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Romania is in Schengen but still uses the Romanian leu, a combination travelers can easily misread after neighboring Bulgaria's 2026 euro adoption.
City
Bucharest
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Bucharest's Lipscani quarter preserves the street logic of a merchant city: lanes still carry the names of guilds such as furriers and saddlers.
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An STB 24-hour surface pass costs 8 RON; the validity is time-based and does not automatically include Metrorex unless an integrated product is purchased.
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Metrorex's metro-only 24-hour card costs 12 RON and the 72-hour card costs 35 RON.
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A Metrorex single metro ride costs 5 RON and can be paid contactlessly at equipped gates.
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The Metrorex 10-trip product costs 40 RON; it is cheaper per ride than single tickets but is not an unlimited pass.
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An STB surface-transit ticket costs 3 RON and is valid 90 minutes across eligible buses, trams and trolleybuses.
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An integrated STB+Metrorex 24-hour product costs 14 RON, while the integrated 24-hour product that also includes the Gara de Nord–airport train section costs 20 RON.
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