Bucharest Highlights with a Historian

Itinerary
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Stop At: Old Princely Court, Curtea Veche, Strada Franceză 23, București 030167, Romania

Start your walking tour next to Manuc’s inn (Unirii Square).

Your guide will begin your tour by setting the scene: A brief history of the old Bucharest, when boyars decided the politics and the city wasn’t a citadel, neither a village.

Duration: 15 minutes

Stop At: Palace of Justice, Splaiul Independentei 5, Bucharest 050081 Romania

Discover the importance of the modern historical era and how lawmakers configured the base of the actual Romania.

Duration: 10 minutes

Stop At: George Emil Lahovary Fountain, Natiunilor Unite Square, Bucharest Romania

The unique architecture and details of a complex town are all hidden in plain sight. Step by step you will see the becoming of the capital of the country, hear interesting stories of romantic duels and communist demolitions, fights for independence and remembrance of the first moment of unity, after 1918.

Duration: 15 minutes

Stop At: Palace of Parliament, Strada Izvor 2-4, București, Romania

You will discover churches which are hidden between the communist buildings, or they are one level underground. From tight spaces, like the interval between a mixture of XIX century buildings, interwar and communist ones, we will go to the large landscapes created by the marxist ideology. You will learn about the cruel communist regime, in the first years, 1945-1964, then we will talk and discover the paradox of te Nicolae Ceausescu's regime, by analyzing the House of the People from the Constitution Plaza. A combination of architecture and untold stories about the buildings that were constructed in the last years of the dictator, all with unraveled information about the daily life ot the Romanians in the ‘80s.

Duration: 15 minutes

Stop At: Ferestroika, Ion Manolescu, Bucharest 030663 Romania

Take the subway, the pride of the Communist Party and go to a typical communist neighbourhood, Militari, where you will visit the apartment of a family that lived there in the 80’s. You will discover insights about the everyday life, you will taste and drink typical delicacies of that period. Unlike any other museum, you are encouraged to touch the exhibits.

Duration: 1 hour 40 minutes