Popular cafe and drinking garden, just off busy B-dul Carol 1. Choose from a broad menu of well-pulled espressos as well as breakfasts (around 20 lei) until noon, and salads and sandwiches throughout the day. The garden has the feel of a well-tended squat, lending a welcome alternative vibe.
Dianei 4
Bucharest
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Grigore Antipa Natural History Museum
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Museum of the Romanian Peasant
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Nearby Bucharest attractions
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Along B-dul Carol I, east of Piaţa Universităţii, is the alabaster Armenian Church, which originally dates from 1781 (though this church was built in 1915…
2. Museum of the History of Bucharest
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This pretty monastery, surrounded by a lush walled garden, dates from the mid-19th century and was once the property of the private Dârvari family.
6. Central Committee of the Communist Party Building
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