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What to book before you travel to Bucharest?

Most visits can be booked on the spot. A few sell out days ahead. Here they are, stop by stop, with what you can do without booking underneath. Keep the rest of your time free.

Trip length
WeekendOne weekTwo weeks

5 activities to book · about €77 per person

Bucharest

Days 1-7
Days 1-7Palace of the ParliamentOrdered by Nicolae Ceaușescu in 1984 and never quite finished, it razed a fifth of the historic centre and displaced some forty thousand residents.€12Book on GetYourGuide →
Days 1-7Dimitrie Gusti Village MuseumPeasant houses, churches and mills taken apart across Romania and rebuilt beam by beam beside Lake Herăstrău, opened by sociologist Dimitrie Gusti in 1936.€8Book on GetYourGuide →
Days 1-7Romanian AthenaeumAn 1888 domed concert hall paid for by public subscription, 'Give a leu for the Athenaeum', with a 70-metre fresco of Romanian history inside.€3Book on GetYourGuide →
Days 1-7National Museum of Art of RomaniaIn the former royal palace on Calea Victoriei: medieval Romanian icons and church fragments, plus a European gallery with works by El Greco and Rembrandt.6,€50Book on GetYourGuide →
Days 1-7Museum of the Romanian PeasantNinety thousand rural objects, from icons on glass to carved gates, shown without explanatory cases, which won European Museum of the Year in 1996.€4Book on GetYourGuide →

No booking needed: Lipscani and the Old Town · Herăstrău Park · Stavropoleos Church

All activities in Bucharest on GetYourGuide

Indicative prices per person, checked when written. The button opens the GetYourGuide search for the activity and the town, on the days of the stop once your dates are known. Some links are affiliate links: we may earn a commission, at no extra cost to you.

Frequently asked questions

How much do the activities to book in Bucharest cost?

€77 per person if you do them all, across 5 bookings. The most expensive is "National Museum of Art of Romania" at €50, the cheapest "Romanian Athenaeum" at €3. Prices checked when written: confirm them when you book.

What can you do in Bucharest without booking anything?

3 visits on this itinerary need no ticket or time slot, starting with Lipscani and the Old Town, Herăstrău Park, Stavropoleos Church. They make up most of your days: booking ahead only concerns a handful of sites with limited places.

The rest of the trip

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