Guide to Bucharest > Shopping > Bookshops.

Cãrturesti

Str. Pictor Arthur Verona 13
Tel: 212 19 22
E-mail
Website
10:00-20:00
except:
Sat: 11:00-18:00
Sun: Closed

Marvellous bookshop, gallery and small cafe, with good selection of English books.

Diverta

Piata Unirii 1 (Unirea Shopping Centre)
09:30-20:30
except:
Fri: 09:30-20:30
Sun: 09:00-14:30

Limited bookshop but has a good range of stationary and CDs.

Humanitas Kretzulescu

Calea Victoriei 45
Tel: 313 50 35
10:00-19:00
except:
Fri: 10:00-19:00
Sun: Closed

Large bookshop selling a wide range of both Romanian and foreign language books.

La calu' bãlan

Str. Halelor 3
Tel: 310 19 32
09:00-20:00
except:
Sat: 09:00-19:00
Sun: Closed

Nice mix of old and new books.

Librãria din Fundul Curtii

Calea Victoriei 120
Tel: 212 88 21
10:00-19:00
except:
Fri: 10:00-19:00
Sun: Closed

For readers who consider themself intellectual.

Librãria Noi

B-dul Nicolae Bãlcescu 18
Tel: 311 07 00
Fax: 310 08 30
10:00-20:00
except:
Fri: 10:00-20:00
Sun: 11:00-19:00

Large, well-stocked and popular bookstore with plenty of modern literature, art books and historic Romanian books.

Micul Paris - Press Shop Network

In the Hilton, Marriott, Crowne Plaza, Intercontinental, Sofitel hotels and Opera Business Centre.
Tel: 233 39 80
09:00-18:00
except:
Sat: Closed
Sun: Closed

The most reliable place to find the Western press.

Salingers

Calea 13 Septembrie 90 (inside JW Marriott Hotel)
Tel: 403 35 34
Fax: 403 35 35
E-mail
Website
10:00-21:00

Bookshop offering a far better than average range of English language fiction and non-fiction books. A good place to stock up on travel guides. Also at Otopeni Airport/ Departures, tel/fax 204 14 70.