Bucharest 2015.
Text: Jens Hoffmann
Bucharest, Romania’s largest city and capital, always had a reputation for the high life and even earned the nickname “Paris of the East”.
It’s a bustling metropolis known for its wide, tree-lined boulevards and beautiful Belle Époque buildings.
For me it is truly a special destination.
It’s not one of the most popular destinations in the world, but it attracs with culture, warm hospitality and nice food.
We landed at Bucharest’s Henri Coandă International Airport and checked in at the Angelo Airporthotel.
Our hotel is located close to the growing business parks north of the Romanian capital, just 500 meters away from the airport.
Following renovations, the 4-star hotel offers now 177 beautiful rooms.
was transformed with the modern angelo hotel design by Vienna International Hotelmanagement AG.
They gave me a nice welcome.
The stylish lifestyle concept of the angelo Hotel is a dazzling combination of design, state-of-the-art technology, individuality and eye-catching interiors with dominant red, black and yellow tones.
Relaxation is on hand in the free sauna (24/7) and gym area.
Guests do not receive standard treatment here. The hotel offer a choice of classical and modern design, equipped according to modern hotel standards.
I enjoyed the classical design and my queen bed and the nice bathroom.
The hotel’s restaurant offer nice local food and you will find every culinary highlights.
We saw the world’s largest parliamentary building. The building is nick-named as “Nicolae Ceaușescu palace”, testament of a dictator or a display of Romanian engineering skill. The Romanians don’t like it, I did.
It’s a must-visit. There are 1100 rooms and focus on the tons of marble, hardwood, and gold used in the building’s construction in the 1980s, a time when Romania was straining to feed its own people. Ceaușescu and his wife, Elena, both played a direct role in the construction. It was originally intended to house the presidential offices and the Central Committee of the Romanian Communist Party but was never finished.
I enjoyed my stay with all this different ways of life, architecture of Eastern-Bloc buildings next to beautiful Belle Époque houses.
The Romanian people feel like Italians have Dracule and great food.
Unforgetable highlights for palate and the soul.
Place to stay:
angelo Airporthotel Bucharest
283 Calea Bucurestilor
075100, Otopeni, Jud. Ilfov, Bucharest
http://www.vi-hotels.com/angelo-bucharest
The press trip was sponsored by Vienna International Management.
