Crevedia is worth a stop: 10 minutes from Buftea, 23km from Palace of the Parliament.
Crevedia is in Dâmbovița County, Romania, with about 6,700 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Buftea, about 4 km away.
Crevedia is a commune in Dâmbovița County, Muntenia, Romania with a population of 8,811 people as of 2021. It is composed of five villages: Cocani, Crevedia, Dârza, Mănăstirea, and Samurcași.
The commune is situated in the Wallachian Plain, at an altitude of 111 m (364 ft), on the banks of the Colentina River and itsRead more tributary, the Crevedia. It is located in the southeastern extremity of Dâmbovița County, 60 km (37 mi) from the county seat, Târgoviște, on the border with Ilfov County, next to the town of Buftea; the city of Ploiești is 44 km (27 mi) to the northeast, while Bucharest is 27 km (17 mi) to the southeast.
Crevedia is crossed by national road DN1A, which connects Bucharest and Brașov via Ploiești. The Dârza halt serves the CFR Main Line 500, which runs from Bucharest to Ploiești and on towards Moldavia and the Ukrainian border.
The commune mayor's illegal liquefied petroleum gas business was the cause of a series of explosions in August 2023 resulting in six deaths and numerous injured including firefighters that were responding to the blaze that caused the explosion. The mayor also attempted to build a commercial centre near a liquefied petroleum gas station, which was cancelled by the Dâmbovița Court.
Bucharest's storied restaurant-confectionery on Calea Victoriei, founded 1852, once the meeting place of Romania's writers and politicians: the phrase 'Capșa wit' entered the language. Restored belle-époque salons still serve its famous Joffre cake.
22 km · about 25 min drive
landmark
Palace of the Parliament
Ceausescu-era administrative building in Bucharest, the heaviest building in the world, with guided tours of its state halls.