Great Synagogue (Sinagoga Mare) Tours and Tickets

There are plenty of ways to experience the Great Synagogue. Looking at ratings and reviews previously given by customers, these are the best tours available right now:

• Bucharest Jewish Heritage | Holocaust Memorial | Private Car Tour

• Bucharest Jewish Heritage | Private Walking Tour

• Half-Day Jewish Heritage Walking Tour in Bucharest

• Private Tour of Jewish Bucharest

• Jewish Bucharest Tour (4 hrs)

The Great Synagogue is a place of worship that is free to enter. Some visitor reviews note there is a small fee to view the Holocaust Museum exhibits. You can also learn about this synagogue while taking a Jewish heritage tour of Bucharest with a local guide; tours start at about US$65.

The Great Synagogue is located at Strada Vasile Adamache 11, close to Bucharest’s Old Town. You can walk down to Union Park, then head east on Corneliu Coposu Boulevard to Piata Safran, or take the tram or bus, which stop across the street from the synagogue. There are also two metro stops at Union Park, making the Great Synagogue accessible from most areas of the city.

The Great Synagogue is both a 19th-century religious landmark and a Holocaust Museum. The synagogue’s interior is elaborate, and children may appreciate seeing it, but the content of the Holocaust Museum is explicit. Parents should use their discretion and research what similar locations recommend; young children who have not yet learned about the Holocaust may be frightened by the exhibits.

Yes, you can visit the Great Synagogue in Bucharest on your own, without a guide or group. However, it may be helpful to visit with a Romanian-speaking guide. Most of the Holocaust Museum’s exhibits are in Romanian, and there’s no guarantee that the synagogue guides will be able to offer explanations in other languages.

After visiting the Great Synagogue, you can visit the neo-Moorish Choral Temple, about 500 yards (450 meters) away, or the New Saint George Church, which was built in the 1700s. Union Park, also nearby, is a popular gathering place known for its illuminated fountain show on weekend nights in the summer.