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Communist tour of Bucharest

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Recommended by 98% of travelers
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The buildings of a city can unlock its history, if you know where to look. On this walking tour, a guide takes you through the streets of Bucharest and explain how the architecture relates to the Communist era. As you walk, learn about Communism in Romania and how it changed the shape of the city.
from
$27.35
$24.07
per adult (price varies by group size)
from
$27.35
$24.07
per adult (price varies by group size)
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Ages 14-80, max of 20 per group
Duration: 3h
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English
Highlights
  • Learn about the history of Communism from your guide
  • Explore neighborhoods that were important during the Communist era
  • View interesting architecture in a variety of styles
  • See the remains of the ruined Uranus neighborhood
  • Professional guide
What's not included
  • Food and drinks, unless specified
  • Gratuities
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • Entry/Admission - Palace of Parliament
Meet your guide in central Bucharest for a walking tour through the city’s Communist history. As you stroll through Bucharest’s streets, learn about the architectural styles and how different regimes influenced the look of the city. Visit neighborhoods untouched by the Communist style and explore the remains of the Uranus neighborhood. Understand how the city looked during the Communist era and learn about the violent end of Romanian Communism in 1989. Your guide will explain the history of Communism as you walk the city. The tour include a short break at a cafe, where you can purchase snacks at your own expense.
Departure details
  • Aleea Dealul Mitropoliei 19, București 030167, Romania Near the red-brick bell tower of the Patriarchal church.
Return details
  • Revolution Square, Piața Revoluției, București, Romania
  • Not wheelchair accessible
  • Stroller accessible
  • Service animals allowed
  • Near public transportation
If you have questions about accessibility, we’d be happy to help. Just call the number below and reference the product code: 10914P1
  • Confirmation will be received at time of booking
  • Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately
  • Most travelers can participate
  • This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund
  • This tour/activity will have a maximum of 20 travelers
  • For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours in advance of the start date of the experience.
What you can expect during your visit
  • Face masks required for travelers in public areas
  • Social distancing enforced throughout experience
  • Face masks required for guides in public areas
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If you have questions about this tour or need help making your booking, we’d be happy to help. Just call the number below and reference the product code: 10914P1
Itinerary
  • You'll start at
    Aleea Dealul Mitropoliei 19
    Aleea Dealul Mitropoliei 19, București 030167, Romania
    Near the red-brick bell tower of the Patriarchal church.
    See address & details
  • 1
    Catedrala Patriarhala
    Stop: 10 minutes
    See details
  • 2
    Palace of Parliament
    Stop: 15 minutes - Admission excluded
    See details
  • 3
    Manastirea Antim
    Stop: 10 minutes
    See details
  • 4
    Old Town
    Stop: 10 minutes
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  • 5
    Piaka Revolukiei
    Stop: 15 minutes
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  • You'll end at
    Revolution Square
    Piața Revoluției, București, Romania
    See address & details
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cristinaene
cristinaene
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Must do in Bucharest
Great tour! A very summarised presentation of the last hundred years or so of Romania's history, customs, tradition…
IuliaO26
IuliaO26
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Great tour!
Interesting tour, with a very rich history about the Jewish community in Romania/Bucharest that almost seems eager …
Shersco
Shersco
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Great tour with Andreea!
Great experience on this tour last Sunday. I really appreciated how we didn't just go to the main sites, but also s…
Mark E
Mark E
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Religion and History Mash Up
Fascinating tour of Bucharest's intertwined history and religions. Hear stories and see beautiful artistic masterpi…
gryhr
gryhr
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Communist tour of Bucharest.
With friends I participated in the communist tour of Bucharest. Our guide was Claudia. The tour was very interest…
YuliaMaria
YuliaMaria
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Learned so much
Really happy with the tour and Cristina. She is very nice and taught us a lot of things. I enjoyed it very much alt…
Adventure378994
Adventure378994
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Alternative Bucharest
For a local it is always very interesting to discover other parts of the forgotten history of your own town. A nice…
RachelZ210
RachelZ210
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Andreei very good!!
We visited today the Jewish area with andrea and she was really prepared , really nice and patient but mostly very …
NinaFox2007
NinaFox2007
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Cristina Led an Excellent Tour of Forgotten Jewish Sights in Bucharest
A bargain for the price! Despite the cold and at times light snow, Cristina led five English speaking learners thro…
Adventure378994
Adventure378994
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Interesting tour
For a local with some tours already done, it was an interesting and different tour of a non touristic part of Bucha…
Vacationer45459
Vacationer45459
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Communist Tour with Christina
A very interesting and informative tour. Our Tour Guide Christina was excellent. A worthy experience.
NYCtravel43206
NYCtravel43206
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Informative tour
We took the communist tour with Andreea and it was really informative. She has personal family experience with the …
conformist70
conformist70
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Communist tour
Our guide was Marius and his knowledge of the period and the city seems complete! We covered a lot of ground in eve…
Benedicte F
Benedicte F
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Out of the ordinary
Marius knowledgeably takes you to places you wouldn't normally pass through. Sometimes beautiful, sometimes wanting…
Wisnovitz
Wisnovitz
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Great tour with very sweet and friendly guide who really tried
A great experience. I only think we should have been told in advance that the 2 museums are closed on Friday and S…
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pantsompan
Thessaloniki, Greece2 contributions
Bucharest in-depth
Apr 2022
A tour that cannot be missed from a visit in Bucharest. Christina has done one of the most intriguing and incredibly-in-depth tours I've ever done in a city. Through her narration, not only you can learn about the life in Bucharest during Communism through buildings, legends and stories someone will never learn in English, but also you can see how this city has been formed to what it has become today. A chance that shall not be missed, if you ever get to Bucharest!
Written May 4, 2022
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mariuszah1
Thank you for joining the Communist tour of Bucharest, and for your kind words. All the best, The Good Living Team
Written August 17, 2022
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Maria M
1 contribution
Great tour
Nov 2022 • Couples
We had the communist tour with John, it’s been an amazing experience. John have taken us to all the main landscaping that are related to Ceausescu’s era and his end. We could see the passion in what John does, the 3h of the tour felt very comfortable.

