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The Classic Tour of Timisoara

5.0165 reviewsOrthodox Metropolitan Cathedral

  • 2 hours
  • Free cancellation up to 24h before
  • 6 languages
  • Mobile ticket

Highlights

Art Nouveau, Baroque, Beer, Capital City of Hungary, Catholics, Communism, Eastern Orthodox Church, Electric Light, Freedom, French, Germans, Hammam, Illy Coffee, Islam, Joannes Corvinus, Johann Strauss, Judaism, Maria Theresa, Mongols, Multiculturalism, Nobel Prize, Oppression, Ottoman Empire, Plague epidemic, Romanian Revolution, Secession, Siege, Silk worms, Spanish mercenaries, Swamps, Tolerance, Vauban Fortress, Each word above has something to do with Timisoara. Above, they are alphabetically ordered. Join the tour and we will arrange them chronologically, in the best city tour in Romania (according to TripAdvisor). All the words will find their place in the final clear image you'll have about Timisoara, at the end of the tour.   Can't wait to meet you!

Inclusions

What's included

  • Professional guide

What's not

  • Food and drinks

Itinerary

  1. We'll talk here about the defortification of the city and the real-estate boom if the early 1900. We'll see the Opera House, the Mitropolita Cathedral and the Art Nouveau palaces

    30 min

  2. This is the old downtown of the city.

    30 min

  3. One of the symbols of Timisoara

    Passes by

  4. Built in 1875, the building's got an interesting history

    5 min

  5. The old administravive center of Timisoara, buil mostly in 1700

    20 min

  6. This used to be the largest of the 9 bastions existing once in Timisoara. We'll find about how a fortification of this kind worked.

    15 min

  7. One of the most beautiful buildings in Timisoara.

    5 min

  8. Typical baroque Cathedral for Central Europe.

    5 min

Cancellation

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

Reviews

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Know before you go

Pickup
Everyone meets at the starting point; there is no pickup.
Ticket type
Mobile or paper ticket accepted
Group size
Up to 20 travellers
Operated by
Timisoara City Tours
  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Service animals allowed
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • Children must be accompanied by an adult
  • A minimum of 2 people per booking is required

How it compares in Timișoara

  • Its from-price is 55% below the median of the 39 experiences we list in Timișoara.
  • It is shorter than most of them.
  • By number of reviews it ranks 1 of 39.
  • The operator lists free cancellation on it.

About Timișoara

Timișoara is the main city of the Banat in western Romania, with colourful Habsburg squares, rose gardens, canals and a place in the story of 1989.

Timișoara is the largest city of the Banat, in western Romania near the Serbian and Hungarian borders, and the Habsburg era left it with wide squares and pastel baroque and Secession buildings. Union Square, with its baroque cathedral and the Serbian Orthodox cathedral, is the centre of the old town, while Victory Square is lined with the opera house and the Orthodox Metropolitan Cathedral, with its coloured tiled roof.

Top-ranked sights in Timișoara: Orthodox Metropolitan Cathedral.

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