Interesting tour of a unique and historically significant house. Politically fascinating, opulent and in some areas (the winter garden and swimming pool in particular) quite breathtaking, though also a physcial realisation of the hypocrisies and inequalities of the regime. Our excellent guide relayed the story of Nicolai and Elena’s lives and those of their children as well as showing us gifts to the couple from other world leaders. Well worth a visit!

First time in Romania so i googled things to do and this came up. It is definitely worth the visit if you have 2-3 days in Bucharest otherwise their are better things to see. I enjoyed the tour but their is definitely room for improvement

You can see the house just with a guided tour. The tour is like 45 minutes long and takes you through around 50 rooms. You can see how Ceausescu and his family lived. This was the house, where he lived - sleeping, eating and having his free time. The guide was too official in my opinion, but gave interesting infos. I didn’t like it, as he “forced” us to go forward - “take a look, when you’re finished, go to the next room”. Nevertheless it was a nice experience.

The Ceausescu residence is a popular place to visit so it is advised to book your tickets before on-line! Interesting to se how the family (including their children) lived in luxury with gold details in all the toilets and bathrooms. Elena’s large walk-in closet an in the basement a large “spa” with massage showers and a large swimming pool. The only thing that was bad was our “so called” English speaking guide, who spoke low and did not have any articulation at all. Making him very difficult to understand for someone who do not have English as their native tongue.

This is an interesting place with a guided tour. The guide speaks very good English. The woodwork of the panels and the working desk is amazing, not to mention all the stained glasses, the tiles ,the swimming pool and the massage room. The story of Ceausescu's wife"s how she became an influential figure in the parliament is also interesting You have to be there to appreciate all the luxurious items,their life style which leads to the execution of the couple At the end of the tour, there is a coffee place for you to rest and admire the peacocks especially on a hot summer day

I have given this 4 stars as it really is fascinating and interesting place to visit in Bucharest giving you an insight into modern history of the country. Could be improved however by doing away with the tours and giving visitors headphones with a commentary on instead. Although our guide was good he was softly spoken and they pack too many people in on tours often making it difficult to listen. Also the souvenir shop is very poor with very little on sale esp related to the house and Ceasusecus Could be much improved in summary