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LanguagesEnglish
Group sizeUp to 12 travelers
Overview
Bucharest has a very dark past. It's time you found out about it!
Join us and dive into the city’s intriguing history, its deepest, darkest secrets. This is not your average history lesson and what you learn on this tour won’t likely be in your guidebook — so get ready to be shocked, awed, and entertained.
What's included
Subway transportation
Local guide
Street Snack
Food and drinks, unless specified
Hotel pickup and drop-off
What to expect
Bellu Cemetery (Cimitirul Serban Voda-Bellu)
1h
Enjoy the walk and stories inside the Bellu Cemetery, the first modern graveyard in the city and a place filled with love stories, unique architecture and even mysteries waiting to be resolved.
University's Square
20m
Discover the starting point of the most important protests in our recent history. Learn about the victims that bravely fought during the Revolution of 1989, the ones who believed in an occidental future and fought the miners in the '90s, as well as the recent anticorruption battle. All of them started here.
Calea Victoriei
40m
Next travel back in time in the beginning of the 20th century to find out all about the scandalous times that Bucharest had before the Communist Regime took power. In 1927, around 12.000 prostitutes and escorts were working in Romania. Among them, there were ladies of night such as the beautiful gypsy dancer, Zaraza.
Piaka Revolukiei
20m
A very important and emotional spot that gives goosebumps to every Romanian. Learn about the Romanian gulag, the cruel dictator Nicolae Ceausescu and how difficult was the life in the '80s for the local people. Travel in time back to the 22nd December 1989 when shootings took place and many innocent people died facing Securitatea (the secret police). This place represents a symbolic end for the communist regime in Romania. Discover how it happened.
Meeting and pickup
Meeting point
At the mail entrence of Ion Luca Caragiale National Theatre
Bulevardul Nicolae Bălcescu 2, București 010051, Romania
End point
Piața Revoluției, București, România, in front of the Ministry of Internal Affairs
Additional information
Service animals allowed
Public transportation options are available nearby
Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
Not recommended for child aged 15 and under
Cancellation policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
