C$ 345+ Cheap flights to Bucharest

You would never know that Bucharest, Romania’s thriving capital city, was the site of a devastating revolution: It was here that protesters tore the streets apart while ousting the Communist regime from the city merely two decades ago. Today, Bucharest is a vibrant city that remembers its past while embracing the new. 

The festivals that take place in the city each year showcase the plethora of artistic and musical talent cultivating in Bucharest, while Bucharest universities inject a youthful energy into the nightlife scene. All of this refreshing activity takes place alongside the solemn structures built throughout the reign of Nicolae Ceau?escu, the Communist president of Romania whose urbanization plans displaced thousands of people and forced them to move into these cold concrete buildings still standing today. Ceau?escu’s control of Romania ended with the 1989 Revolution, when he was publicly executed in the series of week-long riots and violent protests that ultimately overthrew Communism in Romania. 

One of the first things travellers notice when they visit Bucharest for the first time is the city’s intense artist community: The locals’ innovative music and performance art takes place in the wake of the political turmoil the city was one burdened by.

Bucharest is famous for its house music, with clubs scattered throughout the neighbourhoods of the city blasting bass into the early hours of the morning. Most of Bucharest’s annual festivals revolve around music and celebrate music in all of its forms, from street percussion to classical voice. Regardless of when you book your Bucharest flight, you’re sure to be surprised by the artistic, creative adventures that await you in this city that spans the centuries.

Bucharest climate

Bucharest feels each season distinctly, as is evident by the severe heat of summer and frigid chill of winter. Courtesy of Bucharest’s location on the Romanian Plain, the city is subject to chilly winds that drive the temperature well below freezing in the wintertime. Summer, by contrast, is dry and hot with temperatures on average sweating it out at 26 degrees C. The transitional seasons of spring and fall are the most comfortable times for booking flights to Bucharest: You may need to pack an umbrella to shield yourself from the Romania rainclouds, but the temperatures are far more comfortable for travel at 15 degrees C, on average.

Getting around Bucharest

After your cheap flight to Bucharest arrives, hop on a taxi for downtown Bucharest or take the RATB Express Bus 783, which connects with Henri Coanda International Airport. Bucharest is an easy city to get around with its efficient network of trolley buses, subway, buses and trams that are run from 5am until at least 11pm. You can buy bus and tram tickets from RATB street kiosks. Metro tickets are available inside the stations. Save money with an unlimited weekend metro pass that costs 6 lei.