Bucharest Tuk Tuk city tour

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1. You will see the National Theatre and Grand Hotel Continental, the highest hotel in the city.

   5 min

2. Foreign leaders such as Charles de Gaulle (1968), Richard Nixon (1969) or Fidel Castro (1972) were invited here. In the post-December period, the palace was a villa of protocol to receive official delegations from the country and abroad. In 2016 the house also called the Spring Palace was transformed into a museum.

   10 min

3. In the middle of one of the busiest intersections of the city, stands the Arch de Triumph. The monument reminds passers-by of the Romanian Army’s victory in the First World War and the Great Union of 1918 - one of the most important events in Romania’s history. Built after the French model, the Arch of Triumph in “Little Paris,” as some used to call the Romanian capital city, is the “little brother” of the famous monument of the same name in Paris.

   10 min

4. One of the landmarks of Bucharest that best reminds of the communist regime. The building was built between 1952 and 1957 and served as the headquarters of the Communist Party's official publication, Scânteia (The Spark). Following the Romanian Revolution from 1989, the name of the building was replaced with the “House of the Free Press”.

   Passes by

5. Calea Victoriei is known as an aristocratic street and the most famous street in Bucharest. the oldest artery and the most touristic one. The street is lined with new fashion shops, art boutiques, coffee shops and restaurants, historical buildings.

   Passes by

6. The Romanian Athenaeum 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, resembling an ancient Greek temple and home of the "George Enescu" Philharmonic and of the George Enescu Festival.

   10 min

7. The place where former communist president Ceausescu had the last speech in 1989.

   5 min

8. The winter Royal Residence of Romanian kings, dated 1937. The Palace was built under the direct supervision of beloved Queen Maria and her son, King Carol II.

   5 min

9. One of the most iconic buildings in Bucharest that houses the oldest bank of Romania.

   5 min

10. Opposite the CEC Palace is the National History Museum of Romania - the biggest of its kind in the country. The museum is located at the entrance to the Old Town of Bucharest.

    Passes by

11. The second largest administrative building in the world after the Pentagon but heavier than it! For comparison, it can be mentioned that the building exceeds by 2% the volume of the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt, and therefore it is labeled as a "pharaonic" construction.

    5 min

12. 44 fountains are all synchronized, offering the passerby a show that makes these fountains the focal point of Unirii Square. Today the entire fountains system is the longest synchronized choreographic fountains in the world.

    Passes by

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 74% below the median of the 1326 experiences we list in Bucharest.
• It is shorter than most of them.
• By number of reviews it ranks 18 of 1326.
• 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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