i had tried to go in february, but had to stay behind to take my italian language exam. (btw, i passed!)
so on another random weekend in may, i jumped on a cheap ryan air flight to bucharest.
i had received some recommendations from a friend who taught in bucharest for several years, and one of her suggestions was a huge spa that had been built outside the city.
after the requisite stop at starbucks for coffee, we found a taxi and made our way out to the spa.
this spa, therme' bucharest, is quite frankly, amazing.
there are three parts to the spa and their prices are tiered. basically, the galaxy area is a water park full of fun water slides and wave pools. then there is the palm, which includes the area featured above. it includes this large pool with a large drink bar, a couple mineral pools, and a few other areas. the third area, elysium, includes multiple saunas. the cost for elysium includes the palm and the galaxy areas as well.
you can pay for the top tier entrance for three hours for 75 lei, which is 16 euro or 19 USD. if you stay longer than three hours, you pay for the additional time on your way out. towel rental is 16 lei, 3.5 euro or 4 USD.
we just loved this spa and ended up spending nearly the entire day there.
we made arrangements with our taxi driver from the spa to take a day trip the following day to peles castle outside of bucharest. we worried that this decision was not our smartest, but decided that all good travel stories come from some risky moves.
after storing our luggage at the town's very convenient luggage lockers. these are unmonitored, easy to use and handy for those with late flights. (however, it seemed that a local without proper toilet access might have also used this small storage space as his toilet, so beware.)
peles castle is located in the carpathian mountains about 80 miles outside of bucharest. i had seen some pictures and it was just so picturesque that i had really wanted to see it for myself.
our driver and his wife took us to a local restaurant and helped us order traditional romanian food.
during this trip we spent very little time in the city of bucharest, but we did wander about a little with some of our few extra moments.
 |
| view from our airbnb |
 |
| what a deal! |
 |
| cute window art |
- take flip flops for the spa. without them, you'll have to buy a pair before going in.
- taxis were difficult. we used the taxify app to finally find a taxi. there were others around, but they were all unmarked and that made us nervous.
- we stayed in this airbnb. pretty good. i'd stay there again.
- prices in romania, like most of eastern europe, are pretty low! makes it a very affordable travel stop!
No comments:
Post a Comment