«Tour description»

After the arrival in the Romanian harbor Giurgiu, we can start our trip to Bucharest, the capital city of Romania. In the 15th century, prince Vlad Tepes, which became later the legendary Count Dracula, had its fortress here, on the banks of the river Dambovita. Nowadays, Bucharest enchants its visitors with its centuries old history, as well with its modern quarters, being known as the Little Paris of the East.

We drive for about 1hour through the fields of the Walachia region, which is known as one of the most fertile region of Romania. This part of the country, with large fields, is strongly used for agriculture, thus you can see miles of cornfields, sunflowers, wheat, etc...  We drive through many villages, this way having a glimpse in the way of living of the peasants, on the Romanian countryside. After 1hour drive, we arrive in the southern part of Bucharest and we start the city tour. we make a stop at the Palace of the Parliament, the second largest building in the world after the Pentagon. After the photo stop, the road leads us to the Patriarchal Church, where the residence of the Head of the Romanian orthodox- church is. At the same time, we can see here other wonderful sights, like the Patriarchal Palace, as well as the Bell Tower of the Patriarchal Church.

Along the wide boulevards of Bucharest, we arrive in one of the nicest neighborhoods of the city, with large parks and beautiful houses of the capital’s high society, where one of the most famous restaurants welcomes us for lunch. 

For a better appetite, we receive a glass of Romanian wine. During lunch, an orchestra with Romanian folk music creates the good atmosphere and the folkloric program gives us the opportunity of getting familiar with the Romanian traditional dances.

During the first hours of the afternoon, we visit the Village Museum, which covers over 18 Ha. During the years, here have been gathered houses of peasants from all over Romania. An image of the life of the Romanian villager is strongly spotlighted.

Afterwards we drive along the longest Boulevard of Bucharest, the Kisseleff – Street, to get to the Revolution square, where we can admire the Royal Palace of the Romanian Royal family of the Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, as well as the former headquarters of the Central Committee of the Communist Party, building from which the Romanian dictator Ceausescu escaped by means of a helicopter during the Revolution of 1989.

In the end drive back to the ship in Oltenita.

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