Tours of the City
Walking Tours
Cultural Tourism Initiative (tel/fax: (01) 223 2619 or 230 2292; e-mail: cti@com.pcnet.ro; website: www.rotravel.com/cti) offers walking tours, by request. Whether the visitor would like to see the historic centre, political buildings, art galleries or neo-classical architectural highlights – such as the Royal Palace, University Library and Villacross Passage shopping arcade – a tour can be arranged (with 24 hours advance notice). Tours cost about US$6-23 per person, depending on the number of people and the length of tour, which can be anything between one hour and half a day. The length, departure point and time are negotiated beforehand.
Bus Tours
Over a dozen English-language bus tours are available from the Cultural Tourism Initiative (tel/fax: (01) 223 2619 or 230 2292; e-mail: cti@com.pcnet.ro; website: www.rotravel.com/cti). They all depart from the Ateneul Roman, in the morning or early afternoon (as arranged) and most last three hours. Each has a theme, such as a historical period (from ‘Old Bucharest’ to ‘The Stamp of the Communist Age’) or subject, like Bucharest art or traditional Romanian life. ‘The True Story of Dracula’ is a four-hour tour, taking in the Old Court, the Military History Museum and Snagov Monastery just outside Bucharest, where Vlad Tepes’ body is buried. Tours must be arranged 24 hours in advance and cost US$19-39 (including museum fees), depending on the number of people and type of vehicle (car or minivan) requested.
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