Darkside Tour of Bucharest

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București

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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: 24 hours

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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….

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…

Location

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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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Milan_d

Oct 20, 2024

Amazing tour! - The tour was amazing. We got to discover some haunts to an amazing city and Elena was the perfect guide. Theatric, comedic and so interesting, loved every story we heard!

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Bradders82

Oct 6, 2024

The perfect mix of scandal and superstition. - Elena was a fantastic guide. She was knowledgeable, passionate and proud and kept the tour interesting from start to finish. With a perfect mix of story vs fact, there is many a mystery yet to be solved! We had a small group which was perfect, and Elena's enthusiasm for her countrys history and future was both inspiring and promising. Will see you again in 10 years!

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Aderocha

Oct 5, 2024

Dark side tour - Ilena (hope spelling is correct) was a very sweet and compassionate guide. She made it interesting and made sure everyone was included. The pace was perfect and she played her humour well. I really enjoyed it, particularly the cemetery. Thank you.

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Arizona5599

Sep 24, 2024

Very interesting tour about the darker past - Very interesting tour with a great and knowledgeable guide. Romania’s darker past is the main theme of this tour, incl. cemetery visit (make sure to bring mosquito repellent, those little vampires eat you alive!).

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Karen_w

Sep 17, 2024

Different sides to Romania - Loved the experience and learnt a lot. Very interesting sides to România and the beliefs, customs and the communist era. I think they could include their giving up Jews to be killed would be a very dark side, but that wasn’t mentioned.

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Tara_m

Sep 14, 2024

educational, fun & interesting! - Me and my sisters booked onto this tour as something a little bit different away from the main city tours, we didn’t have a lot of expectations because we had no idea what was involved but oh my goodness whatever expectations we did have were certainly exceeded! Elena our tour guide was absolutely incredible. She was extremely engaging, educational and so funny at the same time. We feel we really got our moneys worth through seeing so many little corners of Bucharest that we otherwise wouldn’t have experienced, as well as hearing so much history about the city (along with a snack and some water!) We actually visited a couple of museums after this such as the communist museum and found that Elena actually told us more on her tour than we learnt in a whole museum. She is really excellent at what she does and such a lovely person as well. I recommend to anybody!

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Iban_b

Sep 6, 2024

Enriching, different, and alternative tour - The dark side tour of Bucharest was very interesting, enjoyable, and culturally enriching. Additionally, our guide Elena was very pleasant and fun. Time flew by! This tour is definitely worth it to fully understand the social and cultural idiosyncrasies of the country.

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Dksnapps

Sep 4, 2024

Great guide, interesting history - Andra was a lovely guide—super friendly, very knowledgeable, and able to both answer off-topic questions from some group members while also steering conversation back to the topic at hand. She also had a great dinner recommendation for authentic Romanian food at Vatra and it was delicious.

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Kath_g

Aug 27, 2024

Wonderful! - Elena was a lovely and warm guide who injected a lot of personality and humour into the tour. I love looking around cemeteries and discovering the less 'fluffy' side of things, so the tour was right up my street. We heard some great stories and learnt about the history of this wonderful city. Would absolutely recommend for a slightly 'alternative' type of tour (although puppets may want to keep their distance 😉)

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Ryan_p

Aug 20, 2024

Fantastic tour, highly recommend - It was the first tour of my Romanian trip and cannot say enough great things about it. The guide Bogdan was incredibly informative. Very happy to have met him and have him as my guide. In depth stories, very well paced, and showed me some very interesting places. I definitely have a better understanding of the history of this area. 10 out of 10 stars, I would recommend it to everyone.

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From $38

up to 12 guests

1 Adult