Bucharest Tour with guide - 1/2 day
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Founded more than 500 years ago on the banks of Dambovita River by ruler Vlad Tepes, Bucharest became later the capital city of the princely court and afterwards a great European metropolis.
The communist period surely left its marks on the face of the capital, but after that it started the modernizing period.Bucharest is now an exciting city with nightclubs and sidewalk cafes, opera house and art museums, parks and gardens. Bucharest is a city full of places to be discovered walking on the old streets besides the main roads where you will see the other face of Bucharest, known in 1930's as the "Little Paris" due to its artistic life, broad boulevards and “fin de siecle” architecture.
We will start with a panoramic tour in the mini bus on the following route: the Triumphal Arch ( remembering you of the Triumphal Arch in Paris), Kiseleff Avenue towards Herastrau Lake and Presa Libera Sqare, then Aviatorilor Square, Victoria Sqare.
Leaving Victoria Avenue for Elisabeta Avenue you will enjoy seeing Central Army House, City Hall, Cismigiu Park ( the oldest park in Bucharest), Opera House, Military Academy. Going on with Botanical Garden and the Royal Cotroceni Palace (the seat of Romanian Presidency).Here it will be the first stop.
Then you will visit the residential zone full with old villas in style - Cotroceni zone. We will continue with Dambovita Quay straight to the Parliament’s Palace - the biggest building in Europe and the second in the world after the Pentagon, 6.000 rooms), Justice Palace, the Patriarchy, Old Royal Court, Manuc's Inn.Stop to visit the Parliament's Palace (Casa Poporului).
Then we return towards the city center to Victoria Square (Grigore Antipa Museum, Romanian Peasant's Museum), Government Palace, George Enescu Museum, Art Collection Museum, Romanian Athenaeum, the Royal Palace.Here you will see the Revolution Sqare when you can even see the bullets holes in the buildings.
Then we will go for a walk to see the old face of Bucharest, small streets with beautiful old houses.Then we visit the open air Village Museum and then the Old Court, the old historical centre of Bucharest.
After the Universitatii Sqare with buildings like the University, the Theatre we will stop for a walk on the Lipscani Street.Here we will admire the oldest beer pub in Bucharest- "Caru cu bere" and the Stavropoleos Church
Lunch in a tipical Romanian cuisine restaurant in a beautiful zone.
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RATES/person
- 1-3 persons: 50 euro
- 4-6 persons: 40 euro
- 7-15 persons : 35 euro
- 16-22 persons: 30 euro
- 23-40 persons: 25 euro
Rates include transportation, the visits described, the guide for half day. Rates do not include lunch and tickets to museums and palaces.
RESERVE NOW your place in this BUCHAREST TOUR, the Little Paris of the Balkans!
