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Communist Tour: Bucharest in a Vintage Dacia
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71 Ratings
București
Experience the history of Bucharest in a classic Romanian car on the RedPatrol Driving Tour. Drive a fully restored Dacia from the 70s-80s and visit iconic landmarks while hearing fascinating stories from the Communist era.
Experience the history of Bucharest in a classic Romanian car on the RedPatrol Driving Tour. Drive a fully restored Dacia from the 70s-80s and visit iconic landmarks while hearing fascinating stories from the Communist era.
Duration:
3 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Revolution Square - The place where Communism started & ended in Romania
- Casa Radio - - The exploration of the Communist Ghost Palace of Bucharest ;
- Stop for stories & photos
- Academia Română - The Socialist Academy Of Romania Ghost Palace Building. Brief presentation and pictures.
- Palace of Parliament - The 2nd world’s larges…
- Revolution Square - The place where Communism started & ended in Romania
- Casa Radio - - The exploration of the Communist Ghost Palace of Bucharest ;
- Stop for stories & photos
- Academia Română - The Socialist Academy Of Romania Ghost Palace Building. Brief presentation and pictures.
- Palace of Parliament - The 2nd world’s larges administrativ house of Bucharest
- National Library of Romania - Exploration of the Communist quarter blocks of flats.
- Piața Victoriei - - Exploration of the Residential Quarter of Bucharest. The Palace of The Romanian Government
- Bulevardul Aviatorilor - Exploration of the Residential area of Bucharest buit in the early XXth century. Panoramic tour.
- The House of Ceaușescu - The private residence of Nicolae Ceausescu . Brief presentation .
- Triumph Arch (Arcul de Triumf) - Presentation of Romania’s unification monument .
- House of the Free Press - Exploration of the communist press palace area.
- Calea Victoriei - One of the oldest boulevards from Bucharest, a full car ride.
What's Included
- Private driver included (if you prefer not to drive)
- Complimentary bottled water
- Expert local guide accompanying you
- Drive a classic 80’s Dacia car
- Receive a special tour newspaper
- Enjoy a personalized tour gift
- Convenient hotel pickup and drop-off in Bucharest
- Private driver included (if you prefer not to drive)
- Complimentary bottled water
- Expert local guide accompanying you
- Drive a classic 80’s Dacia car
- Receive a special tour newspaper
- Enjoy a personalized tour gift
- Convenient hotel pickup and drop-off in Bucharest
What's Not Included
- Food and drinks
- Food and drinks
Additional Information
The Red Patrol Communist Tour of Bucharest offers a unique private tour experience, transporting visitors back in time with a drive in a fully restored Romanian classic car from the 1970s-80s!
This private car tour of Bucharest lasts 3.5-4 hours and takes you through the city’s iconic landmarks such as The Palace of Parliament (Casa Poporului), The…
The Red Patrol Communist Tour of Bucharest offers a unique private tour experience, transporting visitors back in time with a drive in a fully restored Romanian classic car from the 1970s-80s!
This private car tour of Bucharest lasts 3.5-4 hours and takes you through the city’s iconic landmarks such as The Palace of Parliament (Casa Poporului), The Revolution Square, Victoria Socialismului Boulevard (Ceausescu’s Champs-Élysées), the Romanian Communist Party Headquarters, Casa Presei, and the Private Residence of Nicolae Ceaușescu.
During this 30 km city circuit, you’ll explore Bucharest’s elegant boulevards while driving a fully restored Romanian Dacia 1300/1310 from the 70s-80s, either by yourself or with a private driver.
This drive-and-stop tour in a Romanian vintage car follows a panoramic city route, offering the best photo opportunities and sharing incredible local stories from the past 100 years!
- Bring your ID card and driving license with you at the tour
- If you want to drive, please be sure to provide a driver with a valid driving license on the date of the tour!
- Dacia 1300/1310 is a 70- 80’s classics car that do not include AC, ABS,GPS navigation servo-direction or automatic gear drive.
- All the cars provided by The Red Patrol are fully restored classics that meet fully the safety traffic regulations.
- Take with in the day of the tour a comfortable outfit for driving.
- The Red Patrol Tour of Duty provides quality and safe conditions tours with fully restored vehicles and we do not allow the participation with pets or children under 10 years old.
- During wintertime our cars are heated !
