Bucharest Heritage City Tour - The Last Days of Communism

Sightseeing  :  Romania  :  Muntenia  :  Bucharest  :  Historical & Heritage Tours

Join this small-group trip through Bucharest to learn about the “great accomplishments of the golden era” and to hear the story of people who built it. You will see the first communist building in Bucharest, the Revolution Square with the balcony where the dictator gave his last speech in December 1989, the ambitious “House of People” and the burial place of the presidential couple.After the second world war, Romania became a communist country and it remained under a communist regime until the violent revolution of 1989. For more than 40 years, the country's leaders were working hard to build a modern world - literate and industrialized with all the benefits of the modern world, but without its injustices. Unfortunately, things turned out quite differently: the measures taken to modernize the country (industrialization, collectivization, etc) sacrificed the interest and welfare of its population.

Come on this trip through Bucharest to learn about the “great accomplishments of the golden era” and to hear the story of people who built it. You will see the first communist building in Bucharest, the Revolution Square with the balcony where the dictator gave his last speech in December 1989, the ambitious “House of People” and the burial place of the presidential couple.

The tour usually lasts around 4 hours including the visit at the Parliament Palace. The standard visit at the Parliament Palace is around 1 hour and 15 minutes. Please note that sometimes the Parliament Palace is closed for conferences without prior notice.