About this route
The 'Little Paris of the East' — grand boulevards, Art Nouveau villas and a communist palace on a staggering scale.
Stops on this route
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Start
Palace of the Parliament
World's heaviest building and second-largest administrative structure, Ceaușescu's megalomaniac project.
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Romanian Athenaeum
Neoclassical concert hall and symbol of Romanian culture, with a 41-metre dome.
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Revolution Square
Where the 1989 Romanian Revolution unfolded — bullet holes still visible.
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Stavropoleos Monastery
Tiny Brâncovenesc-style church from 1724, an oasis of calm in the old centre.
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End
Herăstrău Park
Bucharest's largest park around a lake, home to the open-air Village Museum.
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