Location
Revolution Square
Piața Revoluției
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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Cathrines91
Sep 13, 2025
Great tour! - From start of booking months ago, the team has been so great with corrospondance, confirmations and great information. Todays tour was a sucsess- 18 Norwegian car salesmen driving around the town in super-cool Dacias. You should not hesitate, but book Serban and his team for an amaxzing and unique experience.
Regards Cathrine- from Norway.
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N9418xbryanm
Sep 9, 2025
Unique way to explore the city! - We booked this activity for a bachelor party. Had an amazing time, with a great guide, beautiful scenery and of course awesome cars.
A nice way to explore the city in a slight different way then you normally would. Great stories and nice sight seeing. Would recommend to try it out!
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Anne955
May 25, 2025
Orange Dacia experience - Very informative,indept research done .Serban is Proud of his Dacia.He had to improvise his tour without problems Delivered us promptly at the Opera house for an evening performance. As an extra bonus we got to meet his friends at the vintage club who had a demonstration at the time 2 is a comfortable number in the car Maby a cushion at the backseat would be useful?
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Alexandruv1208
Apr 30, 2025
The best way to learn about the history of Bucharest - I always wanted to drive an old Dacia, so my girlfriend surprised me with this tour. The car was really well maintained and really fun to drive, being eye-catching at every moment and getting everyone's attention. However the tour itself really exceeded our expectations. We lived in Bucharest for 13 years and we thought we know a few things about the city, but we were surprised to be wrong. Our guide Mihai was wery knowledgeable and told us so many stories and new information about the city, its history and about the car. The whole experience felt like spending the afternoon with a friend. I would recommend this to anyone, tourist or local, regardless of age. Thank you for the passion that you guys are putting into this, that's what makes it an amazing experience!
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196mettek
Apr 17, 2025
A credible walk down Romanian/Bucharest history - We only have three days in Bucharest and have lots of plans - including a wish to get a credible walk down Romanian/Bucharest history. We wondered if this is possible with so little time. It is :) This is exactly what we got with TheRedPatrol - and on top of that the guide’s stories were personal, authentic and told with passion and engagement. Loved every second and even our teenager, that is not to interested in history, thought it was worth it :)
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520vladi
Mar 16, 2025
feed your nostalgia - I would recommend this experience not only to old car enthusiasts, but to anyone who would like to travel back in time. The cars are great and they are like a time capsule that take you to a time when people's lives unfolded at a different pace. the experience is completed by interesting stories. I, born in Bucharest, found out things I didn't know.
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Happiness51329249190
Feb 19, 2025
Very Interesting History Tour - We really enjoyed our car tour of Bucharest in a vintage Dacia car with Serban. He was very knowledgeable about the city and it's history. We got out the car at various stops during the tour to learn about specific areas/monuments of the city and found the city's history really fascinating. Would really recommend this tour, especially if you enjoy history!
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Thomassy2446hm
Feb 2, 2025
Great tour through Bucharest and the history of Romania… - Great tour, well recommended!
Serban was the perfect tour guide, communicative and very knowledgable. I learned a lot about life in Romania and got to drive the Dacia Oldtimer by myself. Great tour for 1st time visit to Bucharest, you get a good idea of where to go and what to do…
Thanks Serban for this great tour!
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S2903xbpeterb
Jan 20, 2025
Must do in Bucharest - I need six stars! Serban and Ivan led us through Bucharest with the passion that only those who lived under Ceausescu can muster. Take a good overview of Romanian modern history, modern monarchy, nazi and soviet impacts and the Ceausescu years, all painted on a canvas driven by a small fleet of the wonderful vehicles that Romania brought to the world. We had a chance to drive these classic cars in Bucharest traffic while talking on Romania’s recent history - personal tales, delivered with first hand experience. If you have an interest in motoring history whilst in Bucharest, this is a must. If you don’t car about cars and love learning about history by those who lived it, dont miss this tour. Thank you so much Serban and Ivan from your new Aussie friends.
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Hadrian1009
Jan 6, 2025
A taste of Romanian socialism - A great experience with my friends driving a Dacia 1300, 54 HP with my friends and our guide, Crinu. We saw the most important landmarks of Bucharest and talked about them, the car's technical details and a bit of history. For me, this specific part of history and technology is a great area of interest and the tour was perfect for this hobby.
We are glad we met with Crinu and had such a great day.
Adrian Radulescu
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