Bucharest Highlights Walking Tour
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Bucharest, Romania
- 2 hours 30 minutes (approx.)
- Mobile ticket
- Offered in: English
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Overview
Discover the highlights of Bucharest with this guided walking tour. Over the course of two hours, get a good overview of the city and see many of its major sites, including the Royal Palace, Parliament, Stavropoleos Monastery, Manuc’s Inn, and more, with a local guide to provide historical context and insights.
- Guided walking tour of Bucharest highlights
- Ideal for first time visitors and those with limited time
- Benefit from the knowledge of a local guide
- Great overview and orientation of the city
What's Included
- A fun and knowledgeable guide that will help you to make the first steps into the city.
- All Fees and Taxes
Meeting and Pickup
Meeting point
- Piaţa Sfântul Anton 64, 030167 București, Romania
Met your guide in front of Hanu' lui Manuc restaurant!
End point
- Piața Constituției, București, Romania
In front of the Palace of the Parliament.
Itinerary
1
Manuc's Inn (Hanul lui Manuc)
20 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
2
Hanul Gabroveni
20 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
3
BNR Palace
10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
4
Stavropoleos Monastery
10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
5
Palatul CEC
10 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included
6
Macca Villacrosse Passage
5 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
7
Palatul Regal/Royal Palace
10 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included
8
Sala Palatului
10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
9
Cismigiu Parc
10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
10
Palace of Parliament
20 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included
Additional Info
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- Not wheelchair accessible
- Near public transportation
- Most travelers can participate
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 25 travelers
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Cancellation Policy
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
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Reviews
4.9
based on 713 reviews
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Colin_B, Jul 2026
Very good walking tour, very informative guide (Lucia) who brought the city and country alive with her information and the tour took in some super sights. Walked 4.5km at an easy pace. Great orientation tour. Recommended.
Mark_S, Jul 2026
Good tour. Very informative about the history and current political climate in Bucharest. I’m happy I took the tour.
Oliver_S, Jul 2026
Great tour! Excellent guide with a lot of stories about Romanian and Bucharest history. Daniel gave us a lot of tips for our stay.
David_L, Jul 2026
My girlfriend and I are visiting Romania for three weeks. She is Romanian but hasn't visited the country in over 20 years. For our first stop in Bucharest she compiled a list of landmarks to visit. We decided to do Bucharest Highlights Walking Tour to learn as much as possible about these landmark sites. Eduard, our tour guide, was friendly and extremely knowledgeable about Romanian history and it's centuries of changes and architectural influences by many different cultures. He was respectful of the group member's ages and diversity and made sure we were shaded from the hot sun at each stop point. My girl and I truly appreciated Ed's clarity in describing each Bucharest landmark. Thanks to Ed, we learned a lot about Romanian history and its complexity of architectural designs.
Chad_T, Jul 2026
First impressions are everything. Daniel started a tour with 10 of us and immediately took control with his personality. Mixing humor into over 200 years of history to kick off our tour was a great touch. It transformed the next 3 hours into a walk around old town Bucharest into a history lesson. The town has tragic elements mixed with an impressive culture. We had a wonderful time while learning history and seeing the true Bucharest. Cheers Daniel!
Mo_H, Jul 2026
Absolutely amazing . Tour takes you around all the highlights very friendly and knowledgeable guide highly recommended
Debra_K, Jun 2026
Great history and culture tour. Very comprehensive. Ed was enthusiastic and knowledgeable and fun! Highly recommend!
James_L, Jun 2026
2.5 hour walking tour around older area of the city. Lots of history that was not well known to us. Very interesting!
Celeste_I, Jun 2026
Good overview of the history of the city. The guide was knowledgable and informative - and interesting!
rohan_s, Jun 2026
High overview of the city, important places, some history and some local food spots. Good walking exercise 😀.
Lucia was very professional tour guide.
June_R, Jun 2026
Lucia gave us an excellent mix of Romania's rich and sometimes dark history and the occasional joke to lighten things up. It was a very fun, well paced tour.
Ronald_B, Jun 2026
Great tour: lots of very interesting and authentic information. You learn a lot about the city, Romania and its people - also through lots of funny jokes 😄
Kevin_J, Jun 2026
Radu provided a really informative experience and did so with the right pace. Highly recommend this to others
Tim_R, Jun 2026
Pickup point easy to find Guide very polite, friendly and knowledgeable. Ed knew a lot of history and kept us moving along even thought the weather was raining at times
John_M, Jun 2026
This tour pulls together the fabric of the old city and its dismissal of the Ceaucescu regime with great clarity. Dan, our guide even had video images of the final day. Thanks to this exceptional guide we have come away with memories that will make us return
Katherine_C, Jun 2026
This is an excellent tour for first time visitors in Bucharest or if you have been here before but didn't get to do a city walking tour. Our guide was Ed and he really filled us in with fascinating history behind all the places we visited! Brought the fall of communism to life so much that we practically felt like we were there! Excellent value for the money.
Anna_N, Jun 2026
Daniel is a great tour guide! He knows all there is to know about communism in Bucharest and about the architecture of the buildings he pointed out to us. There are so many landmarks in Bucharest, a walking tour is helpful to figure out which ones have more historical significance.
EMMANOUIL_M, Jun 2026
Great walking tour! Lucia was great! She was polite and flexible. We saw the main attractions of Bucharest. Lucia gave us also valuable information related to our stay in Bucharest.
Jana_H, May 2026
We liked it very much. Very nice tour, with background on history and...............................
Clive_M, May 2026
Had a great time with Ed, who was very knowledgeable and entertaining throughout our tour. Would highly recommend.
Steven_P, May 2026
Daniel was a great guide. Informative, engaging, very knowledgeable. Enjoyed the walk and saw many major highlights of Bucharest up close. Well worth it!
Louise_B, May 2026
We went with Alex and it was SO excellent. The best guide we have had on a walking tour ever. Just go! Hi knew so much and had a really nice, funny but still respektfull way of telli g thnigs. Really great!
Rebecca_D, May 2026
So glad I booked this tour last minute, I wasn’t going to book a walking tour because they seem very generic. This WAS NOT! Ed had great storytelling and humor and kept us engaged the whole 2.5 hours. I was eager to learn more about the city. Thank you for a wonderful time!
Elizabeth_P, May 2026
The tour guide Eduardo was great. He told good stories and provided a lot of interesting information.
RichardOwen_P, May 2026
Lucia was an amazing tour guide.
She set up the pace and laid down some general rules (like if you want to leave early just let her know so she doesn’t keep looking for you, to let her know if you need the restroom etc)
We walked and learned about it history while
Seeing the sights of Bucharest in a little over 2 hours. She also used a microphone in louder areas to make sure everyone could hear her. She was open to questions.
Highly recommend- book on a Saturday so that there is less car traffic
sandra_L, May 2026
Ed is a great guide. This tour gives you a great overview of the city in 2.5 hours. Highly recommended
Mercia_R, May 2026
Great tour that I booked last minute . Our guide Rado was great . Learned a lot of interesting history .
Conor_C, May 2026
Very informative tour guide is Ed. Learned a lot about the architectural history of Bucharest on this trip!
Dean_D, May 2026
My tour guide Ed was great! He was a wealth of knowledge on history and architecture and gave great suggestions on things to do and places to visit.
David_B, May 2026
Lucia was an excellent tour guide. Very knowledgeable and spoke very fluent English. She also provided many recommendations for sites, food, and drink.
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