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Bucharest: City Highlights Guided Private Tour

About this experience

What could be a greater adventure than Bucharest City Tour in a Private Tour and having a elegant minibus for our time exploring :
The Palace of Parliament or People’s House, The Bucharest National Village Museum, Calea Victoriei (Victory Avenue), Revolution Square, The Bucharest Old City Centre, Patriarchy Church!

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At a glance

  • Duration: 4 hr
  • Private experience

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Bucharest: City Highlights Guided Private Tour
Pickup included

Plan your experience

Time on the tour4 hr
Getting therePickup offeredSee pickup details
Guide languagesGerman (live guide), ru (live guide), cmn (live guide), Japanese (live guide), English (live guide), Italian (live guide), French (live guide), ro (live guide), Spanish (live guide)
Tour arrangementPrivate experience

Set aside 4 hr for the experience itself, with additional time to reach your meeting or pickup point.

Before you go

  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels

What is included

  • Private car (Tourism or Minibus) only for you and your friends/family
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • A private, licensed English speaking guide/driver, available throughout the tour
  • All taxes
  • All car expenses, such as gasoline, parking and road tolls
  • Great flexibility regarding changes to the daily itinerary even after the start of the tour

Not included

  • Food and drinks
  • Entrance Tickets

Itinerary and highlights

In Bucharest City Tour at the Palace of Parliament or People’s House – you will learn how dangerous and damaging a totalitarian regime like communism can be for a nation. You will feel small seeing what pointless opulence and megalomania “the sleep of reason” can create.

Imagine you have the chance to see the second largest administrative building on the planet, after the Pentagon, and that it will be an experience you will be able to share with your grandchildren.

In Bucharest City Tour you will visit The National Village Museum – in one place, you will see an embodiment of Romanian traditions and you will learn what it meant for Romanian villagers to have built an ecological and sustainable environment in their backyard. You will also get a glimpse of their simple and modest lifestyle, in social and spiritual harmony with their surroundings.

Book a private guide in Bucharest and you will enter the universe of the traditional Romanian houses, large or small, made of wood and adobe, but also stone and other materials, from all areas of the country. You will also see national symbols such as the mill or the wooden church and you will learn how these treasures of spirituality and civilization have kept us united for thousands of years, without needing to invade other nations.

On Calea Victoriei (Victory Avenue) – with your private guide you will be fascinated by the contradictions of history: on one side, you have the Royal Palace and on the other, the Central Committee of the Romanian Communist Party and the Revolution Square, where Ceausescu fled the country by helicopter.

You will see old orthodox churches, enveloped in an aura of mystery, a music store, where you can find a large selection of music, as well as casinos, bohemian restaurants, museums, theatres, tea shops, retail stores and gift shops, where you can purchase souvenirs, and even the National History Museum and the Romanian Athenaeum, another Romanian architectural landmark, the CEC Palace and many others.

Revolution Square, Bucharest

In this private tour about the communism, you can be transported back in time to the moment where the dictator Nicolae Ceausescu was ousted, leaving behind the secrets of a great fortune and controversies about the state security service and his offshore accounts.

As we mentioned earlier, when we reach the Senate Palace, you will see the building which used to house the Central Committee of the Romanian Communist Party and the place where the Revolution of December 1989 started – a major historical event whereby, through human force and sacrifice, Ceausescu was removed from power.

The highest-ranking bishops in Eastern Orthodoxy, Oriental Orthodoxy, the Catholic Church (above major archbishop and primate), the Hussite Church, and the Church of the East are termed patriarchs (and in certain cases also popes – such as the Pope of Rome or Pope of Alexandria, and catholicoi – such as Catholicos Karekin II).[1]

The Romanian Athenaeum (Romanian: Ateneul Român) is a concert hall in the center of Bucharest, Romania, and a landmark of the Romanian capital city. Opened in 1888, the ornate, domed, circular building is the city's most prestigious concert hall and home of the "George Enescu" Philharmonic and of the George Enescu Festival.

Meeting and pickup information

  • Please wait in the lobby or on the sidewalk if it is an address. In case you land and you need a pickup from airport, one of us will wait for you next to InfoDesk – Arrivals - on the main floor with a placard having you name on it - then we will start the tour! Drop off to any address or hotel in Bucharest, also we can drive you back to the Airport!

Languages and tickets

  • German — Guide
  • ru — Guide
  • cmn — Guide
  • Japanese — Guide
  • English — Guide
  • Italian — Guide
  • French — Guide
  • ro — Guide
  • Spanish — Guide
  • Mobile Only

Tour operator

  • Romania Driver and Guide

Accessibility and practical details

  • Service animals allowed
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Cancellation policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Questions about this experience

How long is this experience?
The supplier lists a duration of 4 hr.
What are the pickup arrangements?
Please wait in the lobby or on the sidewalk if it is an address.

In case you land and you need a pickup from airport, one of us will wait for you next to InfoDesk – Arrivals - on the main floor with a placard having you name on it - then we will start the tour! Drop off to any address or hotel in Bucharest, also we can drive you back to the Airport!
Which guide languages are listed?
German (live guide), ru (live guide), cmn (live guide), Japanese (live guide), English (live guide), Italian (live guide), French (live guide), ro (live guide), Spanish (live guide).
What ticket format is listed?
Mobile ticket.
What ticket age bands are listed?
Adult tickets: age 1+. Check the practical details for participation requirements.
What accessibility information is provided?
Service animals allowed
What is the cancellation policy?
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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