12 Best Hotels in Romania

One of the best of the newest crop of three-star hotels, the Residence offers some of the most bang for your Bucharest lodging buck. Styled with wicker and white linens, the rooms and public areas incorporate a spare, modern look. The terrace restaurant is popular in summer.

This historic property on Piaţa Revoluţiei continues a tradition of hospitality dating to 1914. The upper lobby's marble columns and the ballroom's stained-glass ceiling recapture this earlier era. Guest rooms are bright and attractive, and the staff is young and enthusiastic. The terrace out back makes a great gathering and drinking spot in summer.

Home to the restaurant of the same name, this boutique hotel in Comana Natural Park (a 45 minute drive from Giurgiu) is well-sited for families with young children. The park has an adventure zone where kids can climb trees and a rock wall, practice archery, and ride horses, and within the park are bicycle and boat hire facilities. The rooms are decorated in a mix of local and Swiss-chalet style, with dark wood furniture painted with bright accents and hardwood floors topped with Oriental rugs.

No two rooms are alike at this white marble structure near Herăstrău Park. Crystal chandeliers, wall sconces, and serene artwork complement light furnishings and fabrics. Under the same ownership, the even nicer eight-room annex, the Vila Savion, stands directly behind the hotel. The Metro is across the street, providing a one-station hop to the city center.

Conveniently located near the old city and the beach, this historic hotel harmonizes old world elegance with contemporary conveniences. Mahogany furnishings, swagged curtains, and ornate wallpaper give the spacious rooms an old fashioned feeling, but with all the modern conveniences like flat-screen TVs and Wi-Fi. A small fitness room, hot tub, and sauna are a nice plus.

This renovated 19th-century property is a stone's throw from pleasant Cişmigiu Park. Though on the small side, guest rooms are bright and cheery. Baths have a shower but no tub. The reception desk will cut rates on weekends (but not usually in September or October)—be sure to ask.

Housed in a handsome 19th-century building in Constanta's historic and financial area close to the Black Sea, this small boutique hotel has charm to spare. All of the suites are elegantly contemporary, with separate bedroom and living room, pale creamy walls and tasteful mahogany furnishings, and bathrooms that are clean and functional. Suites with a sea view are your best bet, so ask when booking.

This graceful 1900-era hotel set on the edge of a lovely park in the center of Bucharest feels far from the city's hustle and bustle. This kind of old-world service in a setting of tranquility and sophistication along with every modern convenience is not easy to come by. Updated rooms are comfortable and spacious—many with sitting rooms and views over the park—with a luxe contemporary decor and large marble bathrooms. The fully equipped hotel spa offers a fitness room, pool, and a choice range of spa treatments. The hotel's gourmet restaurant is one of the best in the city, and its elegant bar and lounge is a great place to spend an evening. There's also a lovely outdoor terrace for relaxing with a meal or a cup of coffee with your newspaper.

For travelers on a budget who want a good-value hotel to lay their head and still have some amenities, this centrally located chain hotel is a good choice. Rooms have no style to speak of, but are clean and comfortable enough, with large windows, plenty of light, and some with nice views of the sea.

Opened in 2007 on the site of the former Batistei hotel, the Marshal has a perfect hideaway location on a central yet quiet side street near the U.S. embassy. The clean rooms are done up in white walls and thick navy carpets, and the cotton bed linens are touted (by the management) to be the best in Bucharest.

A modern Dutch-owned hotel housed in an historic building in the center of Bucharest's charming old city, there's plenty of great reasons to stay here, starting with large, comfortably furnished rooms—all with hardwood floors, Turkish rugs, leather easy chairs, and Tiffany style lamps. Bathrooms are modern, roomy, and sparkling clean. The friendly staff will try to accommodate walk-ins, but you’re better off booking well in advance since the 16 rooms fill up most nights. The compact balcony room, on the hotel's top floor, has an adorable private balcony terrace with beautiful views of the old city. A huge bonus: the hotel's lively wine bar and the Van Gogh Café under vaulted ceilings.

Howard Johnson has come a long way. This is arguably Bucharest’s slickest five-star hotel, complete with one of its trendiest sushi bars downstairs. Its amenities set is similar to the Athenee Palace Hilton’s, but this hotel feels sleeker and more in touch with the modern world. The rooms have a similarly minimalist and ultra-stylish feel, playing right into the hotel’s motto: “where the avant-garde checks in at home.”