Bucharest Private Half Day Trip: Snagov Monastery & Mogosoaia Palace Exploration

Embark on a private half-day trip from Bucharest to explore the historic Snagov Monastery, the alleged burial place of Vlad the Impaler Dracula, and the magnificent Mogosoaia Palace, a stunning example of Romanian Renaissance architecture.

Duration: 5 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Snagov Monastery - The Snagov Monastery is located on an island connected to the main land by a rather new bridge. Being built in the 14th century, is believed to be the final resting place of the famous Vlad the Impaler (Dracula). While you are there, don’t miss the structure of the old prison in the back of the church dating back from Vlad the…
What's Included
  • Transport by modern A/C private vehicle
  • Bottled water
  • Professional guide
  • Private tour
  • Free wi-fi included in our vehicles
  • Hotel pick-up and drop-off
What's Not Included
  • Photo fees
Additional Information

This exclusive half-day excursion beyond the boundaries of Bucharest is an excellent method to explore and gain knowledge about the 14th century Snagov Monastery, reputed to be the final resting place of Vlad the Impaler Dracula. Additionally, you’ll visit the Mogosoaia Palace, an architectural masterpiece constructed in the Romanian Renaissance or…

Location
Snagov Monastery
Strada Manastirea Vlad Tepes Silistea
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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John_w
Sep 23, 2024
Snagov and Mogosoaia Palace are a great combination tour - Emil the tour guide is EXCELLENT! He’s a local celebrity having appeared on a local TV show for many years. He really knows his history. Gabriel, the van driver, is an excellent driver. We did the private tour for just the 2 of us. Definitely the way to go. We even stopped at a local eatery and had had mici for lunch! Highly recommend this tour to get a great background on Vlad Tepes/Dracula.
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Frequentflier361045
May 12, 2024
Costel excellent tour guide - Costel is an excellent tour guide. Very informative about all aspects of this trip and discussed broader cultural topics very knowledgeably. Well worth a private tour if you have half a day to fill in. Car very comfortable with seat belts and air conditioning. The Mogosoaia Palace is beautiful and the lake setting of both sites is stunning.
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Q528hlbenjamint
Apr 7, 2024
Snagov is a must-see - Alex was a great guide, very friendly and gave us lots of information about Snagov and Mogosoaia. Unfortunately for us, the palace was closed that day, but the grounds of Mogosoaia were still open for us to walk around. Snagov was beautiful, it's a very peaceful place. Alex mentioned that this was really the best time of the year to go for this. Despite the palace being closed, Alex did his best to extend the tour around the gardens. Finally, Alex gave us a great recommendation for lunch at a shawarma place in Bucharest that we really enjoyed.
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Marilyn_b
Aug 30, 2023
The guide was very... - The guide was very friendly and knowledgeable. He provided a lot of information along the ride to and from our destination.
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Mariae_d
Oct 3, 2021
Excellent guide and service 👍🏻 - The trip by itself is nice but not a thing you can’t miss. What made it an excellent experience was our guide and the service we received. Alejandro was a very knowledgeable and kind person who made a big difference. Congratulations to him for his outstanding service. The van was impeccable and we had a great time.
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Erin
Apr 3, 2017
What a great tour! Alex knew all... - <p>What a great tour! Alex knew all about the country's history and up through modern times. He answered all my questions and spoke at length about so many other interesting topics! The time in the car wasn't bad at all. Highly recommend this tour and especially the guide, Alex!</p>
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Mara
Nov 11, 2016
We enjoy this tour very much... - <p>We enjoy this tour very much. Because it is private tour we were able to get more out of our tour. Our tour guide Teo Tat were very friendly. His company contacted us at the hotel for pick up time and ease our worry of what to proceed. Teo Tat offered us bottle of water and WIFI hooked up thank you Teo Tat! Teo Tat is very knowledgeble of his country and he imparted his knowledge to us with enthusiasm. Our tour start in the morning to Snagov Monastery and because it is in the morning we have had advantage of peace and quiet and able to enjoy our tour without fighting with crowd of people. Mogosoaia Palace were spectacular with awesome view of surrounding buildings. We definitely recommend this private tour to all. Thank you Viator and thank you Teo Tat!!!</p>
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Bobwitdc
Jul 14, 2023
A Promising Start in Bucharest - This was a relaxing, entertaining and visually appealing experience to start out our visit to Bucharest. We enjoyed being pampered and escorted by a very knowledgeable local guide who gave us first-class service from start to finish.
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306jeffreyf
Dec 3, 2024
No communication from tour operator. - Despite several emails, no communication from the agency that handles this tour as to whether the palace would be open during a national holiday prompted us to cancel altogether. The last thing we wanted was to pay $400 for our group only later to be told the palace would be closed and only the gardens could be enjoyed. Tour operators should proactively inform people of any changes to itinerary. It wasn’t until I had asked our hotel front desk to call 4 times and confirm our suspicion that we eventually had no choice but to cancel. One day lost to go sightseeing on a short visit to Romania.
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Elie_o
Oct 1, 2022
Worst money and time here we go 🖐👌 - If you have money to worst and time too here is the tour for that, the guide was good but otherwise this tour is only if you so bored, visiting a mini monastery that nothing interesting about, pay for the picture ok why not but for something very not interested and i don’t spoke about the palace if can call that a palace, you have really nothing to see and you have to pay as well for take pictures of what i don’t know, you visiting Versailles castle, Loire castle cheaper, much more beautiful and you don’t pay for pictures and also if you visiting the White House you don’t paid as well and for those ridiculous things on this tour you have too. Don’t worst time and money for this tour
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