Friends Hostel Bucharest

If you decide to visit Bucharest, you have to consider staying with us at Friends Hostel. You will feel the charm of our friendly house, recently renovated and restructured to offer you all the comfort, enjoy a chat with the other travelers in our warm lounge area or cook your favorite meals in our cozy kitchen.Our lounge is offering you more than 70 TV channels as well as the possibility to enjoy your favorite movies on our DVD player or the possibility of playing Darts, cards or chess.The hostel is located at 5-10minutes walk from Gara de Nord - the main Train Station in Bucharest and also at convenient walking distance from the main tourist and leisure destinations:- National Military Museum � 3 min.- Presidential Palace � 5 min.- Botanical Garden � 5 min.- Ceausescu's Palace (Parliament Palace) � 20 min.- Students� Campus � 20 min. (with bars, pubs and clubs)- Good value Romanian Restaurant � 10 min.- Pubs and Clubs � 25 minIn case you don�t want to walk, there are excellent connections by public transportation. Our staff will be glad to offer you information about the places to visit in town and also map of the city for your help.Everything is new and clean - from the bathrooms to the rooms and kitchen. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU READ THE DIRECTIONS SECTIONS

Directions

Our address is: Str. Mircea Vulcanescu (former Stefan Furtuna) nr. 114, Sector 1, Bucharest. It is very easy to reach the hostel if you travel by train: - 700m from the Train Station Gara de Nord. As soon as you leave the train, head towards the end of the train tracks, and where the rail tracks end just keep going on the same directions along the central hallway. You will arrive in front of the main exit/entrance of Gara de Nord: turn right under the tall columns and go ahead, along the Witing Street. At the end, you have to turn left on Plevnei St. and then left again on Mircea Vulcanescu (former Stefan Furtuna St). The hostel is the first house on the left. The whole walk will be 5-10 minutes and it makes no sense to take a cab or any public transportation.The hostel could be reached also from some other variants, depending on your needs: - From 30m to 200m from the hostel, there are the stations of various public transportation vehicles (busses 123, 133 and trolley-busses: 62, 71, 85, 93, 96) - At 900m there is another Eroilor Metro Station (see the map for directions to the hostel).From the Otopeni Airport you may reach our hostel in 2 ways: 1. by taxi - I would advice you to take Fly taxi - it is better then any other offer of private taxi driver. If they use the meter, then the total cost to our hostel should be approx. 60RON.If you have the possibility to order a cab from a mobile phone, you may call the number of the Taxi 2000 Company: 0040219494.Fee of the taxi: Tariff: 1.69 RON/kmStarting tax: 1.40 RON 1EURO = approx. 3.7RON !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! In case you decide for a taxi, make sure they don't try to cheat on you. Check the price of the taxi - it is usually displayed on the door of the taxi and confirm it with the taxi driver, also confirm with him that he will use the meter. Whatever you negotiate, make sure you don't pay more that 100RON (approx. 30EURO).2. by bus - there is the express bus 783 (2 trips ticket = 5RON), it is leaving every 15 minutes during week days and every 30 minutes during week-ends, from around 5.00 a.m. up to 11:00 p.m. You should leave the buss at the Piata Romana ( Romana Square ) and get a taxi to the hostel - if they use the meter should be about 5RON. In case you arrive before 11.00p.m. in Bucharest , you may leave the express bus 783 at the Universtiy Square (Piata Universitatii) and take the trolleybus to the Station Mircea Vulcanescu. From the Station you go ahead for 20m the same direction the trolleybus was going and turn right at the corner. On the corner there is a church and the first house after the church is the hostel - it is very close to the trolleybus station, like 1 minute walk.Another possibility is to leave the bus 783 at Piata Victoriei ( Victoria Square ) and get the metro to Gara de Nord station. From there you walk to the hostel as above described.You can also walk from Piata Victoriei, by taking Street Calea Buzesti and then turn right on Mircea Vulcanescu. This will take about 20-30 minutes.From the Baneasa Airport you can reach the hostel by public transportation in a few different ways:- from the airport you take the bus 131 to Piata Victoriei and from there u can take the metro to Gara de Nord (this is the main train station). From here there is a 5-7 minutes walk to the hostel (in case you choose this variant, print the map included here and follow the instructions.- or you can get off the 131 bus at Piata Romana (this is the end of this bus line, one station further from Piata Victoriei). From here you can walk to the hostel directly, taking Dacia Boulevard against the crossing with Calea Victoriei (this is one of the main Boulevards in Bucharest). If you walk straight ahead on Dacia against Calea Victoriei, after the crossing with Victoriei, you will reach another crossing with Calea Grivitei - this is where the Mircea Vulcanescu St. starts, going along the same direction as Dacia.So, from Piata Romana (taking the right direction) you will only go straight, following the street and you will reach the hostel. There are less than 2km (about 25 minutes walk - in case you don't mind to walk, it is a good option).- or, you take the bus 105 to Romexpo station and from there take 205 to Gara de Nord. From here you walk (same as explained above).- there is also the express bus 783 coming from the main airport (Otopeni / Henry Coanda), which has a stop at Baneasa airport too. With this, you can go to the station University (Piata Universitatii) and from here you take the trolleybus 85 in the direction of Gara de Nord. You get off the bus at the Station MIRCEA VULCANESCU. When you get off the bus, you have to walk in the same direction as the bus was moving for another 10-20m and, at the corner of the street you turn right on the Mircea Vulcanescu St.. The hostel is the first house on the left side, 1 minute away from the station. The bus 783 is coming at every approx. 20min and it may be a little more difficult to find the station (check across the main street in front of the airport) and then make sure to take the trolleybus 85 in the correct direction.For 783 you find ticket in the bus. For the others you may find the place for tickets in / near airport (ask in the airport).Bucharest is not a dangerous city, just make sure you have control over your pockets (don't keep values in the back pockets that you cannot see) and backpack (keep it in front of you in the bus) - especially in the bus.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! There is no sign of Friends Hostel on the building yet, but you will see the street name and number written on it.Have a good trip and see you soon!