This half-day tour is made up
specially to let you discover the most beautiful and picturesque places and museums of
Romania’s capital city. Following the historical evolution of this city - first
mentioned in the records in 1459, you will have the chance first to visit the Old Princely
Court established by prince Vlad the Impaler (world known as Dracula) and, close to it,
the old commercial area, named Lipscani from the city of Leipzig.
09:00 a.m. - Visit The Old Princely Court
complex
09:30 a.m. - Walking on Lipscani commercial
area, passing by Stavropoleos Church
10:15 a.m. - Visit to Cotroceni Palace
11:30 a.m. - Visit the House of the People / The Parliament
Palace
12:30 p.m. - Stop at the Romanian Patriarchate
01:15 p.m. - Visit the Village Museum or the
Romanian Peasant's Museum (as the first one
of these 2 museums with similar specific is in the open, if the weather is not too
generous, you can choose to see the second one) tour rates/person
| Nr. of persons |
Price/person |
| individual |
49 € |
| 2 - 3 pax |
31 € |
| 4 - 7 pax |
22 € |
| 8 - 17 pax |
19 € |
| 18 - 25 pax |
16 € |
info and reservation
Tour highlights
The Old Princely Court complex
Ancient political and administrative center of Wallachia. It contains the most significant
medieval buildings (15th – 18th centuries) of nowadays capital. It was built during
the reign of Vlad the Impaler, better known as Dracula, and represents both a fort and the
Court.
Cotroceni Palace
Built in 1893 by the French architect Paul Gottereau. It was designed as the permanent
residence of Prince Ferdinand. It is placed in the middle of a splendide garden and
contains many representative elements of Romanian architecture. Today it holds also the
residence of the Romanian Presidency.
House of the People / The Parliament Palace
Built between 1984-1989. As surface, it is the biggest administrative construction in
Europe and the 2nd in the world, after the U.S. Pentagon, in Washington D.C, having an
area of 330 000 square meters. As volume, the Guiness Book ranks this building as the
third in the world.
Village Museum
The Village Museum, located on the lakeside of Herastrau Lake, was established by the
Romanian sociologist Dimitrie Gusti in the year 1936, being one of the first etnographical
museums in the world. It displays different kinds of rural constructions: houses, inns,
stables, water mills, farms, roadside crosses, churches from all over Romania.
Romanian Peasant's Museum
It was declared in 1996 the European Museum of the Year because of its special type of
museology and of the original poetics developped in relation to the object. Many of these
merits owes to its late director - Horia Bernea, an outstanding representative of Romanian
painting.
The museum is hosted by a historical monument building in new Romanian architectural
style, recently renovated and which was formerly The Museum of the Communist Party.
Operator : Albatross Travel
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