Bucharest Tuk Tuk

What's Included

Meeting and pickup

Itinerary

• 1
  University's Square

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

  5 minutes • Admission ticket not included
• 2
  Ceausescu Mansion

  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 minutes • Admission ticket not included
• 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 minutes • Admission ticket free
• (Pass by)

  Stretching over an impressive area, the museum has the size of a true village and includes a lot of monuments and artifacts from the 17th century to the 20th century. Here you will find, in fact, houses and rural buildings representative of each ethnographic area of the country, including from Transylvania, Maramures, Oltenia, Moldova, Dobrogea, Muntenia and Banat. This museum was opened in 1936 and it's one of the biggest of its kind in Europe.

  Admission ticket free
• House of the Free Press (Pass by)

  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”.

  Admission ticket free
• Calea Victoriei (Pass by)

  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.

  Admission ticket free
• 4

  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 minutes • Admission ticket not included
• 5

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

  5 minutes • Admission ticket free
• 6

  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 minutes • Admission ticket not included
• 7
  Palatul CEC

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

  5 minutes • Admission ticket not included
• (Pass by)

  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.

  Admission ticket free
• 8
  Palace of Parliament

  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 minutes • Admission ticket not included
• (Pass by)

  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.

  Admission ticket free
• 9

  This square is the best access point to the Old Town, the People’s House, and even to the oldest hotel of the capital, Manuc’s Inn.

  5 minutes • Admission ticket free

Additional info

• Service animals allowed
• Public transportation options are available nearby
• Suitable for all physical fitness levels

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