Darkside Tour of Bucharest - small group

Uncover Bucharest’s mysterious past on a thrilling Darkside Tour. Explore the city’s hidden secrets and delve into its intriguing history. Prepare to be shocked, awed, and entertained!

Duration: 3 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Bellu Cemetery (Cimitirul Serban Voda-Bellu) - Enjoy the walk and stories inside the Bellu Cemetery, the first modern graveyard in the city and a place filled with love stories, unique architecture and even mysteries waiting to be resolved.

  • University’s Square - Discover the starting point of the most important protests in our recent history. Learn about the victims that bravely fought during the Revolution of 1989, the ones who believed in an occidental future and fought the miners in the ‘90s, as well as the recent anticorruption battle. All of them started here.

  • Calea Victoriei - Next travel back in time in the beginning of the 20th century to find out all about the scandalous times that Bucharest had before the Communist Regime took power. In 1927, around 12.000 prostitutes and escorts were working in Romania. Among them, there were ladies of night such as the beautiful gypsy dancer, Zaraza.

  • Piaka Revolukiei - A very important and emotional spot that gives goosebumps to every Romanian. Learn about the Romanian gulag, the cruel dictator Nicolae Ceausescu and how difficult was the life in the ‘80s for the local people. Travel in time back to the 22nd December 1989 when shootings took place and many innocent people died facing Securitatea (the secret police). This place represents a symbolic end for the communist regime in Romania. Discover how it happened.

What's Included
  • Subway transportation
  • Local guide
  • Street Snack
What's Not Included
  • Food and drinks, unless specified
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
Additional Information

The yesteryears of Bucharest carry a shadowy narrative. Discover this hidden side now!

Embark on an exploration with us as we delve into the city’s captivating past and its most covert secrets. This goes beyond your typical historical excursion and what you garner from this journey will probably not be found in your travel guidebook — brace yourself for some surprising, astounding, and engaging revelations.

  • Not recommended for child aged 15 and under
Location
KFC
Bulevardul General Gheorghe Magheru
KFC Leonida, Bulevardul General Gheorghe Magheru, Bucharest
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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H3749urjameso
Aug 20, 2024
Outstanding Tour - Stan was an outstanding tour guide. Extremely knowledgeable, open minded and provided critical contextual details that help to bring the sites alive. Any history buff would enjoy this tour. Personally, he was a lovely chap too. I couldn’t recommend him highly enough!
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Lynne_r
Aug 14, 2024
Personalized Tour with Bogdan - It was a personalized tour with Bogdan as it was just my husband and me. We took the subway to the cemetery where we saw many interesting monuments and heard stories about the city. Then it was back to the center of the city where we learned about life during Communist times. The tour was terrific.
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Alan_m
Jul 19, 2024
Great tour and guide - Excellent tour with a very knowledgeable guide in Bogdan. He kept it interesting and informative at all times.
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Alison_h
Jun 3, 2024
Interesting and informative - Guide on tour (3pm 3/6/24) was excellent.Very interesting and informative. Enjoyed the cemetery tour and learned lots about Romania's history. He was punctual and gave us lots of rest stops due to hot weather. Would highly recommend this tour.
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Daniellebk9889ir
May 18, 2024
Unique tour - This was definitely unique from other tours we did. A large part of the tour was spent in the graveyard, recalling different "ghost stories" from different periods of time. Elena was an amazing tour guide, very knowledgeable and engaging, she even provided us with snacks and bought us all bottles of water from the shop.
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Patrick_b
Apr 29, 2024
Great secrets of Bucharest - Loved the stories and history. Elena was a great guide and brought the tour to life. This was an opportunity to see parts of the city you wouldn’t otherwise visit
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Nshears929
Mar 24, 2024
Enjoyable - Very professional and interesting and informative highly recommended tour of the city from start to finish
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F2645yrclarer
Mar 5, 2024
Great little tour and fab guide - We took this trip on Sunday, only my friend and I had booked so it was a private tour. It was very well organized and the guide was great, very knowledgeable and he answered all sorts of questions that we had. Very interesting to see a different side to a city. Would definitely recommend
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Sean_h
Feb 18, 2024
Bogdan tour of Bucharest - I had a fantastic time on this tour with Bogdan. He made it far more immersive, especially considering it was 1 to 1. I loved the tour of the graveyard the most. He made you wonder a lot about why certain tombs were the way they were. I loved his recommendation of Excalibur at the end. It made my night. A must do in Bucharest with Bogdan
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Karen_t
Apr 6, 2024
Interesting but a bit disjointed - Interesting tour but it felt a bit disjointed for me as you meet out north of Bucharest then go south of Bucharest for the cemetery then back to the centre for the rest of the tour. The cemetery site is vast. I wore long trousers as I read there were many insects.
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