22 May 2025
We had a great half day tour of Bucharest with Laura. We were a party of six - my wife and I (Americans) and two other couples from Scotland. We started with the Palace of Parliament and got some great shots of the exterior of this huge building. Laura then provided us tickets for the tour of the building, which was an approximate one hour tour conducted by one of the regular guides at the Palace. We were not disappointed , even though we were informed by the guide that over the course of an hour we had seen less than 10% of the building! Very impressive architecture. We then mixed things up from the scheduled tour, which would have taken us to the Village Museum. Laura asked us if we would rather see the Patriarchal Cathedral and the Patriarchal Palace. We all readily agreed and this decision turned out to be a good one. It was a very pleasant walk up to the cathedral, which itself was a very interesting visit. We then stopped at Revolution Square, followed by a stop at the Arch of Triumph. All in all a great half day tour. Upon hearing that we wanted to visit the Roman Atteneul the next day, Laura took it upon herself to call them and find out what hours they were open to the public for general admission. We would very much recommend this tour, particularly with Laura as your guide.