Evening
It’s a cool international crowd eating the smartened-up traditional dishes — veal chop, herb-crusted cockerel — amid distressed plaster and groovy murals in Mahala (mains from £8; restaurant-mahala.ro). Eastern Europe’s largest beer hall is open until 3am.

Getting there
Martin Hemming was a guest of Wizz Air, which has returns from Luton from £84. Or fly with BA or Ryanair.

Where to stay
The Athénée Palace Hilton offers business comfort on Revolution Square, with an impressive breakfast buffet and good weekend rates (doubles from £78;. In the old town, the Mansion has fun themed rooms — Provence, Transylvania, industrial, etc — from £106, B&B

Package
Martin was a guest of Regent Holidays, which has three nights at the Athénée Palace Hilton from £550pp, B&B, including flights and transfers (020 7666 1244, regent-holidays.co.uk).

Sursa: thetimes.com