 of the restaurants listed in the article. Caru cu bere, Hanul Lui Manuc and Torna Fratre. They were all very good. Torna Fratre was probably the best one and there were mainly locals having dinner the night we were there.

[caviargal]

This itinerary is on my list for an upcoming cruise. Looking forward to your review and I hope you enjoyed AmaSerena as much as we did. It was the very best river cruise we have ever taken.

[copperski]

Yes, we absolutely loved the AmaSerena. This was our second cruise with Amawaterways. The first was on the AmaCerto on the upper Danube. We had an amazing time on the first one. If it's even possible we had an even better time on the recent cruise. The Amma Serena is a beautiful ship, excellent service from the deck hands all the way up to the captain and the food was better then the first cruise. Didn't have any problems with the food on the first cruise,it was just better on this one. The chef table which we did not do on the first cruise was also terrific.

[caviargal]

Yes, we absolutely loved the AmaSerena. This was our second cruise with Amawaterways. The first was on the AmaCerto on the upper Danube. We had an amazing time on the first one. If it's even possible we had an even better time on the recent cruise. The Amma Serena is a beautiful ship, excellent service from the deck hands all the way up to the captain and the food was better then the first cruise. Didn't have any problems with the food on the first cruise,it was just better on this one. The chef table which we did not do on the first cruise was also terrific.

 

 

Until AmaSerena, AmaCerto was our best ever river cruise. I knew it would be hard to top but Serena managed to pull it off:).