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Tours of the City Walking Tours Cultural Tourism Initiative (tel/fax: (01) 223 2619 or 230 2292; e-mail: cti@com.pcnet.ro; website: www.rotravel.com/cti) offers walking tours by request. Whether the visitor would like to see the historic centre, political buildings, art galleries or neo-classical architectural highlights - such as the Royal Palace, University Library and Villacross Passage shopping arcade - a tour can be arranged (with 24 hours advance notice). Tours cost about US$6-23 per person, depending on the number of people and the length of tour (starting place and time to be agreed). Bus Tours Over a dozen English-language bus tours are available from the Cultural Tourism Initiative (see above). They all depart from the Ateneul Rom?n in the morning or early afternoon (as arranged) and most last three hours. Each has a theme, such as a historical period (from 'Old Bucharest' to 'The Stamp of the Communist Age') or subject, like Bucharest art or traditional Romanian life. 'The True Story of Dracula' is a four-hour tour including the Old Court, the Military History Museum and Snagov Monastery just outside Bucharest, where Vlad Tepe?' body is buried. Tours must be arranged 24 hours in advance and cost US$19-39 (including museum fees), depending on the number of people and type of vehicle (car or minivan) requested. |
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