I would defo recommend this tour.

Thank you John :)

Maria & Francis
Written November 7, 2022
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Prudence S
1 contribution
The tour coincided with the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Communist regime
Dec 2019
The tour with Andree far surpassed my expectations. She was really well informed and extremely passionate about the subject, including personal anecdotes and family experiences in bringing alive life under Communism. The fact that the day of my tour coincided with the 30th anniversary of the fall of Ceaucescu and concluded in Revolution Square with a ceremony marking the occasion with the reading of the names of the 1,100 young people who gave their lives for freedom gave it even greater impact. I would highly recommend this tour to anyone with an interest in the remarkable history of Romania and Bucharest.
Written January 5, 2020
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mariuszah1
Thank you for joining the Communist tour of Bucharest, and for your kind review. All the best, Marius & Andreea
Written January 6, 2020
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QBW
London, UK385 contributions
A must!
Feb 2022
We were really interested in the communist history of Romania and found it very difficult to find out information about it, until we stumbled across this tour.
We learned so much, our your guide (I think her name was Andrea) was super knowledgeable, happy to answer all of our questions, we had lots, gave us lots of great advice for our trip and shared some of her family's own history which made the tour very unique.
This your by far exceeded my expectations and I think anyone visiting Romania should really try and fit this into their trip
Great value for money, best walking tour I've ever been on, and I've done a lot!
Written May 15, 2022
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mariuszah1
Thank you for joining the Communist tour of Bucharest, and for your kind words. All the best, The Good Living Team
Written August 17, 2022
This response is the subjective opinion of the management representative and not of Tripadvisor LLC.
Despoina K
1 contribution
A must!! 5/5
Feb 2020
This is the part that I enjoyed most during my stay in Bucharest. Andreea is a very friendly, knowledgeable guide and she will take you to places not possible to discover by yourself. Even if you have only a couple of days available, this tour will give you all you need to know of the city.
Written February 26, 2020
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mariuszah1
Thank you for joining our Communist tour, and for your very kind words. All the best, Good Living Team
Written July 22, 2021
This response is the subjective opinion of the management representative and not of Tripadvisor LLC.
cchamberlink
Providenciales4 contributions
Communist Tour of Burcharest
The Communist tour with Andreea was fantastic. Andreea clearly knew the subject matter extremely well, and she made the tour engaging and interesting throughout. Highly recommend for anyone visiting Bucharest!
Written August 22, 2021
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mariuszah1
Hi, Thank for joining the Communist tour, and for the kind words. All the best, Good Living team
Written September 5, 2021
This response is the subjective opinion of the management representative and not of Tripadvisor LLC.
Mark E
Salt Lake City, UT51 contributions
Romania's Communistic Nightmare
Jan 2020 • Solo
Fascinating walking tour of Bucharest with a real historian, Claudia, of Good Living Tours. She used photos, personal experience/knowledge and treats (a Eugenia cookies which rose to fame in 70s) to really tell us the horrors of communism. I listened and learned a lot! Favorite place was Revolution Square...her great storytelling made Communism's death where it happened come to life.
Written January 31, 2020
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mariuszah1
Thank you for joining the Communist tour, and for your kind review. All the best, Marius & Claudia
Written February 18, 2020
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Fiona D
Voluntari, Romania1 contribution
Superb, well researched tour.
Oct 2020 • Friends
An absolutely superb tour! Our whole group thoroughly enjoyed it. Andreea, our guide, delivered a well researched and very informative tour. Some of our group are new to Bucharest, and were fascinated by the history of Communism in the city, and even those who had lived here for several years learned something new, and visited new places. I would thoroughly recommend it to others, and will be looking to book another tour in the future!
Written October 12, 2020
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mariuszah1
Thank you for joining our Communist tour, and for your very kind words. All the best, The Good Living Team
Written July 22, 2021
This response is the subjective opinion of the management representative and not of Tripadvisor LLC.
Cin Cin
United Kingdom73 contributions
Listen and learn - don’t go if you can’t !
Feb 2022
Cristina proved to be the perfect guide for this fascinating and enthralling tour. She provided great insights and a memorable narrative of the Communist era in Romania. We enjoyed it enormously and couldn’t recommend Cristina’s guide tour more enthusiastically.
Written February 22, 2022
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mariuszah1
Thank you for joining our Communist tour of Bucharest, and for your kind review. All the best, Good Living Team
Written April 20, 2022
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Matthew K
Dublin, Ireland1 contribution
Perfect
Nov 2021 • Friends
My tour was everything I hoped for and more. I enjoyed every second. My tour guide was so engaging and informative. She left a lasting impression on me. I would highly recommend this tour if you have an interest in what happened here in the 20th century. Amazing
Written November 27, 2021
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mariuszah1
Thank you for joining the Communist tour of Bucharest, and for your kind review. All the best, The Good Living team
Written November 29, 2021
This response is the subjective opinion of the management representative and not of Tripadvisor LLC.
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