Bucharest Highlights Walking Tour
Description
Discover, interact and finally learn what other things you can explore in the city. It is a tour that will help you shape a first general perspective over the city's history and heritage. Interaction is what we like to do, along the way the guide will always be open to answer all of your questions. The tour will approximately cover a distance of 4.5 Km which will mean that you will get to see about 70% of the main attractions in Bucharest. It will not be a tour but a walk with a local friend!
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Itinerary
You will get an introduction into Bucharest history and beginnings by seeing the oldest buildings in Bucharest.
Bucharest roots lies in a trading background, two centuries ago, one in four buildings in the old city center was a caravan-serai, today only three of them remain and this is one of them.
A century ago this was the financial district of Bucharest, you will be surrounded by the National Bank, the former Stock Exchange, The Palace of Trading and Commerce along with many other state and private banks.
90% of the Romanian people are Christian Orthodox and still we are quite a religious country, this monastery is and iconic monument which represents very well the features of the Orthodox heritage and architecture.
You will be standing in front of what is considered to be, probably the best old architecture in Bucharest, let's find out why the oldest buildings in Bucharest are quite new and how the city was remodeled and shaped during it's 600 years of existence.
Still in the financial district, where there is a lot of money there has to be spending opportunities, Macca Villacrosse galleries were the golden standard in this sense.
From monarchy to communism to democracy, all the marks from the recent Romanian history are tied to this place!
From an architectural perspective you will be in full Stalin era.
Experience the beauty of the oldest park in Bucharest.
The second largest administrative building in the world after the Pentagon but heavier than it!
Highlights
What's included
Traveller Ratings
Important Information
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Reviews(738)
Really informative tour. Edward has great knowledge of the areas he showed us. Very happy with his content for this tour. Highly recommend.
It was a great tour!! Ed was perfectly giving insides into Bukarests history in a super interesting way! His storys were informative, captivating and humorous. I fully recommend it!
Great guild, very knowledgeable and made up for the terrible tour the day before. Love hearing him talk about history and his own life experiences. Recommend this tour
Ed gave an excellent tour. He was incredibly knowledgeable and enthusiastic, and loved sharing details of Bucharest. He went above and beyond by sharing a list of his favorite spots at the end! I definitely recommend the tour with Ed.
The tour was very good for a tour of old city and heritage and history. Be ready to walk for 3 hours.
Really nice tour because it makes you know the main attractions in Bucharest in short time. Our guide Andy was the best
Eduardo was our tour guide . Knowledgeable, entertaining and welcoming ! Great tour . Highly recommend!
The tour guide is super knowledgeable of the history . We saw a lot of Bucharest in 2 hours or so. He is passionate about the story telling
Amazing experience and learned a lot! Our guide Ed was very knowledgeable and friendly and we really enjoyed the tour
Ed was amazing!! He answered all of our questions and was very knowledgeable during the whole tour!
