A journalist from BBC Travel who recently visited Romanian capital Bucharest was impressed with the new Old Town and spoke highly of Bucharest's new vibrant core. The article, bylined by Mark Baker, mentions the Old Princely Court and Old Princely Court Church, the Stavropoleos Church, the National History Museum with its giant replica of the 2nd-century Trajan’s Column whose the original stands in Rome, as well as recommends several restaurants in the Old Town. Caru cu Bere, Divan, Atelier Mecanic and Old City Bar all get covered in BBC Travel's article.

The author reminds of the years of work before turning the Old Town of Bucharest into what it is nowadays. “Renovating the Old City was no easy feat, taking nearly a decade of agonizing stop-start work during which cranes and bulldozers were idled for years at a time. The city and construction companies squabbled over both money and corruption allegations, as well as how to resettle the area’s poorer residents, including many Roma families. Between 2007 and 2011, the Old City was effectively a no-go zone, with minimal street lighting and gaping holes in the pavements, papered over by rickety plywood bridges,” writes the BBC.

“Today, however, there may be more reasons to linger. In the past year, authorities have completed refurbishing Bucharest's historic core, the Old City, adding a previously missing element to the urban fabric: a charming, walkable quarter with enough worthy distractions to keep you occupied for the day and enough bars and clubs to ensure you never have to sleep,” the author concludes.

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