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Bucharest Discovery
A classic tour with a new perspective
Bucharest’s major sites revealed
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the city & the tour
Bucharest is a city of strong contrasts. – A relatively young city with old mentalities; right at the gates of the Orient, hopelessly influenced by the West and belonging in fact to neither.
We have teamed up with one of the most respected urban historians, Ms Anita Sterea, to give you the most comprehensive and entertaining walking tour.
If the world is a stage then, for sure, Bucharest deserves its place in the spotlight. It had it all:
Love, betrayal, conquering Russian tsarists , French Vaudeville, merchants of Venetian goods, Greek tragedies and one or two Great Fires for good measure.
A miniature of Paris perhaps, only with much better weather.
photo credits: Bucuresti Optimist, Cris Palmes
the sites
- The Linden Tree Inn/ St. George Church /Unirii Square
- The Inn of Manuc /The Old Princely Court/ Stavropoleos Church/The Beer Cart/ First Commercial Bank in Romania
- National History Museum/ Villacrosse Passage /National Bank/ University Square/
- National Theater / Sutu Palace/Coltea Hospital / Intercontinental Hotel/University of Architecture
- Military Assemble / Odeon Theater/ Hotel Continental/ Kretulescu Church
- Ministry of Interior / Revolution Monument/ Royal Palace / Central University Library/ Romanian Atheneum.
Bucharest at a glance
Bucharest is Romania’s vibrant capital city filled with a mishmash of grand historic buildings, brutal Communist apartment blocks and emerging 21st century designs.
The city is rapidly gaining attention as a competitive city break that blends the wonders of modern Europe with the far flung exotism of the East
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Find out about street art, fashion, emerging artists, hidden historical gems and the latest trends in this 3.5 h. walking tour. Discover some cool hang-out places on the way, and sample the most popular street snack: “covrigi”.
Bucharest, as seen by expats!
A short documentary about the beauty and chaos of this city
TOUR DETAILS:
3 hours tour
A 3 hour tour of Bucharest’s main central sites
This is the ideal Welcome Tour. Appropriate if you just arrived in the city and would like to learn more about it and get oriented for future in-depth explorations.
PRICE: 19 EURO
make sure you cover your head as the sun gets pretty intense in the summer in Romania. Oh, and wear sunscreen if you feel like.
(for larger groups give us a message and we’ll try to accommodate)
Make your own tour
We don’t call ourselves Interesting Times Bureau for nothing:
Write us in advance, tell us what your interests, likes and dislikes are and we’ll try to come up with a tour especially designed for you.
We’ll also make sure to include things a bit out of your comfort zone just to keep things, you know…interesting.
so go ahead: take the red pill
Prices: based on what is agreed.
Further details will be communicated in due time.
The guide
The tour is hosted by Anita Sterea
Anita is a professional guide with a PHD in History and a MA in International Relations.
Beginning with 2009 she started hosting a series of cultural expeditions in and around Bucharest. These were practically discovery tours of the beautiful sites this city has to offer, but mainly aimed at locals and in Romanian
Now we will apply the same concept of cultural tour but this time it will be tailored for English speaking foreign visitors.
Anita StereaTour guide & founder
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