Where to stay in Romania?

Places to stay at every stop and at every budget, chosen for where they are. Sleeping in the right place each night means not spending the trip in transport. Change the budget or the trip length and the hotels follow.

6 nights · accommodation about €435

Bucharest

Days 1-2 · 2 nights
Mid-rangeHotel Cismigiu
🏛️Historic centre🚶Walk everywhere

Boutique hotel on Bulevardul Regina Elisabeta, next to Cișmigiu Park, 1.1 km from the town centre. For a period building on a grand boulevard, with the old centre ten minutes' walk away.

A 1912 building left abandoned for decades, reopened as a hotel in 2012 opposite Cișmigiu Park.

€80 a nightSee on Booking →
Mid-rangeMercure Bucharest City Center
🏛️Historic centre🌿Quiet🚶Walk everywhere

Chain hotel on Strada Știrbei Vodă, near Cișmigiu Park, 2.2 km from the town centre. For a reliable, quiet address, with the old centre by metro or twenty minutes on foot.

€85 a nightSee on Booking →
BudgetHotel Berthelot
🏛️Historic centre🌿Quiet

Hotel on Strada Luterană, near Cișmigiu Park, 1.9 km from the town centre. For a quiet, affordable address between the park and the Athenaeum, with Lipscani a quarter of an hour's walk away.

€55 a nightSee on Booking →
LuxuryAthénée Palace Hilton

Historic Bucharest hotel, for the stop in the capital, with no specific district to note. For sleeping at the city's most famous address, with the Romanian Athenaeum a stone's throw away.

Opened in 1914 on Revolution Square, next to the Athenaeum, the hotel was the haunt of Bucharest's spies during the Second World War.

€180 a nightSee on Booking →
LuxuryThe Marmorosch Bucharest, Autograph Collection
🏛️Historic centre🚶Walk everywhere

Hotel on Strada Doamnei, in the historic centre, 800 m from the town centre, on the edge of Lipscani. For a monumental setting in the heart of the old centre, with the Athenaeum on foot.

The hotel occupies the former headquarters of the Marmorosch Blank bank, a 1920s building whose banking hall has been preserved.

€170 a nightSee on Booking →
LuxuryHotel Epoque
🏛️Historic centre🚶Walk everywhere

Boutique hotel on Intrarea Aurora, in the Cișmigiu district, 1.7 km from the town centre, in a cul-de-sac. For the calm of a street without through traffic next to the park, with the centre on foot.

€160 a nightSee on Booking →
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Brașov

Days 3-4 · 2 nights
Mid-range♥ Our favouriteCasa Wagner
🏛️Historic centre🚶Walk everywhere

Boutique hotel on Piața Sfatului, the Council Square, in the fortified old town. The most central location in Brașov, with the Black Church, Rope Street and Tâmpa on foot.

€70 a nightSee on Booking →
Mid-rangeHotel Ambient
🏛️Historic centre🌿Quiet🚶Walk everywhere

Hotel on Strada Aninoasa, in Blumăna, 1.1 km from the town centre, just outside the ramparts. For a quiet, practical address, with the old town a few minutes' walk away.

€70 a nightSee on Booking →
Mid-rangeDrachenhaus
🏛️Historic centre🚶Walk everywhere

Boutique hotel on Strada Nicolae Bălcescu, in the fortified old town, a stone's throw from the Council Square. For an old house in the centre, with the ramparts and Tâmpa on foot.

€65 a nightSee on Booking →
BudgetCentrum House Hostel
🏛️Historic centre

Hostel on Strada Republicii, in the fortified old town, on the main pedestrian street. For travellers on a budget who want the Council Square and the Black Church two minutes away.

€15 a nightSee on Booking →
BudgetJugendStube Hostel
🏛️Historic centre🚶Walk everywhere

Hostel on Strada Michael Weiss, in the fortified old town, next to the Council Square. For sleeping in the heart of the Saxon centre, with the ramparts and the Tâmpa cable car on foot.

