Bucharest: Private Three Neighborhoods Tour by Vintage Car

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ID: GYG202060-314122
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Country: Romania

Duration: 03:30 hours


Description

Take an enjoyable and informative guided tour of three different Bucharest neighborhoods: the bourgeoisie, the average people, and the poor of Romania. Discover the class disparity in Dacia and learn about day to day life of all Romanians.
Enjoy a memorable, 3 to 4-hour ride on the central streets of Bucharest with a fully restored Dacia 1310 car from the 80's. You'll get unique photos with one of Romania's iconic vehicles. Your tour guides will drive you around in this impressive automobile, giving you an experience of the streets of Bucharest only the locals know. During your tour, you will visit three distinctly different neighborhoods. Each of them, showcasing a different class of Romanian people: the bourgeoisie, the average people, and the poor Romanians. Discover the facts of life for people in each community as you drive through a neighborhood representing each social class.

Cotroceni neighborhood: Witness the amazing residential, villa quarter of Bucharest where the 19th-century and present bourgeoisie live. Discover the Cotroceni Presidential Palace, the Military Academy Building, the Botanical Garden or the villas. During your tour of this area, you will stop for stories, presented by your informative guide and plenty of photo opportunities. 

Drumul Taberei neighborhood: Take a stroll through a neighborhood where the average Romanian lives. Discover the huge communist blocks of flats, the peasant market and the Orthodox churches frequented by the average Romanians.

Ferentari neighborhood: Witness one of the most photographic & contrasting places of Bucharest known as the “Machala city" an area of high poverty and ghetto style buildings. Here, you will learn about the everyday struggles of Romania's poor and underclasses.

After you have visited each neighborhood, your driver will take you back to your accommodation after a fun an informative day. 

Highlights

  • Visit 3 different Bucharest neighborhoods
  • Witness the Cotroceni neighborhood
  • Learn about life in the Drumul Taberei neighborhood
  • Visit Ferentari neighborhood
  • Ride in a Dacia 1310

Guiding languages

IMPORTANT INFORMATION
• Confirmation will be received at the time of booking unless booked within 5 days of travel. In this case, confirmation will be received within 48-hours, subject to availability
• Participants are not allowed to drive the Dacia
• Dacia 1300/1310 is a 1970s/1980s vintage car that does not include AC, ABS, GPS navigation servo-direction or automatic gear drive
• The Dacia meets all necessary safety traffic regulations
• During winter, the cars are heated
• Pets and children under the age of 10 are not allowed on this tour
The number of visitors is limited to reduce crowds
All required protective equipment is provided
Hotel pick-up and drop-off
INCLUDED
NOT INCLUDED

When should I book?

To guarantee availability book as soon as possible. Early booking is worth consideration especially if you planning the trip during high season like public holidays or weekends.


Cancellations

This excursion you can cancel with no cost up to 48 hours before the start of the trip. If you cancel it after 48 hours or not show up on the excursion you will still be charged the full price of the activity. Being late on pick-up or departure will be considered as not showing up.