Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #6 in Bucharest, Romania

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Number of sights 18 sights
Distance 11.7 km
Ascend 132 m
Descend 140 m

Explore Bucharest in Romania with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.

Activities in BucharestIndividual Sights in Bucharest

Sight 1: Cathedral of Saint Basil the Great

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Saint Basil the Great Cathedral, located at 50 Polonă street, is the first Romanian Greek-Catholic church built in Bucharest. The church's patron is Basil of Caesarea and its dedication celebration is on January 1.

Wikipedia: Saint Basil the Great Cathedral, Bucharest (EN)

626 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 2: Casa Nanu-Muscel

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Nanu-Muscel House is a house with historical value in Bucharest, located in sector 1, in Romana Square, at number 7. The house belonged to Ion Nanu-Muscel, a professor of semiology and medical clinic for 30 years at the University of Medicine in Bucharest, senator, doctor at Filantropia Hospital and then in Coltea for 36 years, president of the Medical Society of Bucharest hospitals and member of the Romanian Academy of Medicine.

Wikipedia: Casa Nanu-Muscel (RO)

746 meters / 9 minutes

Sight 3: Biserica „Sf. Visarion Vechi“

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The Church "St. Old Vissarion" in Bucharest is a historical monument located on the territory of Bucharest. In the National Archaeological Repertoire, the monument appears with the code 179132.86.

Wikipedia: Biserica „Sf. Visarion Vechi“ din București (RO), Website

791 meters / 9 minutes

Sight 4: Admiral Vasile Urseanu Bucharest City Observatory

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The Bucharest Observatory is an astronomical observatory located at no. 21 Lascăr Catargiu Boulevard, Bucharest, Romania.

Wikipedia: Bucharest Observatory (EN), Website, Facebook

153 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 5: Maria and Dr. George Severeanu Collection

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George Severeanu Museum is a museum and historical monument in Bucharest, on Henri Coandă Street nr. 26, sector 1, in a house dating from around 1860. The museum is housed in the house that belonged to radiologist George Severeanu and his wife, Maria. In the museum is exhibited the numismatic and antiquities collection of the Severeanu spouses, which includes 11 ancient Egyptian antiquities, Greek and Etruscan vases, statuettes of Tanagra, glassware and Roman jewelry, pottery of İznik, medieval documents, many coins (numismatics), and others.

Wikipedia: Muzeul George Severeanu (RO)

407 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 6: Casa Mița Biciclista

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Casa Mița Biciclista is a historical monument located on the territory of Bucharest. Her name comes from Maria Mihăescu.

Wikipedia: Casa Mița Biciclista (RO)

748 meters / 9 minutes

Sight 7: Assan House

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The Assan House, built in 1906-1914, is located in Bucharest in Lahovari Square nr. 9, sector 1. It was commissioned by engineer and industrialist Bazil G. Assan and built in French neoclassical style by Romanian architect Ion D. Berindey.

Wikipedia: Casa Assan (RO)

734 meters / 9 minutes

Sight 8: Biserica Albă

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The White Church is a Romanian Orthodox church located at 110 Calea Victoriei in Bucharest, Romania. It is dedicated to Saint Nicholas.

Wikipedia: White Church, Bucharest (EN)

373 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 9: Royal Palace

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The Royal Palace of Bucharest, known as Palace of the Republic between 1948 and 1990, is a monumental building situated in the capital of Romania, on Calea Victoriei. The palace in its various incarnations served as official residence for the kings of Romania until 1947, when the communist regime was installed after Michael I of Romania's forced abdication. Since 1950, the palace hosts the National Museum of Art of Romania. The Romanian royal family currently uses Elisabeta Palace as its official residence in Bucharest. In addition, the Romanian government allows the royal family to use the Royal Palace different occasions.

Wikipedia: Royal Palace of Bucharest (EN)

750 meters / 9 minutes

Sight 10: Palatul Romanit

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The Romanit Palace, the headquarters of the Museum of Art Collections, located on Calea Victoriei at number 111, is a representative building of nineteenth-century Bucharest, built by boyar C. Faca, at the corner formed by Calea Victoriei and Calea Griviței.

Wikipedia: Palatul Romanit (RO)

19 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 11: Art Collections Museum

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The Museum of Art Collections is a branch of the National Museum of Art of Romania and is situated in Bucharest. It is located on Calea Victoriei no.111 at the corner of Calea Griviței, in Romanit Palace, the first section of which was built in 1822.

Wikipedia: Museum of Art Collections (EN), Website

352 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 12: Catedrala romano-catolică Sfântul Iosif

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Saint Joseph Cathedral is a historical and architectural monument located in Bucharest, Romania, at 19 General Berthelot Street. It is the main place of worship which serves as cathedral of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bucharest.

Wikipedia: Saint Joseph Cathedral, Bucharest (EN)

673 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 13: Palatul Nunțiaturii Apostolice a Sfântului Scaun din București

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Palatul Nunțiaturii Apostolice a Sfântului Scaun din București

The Palace of the Apostolic Nunciature of the Holy See in Bucharest, inaugurated in 1901, is located on Pictor Constantin Stahi Street nr. 5-7 and is the seat of the Apostolic Nunciature to Romania. The building is included in the List of historical monuments in Bucharest, sector 1, under code LMI B-II-m-A-19725.

Wikipedia: Palatul Nunțiaturii Apostolice a Sfântului Scaun din București (RO)

1100 meters / 13 minutes

Sight 14: Cinema Dacia

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Marconi Cinema in Bucharest is a historical monument located on the territory of Bucharest.

Wikipedia: Cinematograful Marconi din București (RO)

1525 meters / 18 minutes

Sight 15: Monumentul Infanteristului

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The Bucharest Infantryman's Monument is a statue made by sculptor Spiridon Georgescu in 1930 and is located in the square near the Cotroceni Bridge over the Dâmboviţa River.

Wikipedia: Monumentul Infanteristului din București (RO)

761 meters / 9 minutes

Sight 16: Monumentul Eroilor Artileriști

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Monumentul Eroilor ArtileriștiMiehs (discuție) 7 august 2011 20:35 (EEST) / Utilizare cinstită

The Monument to the Artillery Heroes of Bucharest made by sculptor Teodor Zamfirescu, from the Army's Studio of Fine Arts, is located on Bd. Eroilor Sanitari, at the intersection with Bd. Eroilor.

Wikipedia: Monumentul Eroilor Artileriști din București (RO)

808 meters / 10 minutes

Sight 17: Dimitrie Brandza Botanic Garden

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Dimitrie Brandza Botanic Garden --Miehs (discuție) 27 septembrie 2012 19:12 (EEST) / DP

The "Dimitrie Brândză" Botanical Garden of the University of Bucharest, which bears its current name since 1994, is located in the Cotroceni neighborhood of Bucharest, Romania. It consists of an open-air exhibition divided into 12 sectors, two greenhouses and a museum, along with administrative buildings and a building of the Faculty of Biology of the University of Bucharest. It covers an area of 18.2 ha and has over 10,000 species of plants. The garden has a herbarium that counted about 520,000 pages in 2022.

Wikipedia: Grădina Botanică din București (RO)

1155 meters / 14 minutes

Sight 18: Grozăvești Power Station

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The Grozăvești Power Station is a large thermal power plant located at 229 Splaiul Independenței Street, Sector 6, Bucharest. It has 2 generation groups of 50 MW, each having a total electricity generation capacity of 100 MW.

Wikipedia: Grozăvești Power Station (EN)

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