Directions: from train station
From the train station (7-12 minutes):
BUS: 79, 86 (on the left side of the train station) or 133 (across the street from the train statation), get off at 'Piata Romana' stop. Keep walking forwards, at the first small crossing you come across, turn right, on the 'Mendeleev' street, then at the first crossing turn right again on 'Biserica Amzei' street and go to number 22 (past Tonka bar, across the guard booth, which is in front of the French Embassy).
METRO: from the 'Gara de nord' station one stop, to 'Piata Victoriei', change to the other line and go for one stop again, to 'Piata Romana'. From there, walk to the crossing, 1) cross the street on the opposite side ( left), 2) turn left at the next small crossing, 3) turn right at the next one, pass Tonka and get to the guard booth across the street from the hostel.
TAXI: a taxi ride to here is less than 10 lei.
Directions: from airports
From the airports (30-40 minutes) :
Baneasa airport: bus 131 or 301 (bus stop is across the street from the airport), to 'Piata Romana' stop. From there, walk to the crossing, 1) cross the street on the opposite side (left), 2) turn left at the next small crossing, 3) turn right at the next one, pass Tonka and get to the guard booth across the street from the hostel.
Otopeni: express bus 783, which you catch in front of the airport and get off at 'Piata Romana' stop. Keep walking forwards, turn right at the next small crossing and walk straight until you pass Tonka bar and then find the guard booth, we are across the street..
Bus and taxi info
Buses run from 5:00 till 23:00; you have to get the ticket from the booth, NOT on the bus. If you arrive outside these times you will have to get a taxi. Taxis are 1.40 lei/km, anything else is a rip off. The price is around 30 lei from Baneasa and 40 lei from Otopeni. At Otopeni, you can get reliable taxies not in front of the airport but out in the parking lot, or out closer to the main street. At Baneasa, also, the taxis in front of the airport are not reliable. You will have to go outside, on the main street and get a taxi there.
If you have a cell phone you can call : Meridian taxi - 0040 21 9444 ; Taxi 2000 - 0040 21 9494 ; Confort taxi - 0040 21 9421 ( The Romania code is 0040, I quoted the numbers as if you cal from a foreign country cell phone).



