Walking Tour of Bucharest City Center - Private Tour

Itinerary
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Stop At: Romanian Athenaeum (Ateneul Roman), Str. Franklin 1, Bucharest Romania

Probably the best concert hall in Romania and an emblematic building in Bucharest. If available, you will visit the interior where you will be introduced to the Romanian history which is painted around the Great Hall.

Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Victoriei Street, Bucharest Romania

stroll on Victory Avenue, city’s most famous street. Being the first to be paved, it attracted rich merchants and other town’s people who build impressive houses and palaces here. On our walk, you’ll find more about the most important buildings guarding the street (CEC, The Palace of the National Military Circle, Capsa House, The Athenaeum, and The Telephone Palace) and discover all the hidden passages that connect with the streets nearby.


Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Revolution Square (Piata Revolutiei), Calea Victoriei Boulevard, Bucharest Romania

Learn about communist influence in Bucharest and Romania in this particular place where the Romanian anti-communist revolution started in December 1989.

Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Palatul Regal/Royal Palace, Calea Victoriei 49-53, Bucharest Romania

Discover the history of the Romanian Monarchy and how did they change the fate of modern Romania.

Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Old Town, Bucharest Romania

Have journey back in time starting with the Princely Court from 16th Century, parts of which can still be visited, and find out why Dracula’s statue guards it. Then step inside Manuc’s Inn, the last caravanserai of South-Eastern Europe and an architectural wonder among inns in that period.

The tour continues with exploring Lipscani Street, one of the most important commercial streets/districts of the city from the Middle Ages to the early 19th century. Debuting in a small square guarded by the Capitoline Wolf, a statue of she wolf feeding the twins Remus and Romulus, Lipscani area has many gems to offer. We’ll make a stop at Caru cu Bere, probably the most beautiful restaurant in Bucharest, a gothic revival building with art-nouveau decorated interiors, which serves delicious traditional dishes accompanied by folklore music. Just across from it lies Stavropoleos Monastery, built in a Brâncovenesc style and having the largest collection of Byzantine music books in Romania.

Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Palace of Parliament, Strada Izvor 2-4, Bucharest 050711 Romania

We’ll dive into politics and history and you’ll find out how communism shaped the city and Romania as a country. You’ll learn all of this from the footsteps of the impressive House of Parliament, the heaviest building in the world. For sure you heard about Ceausescu but be prepared to find out inside stories about the construction of this massive building and the dictator from a local that understands and felt all the implications of the communist era on the Romanian people.

Duration: 30 minutes