Bucharest Beyond the Boulevards: A Self-Guided Audio Tour

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1. This self-guided audio tour starts at the historic CEC Bank on Calea Victoriei. You’ll discover how an Ottoman trading hub became a modern European city, surviving fascism and one of history’s most dramatic revolutions.

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2. You’ll see the Villacrosse Passage with its vintage charm, and then follow the city’s most prestigious boulevard past architecture that’s seen centuries of political upheaval.

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3. You'll see University Square, where brave students sparked the 1989 Revolution, and the streets where elegant mansions once housed aristocrats, courtesans, and political conspirators.

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4. On this walking tour, you'll pass by and learn about "Ion Luca Caragiale" National Theatre.

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5. On this walking tour, you'll pass by and learn about The Italian Church.

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6. Find out where King Michael of Romania learned to swim in Hotel Lido’s revolutionary wave pool

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7. Stand in Revolution Square where Ceaușescu’s final speech turned into chaos as the crowd began booing and chanting ”Down with Ceaușescu!”

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8. Visit the Romanian Athenaeum, built through the ”Un leu pentru Ateneu” campaign, where citizens donated one leu each

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9. On this walking tour, you'll pass by and learn about Amzei Church.

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10. Hear how underground tunnels beneath Calea Victoriei may have served as escape routes for nobility and communist officials

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11. Discover Casa Vernescu, a casino housed in a mansion that’s haunted by political intrigue and tragic love affairs

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12. Walk past the building where George Enescu composed his famous Romanian Rhapsodies

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Cancellation

Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the experience starts, for a full refund.

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How it compares in Bucharest

• Its from-price is 96% below the median of the 187 city tours we list in Bucharest.
• It is shorter than most of them.
• By number of reviews it ranks 99 of 187.
• The operator lists free cancellation on it.

About Bucharest

Belle-époque boulevards, Orthodox churches and communist-era monuments meet around a busy old town in Bucharest, Romania's capital.

The vast Palace of the Parliament, among the largest administrative buildings in the world, dominates the centre as a striking legacy of the Ceaușescu era. Calea Victoriei, the grand avenue, leads past the domed Romanian Athenaeum concert hall, the former Royal Palace that houses the National Museum of Art, and Revolution Square, where the events of 1989 unfolded.

Top-ranked sights in Bucharest: Palace of Parliament (Palatul Parlamentului), Revolution Square (Piata Revolutiei), Arcul de Triumf (Arch of Triumph).

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