Bucharest Old Town Walking Tour with Damian Anfile

What's Included

Meeting and pickup

Itinerary

• 1
  Manuc's Inn (Hanul lui Manuc)

  Hanul lui Manuc is the oldest operating hotel building in Bucharest, Romania. It also houses a popular restaurant, several bars, a coffee-house, and (facing the street) several stores and an extensive bar. Its massive, multiply balconied courtyard hosted many performances and fairs and was a popular place for Romanian Television crews to shoot folkloric performances. The hotel and restaurant were refurbished in 2007.

  15 minutes • Admission ticket free
• 2

  The oldest church in Bucharest, it is the only one of four churches that initially existed within Curtea Veche, the court of the Princes of Wallachia; many princes of the 16th through 18th centuries prayed there or were anointed to their office. It is dedicated to the Feast of the Annunciation and to Saint Anthony the Great.

  10 minutes • Admission ticket free
• 3

  A street and a district of Bucharest, which from the Middle Ages to the early 19th century was the most important commercial area of the city and Wallachia. It is located near the ruins of the old Princely Court built by Vlad III the Impaler.

  30 minutes • Admission ticket free
• 4

  Dedicated to Saint Nicholas, a first church, likely of wood, existed in the vicinity in the 17th or even the 16th century. It is attested in a 1664 document, and mentioned in records from subsequent decades. The church was rebuilt in masonry in 1699–1700. Severely damaged during the 1802 earthquake, it was rebuilt in a different form over the following two years. In the mid-19th century, it was the church of the chandlers’, cotton-weavers’ and barbers’ guilds. After being badly damaged by the Great Fire of Bucharest, it was demolished in 1860.

  10 minutes • Admission ticket free
• 5

  The Palace is a building in the old center of Bucharest, Lipscani, the headquarters of the National Bank of Romania (BNR). Taking over the land occupied by an inn in the 17th century, the construction of the BNR palace shows the economic dimension that occurred in 1880 and the orientation towards European culture. Urban modernization was guided by architects trained at the École de Beaux Arts in Paris. Thus, by settling in the historical area, BNR encouraged the formation of the financial district.

  10 minutes • Admission ticket not included
• 6

  The Marmorosch was one of the oldest banks in Romania, originally founded in 1848, in the form of a banking house, in the context of the country's political and national renaissance. Its headquarters were in a small house in one of the oldest neighborhoods of Bucharest.

  10 minutes • Admission ticket free
• 7
  Macca Villacrosse Passage

  The Macca-Vilacrosse passage is a fork-shaped, yellow glass covered arcaded street in central Bucharest, Romania. Câmpineanu Inn once stood in the place nowadays occupied by the passage.

  15 minutes • Admission ticket free
• 8
  Palatul CEC

  The foundation stone of the CEC Palace was laid on June 8, 1897, in the presence of King Carol I of Romania and Queen Elisabeth of Romania. Until 1875, the monastery and the inn "Sfântul Ioan cel Mare" were located in that place. Dating from the 16th century, the settlements were restored by Constantin Brâncoveanu in the years 1702 - 1703 and then, deteriorating, they were demolished in 1875. The current building was erected after the demolition of the first headquarters of the House of Deposits.

  10 minutes • Admission ticket free
• 9

  The Dacia-Romania Palace is located in the historic center of Bucharest, on Lipscani street no. 18-20. Historical monument of national value, registered in the List of Historical Monuments, is part of the "Strada Lipscani Architectural Ensemble".

  10 minutes • Admission ticket free
• 10
  Stavropoleos Monastery

  Also known as Stavropoleos Church during the last century when the monastery was dissolved, is an Eastern Orthodox monastery for nuns in central Bucharest, Romania. The patrons of the church are St. Archangels Michael and Gabriel. The name Stavropoleos is the genitive case of Stavropolis (Greek, "The city of the Cross"). One of the monastery's constant interests is Byzantine music, expressed through its choir and the largest collection of Byzantine music books in Romania.

  10 minutes • Admission ticket free
• 11

  Caru' cu Bere (aka Carul cu Bere; "the beer wagon") is a famous bar and restaurant on Stavropoleos Street in the Lipscani district of Bucharest. The business was originally opened as a brewery in 1879.

  15 minutes • Admission ticket free

Additional info

• 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

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