Lors de cette visite de Bucarest, au Palais du Parlement ou à la Maison du Peuple, vous découvrirez à quel point un régime totalitaire comme le communisme peut être dangereux et néfaste pour une nation. Vous vous sentirez tout petit face à l'opulence et à la mégalomanie que « le sommeil de la raison » peut engendrer. Imaginez avoir la chance de voir le deuxième plus grand bâtiment administratif de la planète, après le Pentagone, et de partager cette expérience avec vos petits-enfants.

Then we will visit The National Village Museum – in one place, you will see an embodiment of Romanian traditions and you will learn what it meant for Romanian villagers to have built an ecological and sustainable environment in their backyard. You will also get a glimpse of their simple and modest lifestyle, in social and spiritual harmony with their surroundings. Book a guide in Bucharest and you will enter the universe of the traditional Romanian houses, large or small, made of wood and adobe, but also stone and other materials, from all areas of the country. You will also see national symbols such as the mill or the wooden church and you will learn how these treasures of spirituality and civilization have kept us united for thousands of years, without needing to invade other nations.

Sur la Calea Victoriei (avenue de la Victoire), accompagné de votre guide privé, laissez-vous fasciner par les contradictions de l'histoire : d'un côté, le Palais Royal, de l'autre, le Comité central du Parti communiste roumain et la place de la Révolution, où Ceausescu a fui le pays en hélicoptère. Vous découvrirez de vieilles églises orthodoxes, enveloppées d'une aura de mystère, un magasin de musique proposant un large choix de musique, ainsi que des casinos, des restaurants bohèmes, des musées, des théâtres, des salons de thé, des boutiques et des boutiques de souvenirs, et même le Musée national d'histoire et l'Athénée roumain, autre monument architectural roumain, le Palais du CEC et bien d'autres.

Revolution Square, Bucharest In this shared tour about communism, you can be transported back in time to the moment where the dictator Nicolae Ceausescu was ousted, leaving behind the secrets of a great fortune and controversies about the state security service and his offshore accounts. As we mentioned earlier, when we reach the Senate Palace, you will see the building which used to house the Central Committee of the Romanian Communist Party and the place where the Revolution of December 1989 started – a major historical event whereby, through human force and sacrifice, Ceausescu was removed from power.

In the next location, your guide from Livram Timp, you will have the chance to relive the olden days through a blend of mystery and contrasts on the streets of the Historical City Centre, starting with Hanul Lui Manuc, an immense fortified inn which served as a cultural and economic center back in the day. It was built around 1806 by Manuc Bei, one of the wealthiest landowners in the Balkans, and it was where merchants passing through Bucharest would get together, as just a part of the colorful crowd that populated the historic inn. In this historical and cosmopolitan area, you will also find, in addition to the most popular restaurants in Bucharest, museums, old and spectacular churches, and an experiential library, where you can purchase books, music and other souvenirs that will make for an unforgettable experience for you and your loved ones.

The Romanian Athenaeum (Romanian: Ateneul Român) is a concert hall in the center of Bucharest, Romania, and a landmark of the Romanian capital city. Opened in 1888, the ornate, domed, circular building is the city's most prestigious concert hall and home of the "George Enescu" Philharmonic and of the George Enescu Festival.