€18 a nightSee on Booking →
LuxuryHotel Bella Muzica
🏛️Historic centre

Boutique hotel on Strada George Barițiu, in the fortified old town, next to the Black Church. For sleeping in a historic house at the very centre of the Saxon town.

€110 a nightSee on Booking →
LuxuryRadisson Blu Aurum Hotel Brașov
🏛️Historic centre🚶Walk everywhere

Hotel on Bulevardul Eroilor, in Brașovechi, 1.6 km from the town centre, facing the central park. For the comfort of a major chain five minutes' walk from the old town.

€130 a nightSee on Booking →
LuxuryKronwell Brașov Hotel
🏛️Historic centre🚉Transport nearby

Hotel on Bulevardul Gării, next to the station, 1.1 km from the town centre. For those arriving or leaving by train, with the old town ten minutes away by bus or taxi.

€100 a nightSee on Booking →
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Bran Castle and Sinaia

Day 5 · 1 night
Mid-range♥ Our favouriteVila Bran

Complex in Predeluț, on Strada Aluniș, 800 m from central Bran. For sleeping near the castle and the craft market, with trails into the Bucegi Mountains starting from the village.

€60 a nightSee on Booking →
BudgetPensiunea Mama Cozonacilor
🌿Quiet

Guesthouse in Șimon, on Strada Iancu Gonțea, 5 km from Bran, in a mountain hamlet. For a quiet night in the Carpathian countryside, with the castle as an outing.

€45 a nightSee on Booking →
BudgetHotel Caraiman
🏊Pool

Historic hotel in Sinaia, for the castles stop, with no specific district to note. For sleeping in the royal resort, with Peleș Castle and the Bucegi Mountains close by.

Opened in 1911 on Bulevardul Carol I, the hotel is a few minutes' walk from Peleș Castle.

€55 a nightSee on Booking →
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Sibiu

Days 6-7 · 1 night
Mid-range♥ Our favouriteHotel Am Ring
🏛️Historic centre

Boutique hotel on Piața Mare, in the historic centre, in the upper town. The most central location in Sibiu, with the Council Tower and the roofs with eyes beneath the windows.

€75 a nightSee on Booking →
Mid-rangeHotel Împăratul Romanilor
🏛️Historic centre🚶Walk everywhere

Historic hotel on Strada Nicolae Bălcescu, the pedestrian street that leads onto Piața Mare, in the historic centre. For sleeping at the town's oldest address, with everything on foot.

Sibiu's oldest hotel, heir to the Zum Römischen Kaiser inn founded in the 16th century; Liszt and Johann Strauss stayed there.

€75 a nightSee on Booking →
BudgetOld Town Hostel
🏛️Historic centre🚶Walk everywhere

Hostel in Sibiu's old town, for the stop in Saxon Transylvania, with no specific district to note. For travellers on a budget who want the squares and the Bridge of Lies on foot.

€14 a nightSee on Booking →
BudgetCasa Luxemburg
🏛️Historic centre

Guesthouse on Piața Mică, in the historic centre, in the upper town. For sleeping on the Small Square, next to the Bridge of Lies, with the Large Square thirty metres away.

€50 a nightSee on Booking →
LuxuryHilton Sibiu
🏛️Historic centre🌿Quiet

Hotel in Valea Aurie, on Strada Pădurea Dumbrava, 4.2 km from the town centre, on the edge of the forest. For those who want calm and the nearby ASTRA Museum, with the centre by taxi.

The hotel is on the edge of the Dumbrava forest, on the road to the ASTRA open-air museum, a few minutes from the centre.

€120 a nightSee on Booking →
LuxuryHotel Continental Forum Sibiu
🏛️Historic centre🚶Walk everywhere

Hotel on Piața Unirii, in the civic centre, 1.8 km from the town centre, at the entrance to the old town. For a practical address with the Large Square five minutes' walk away.

€90 a nightSee on Booking →
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Indicative prices for two people, checked when written: the price on the day depends on the season and your dates, so check it on the booking link. A deliberately short selection: a few checked places per budget and per stop, not a directory. The "more hotels" link opens the full Booking search for the same town, on the same dates. Some links are affiliate links: we may earn a commission, at no extra cost to you.

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