Bukarest byture

Beautiful places. Just tight time limit each one which can understand. Left hunger to revisit area of brasov with time seeing more things there and in that region.

The tour host lady was great. The bus ran on time and was punctual. The only thing I would improve is have more legroom, its was really tight. Also having wifi in the bus would be a great feature as the tour lasts all day and most of the people are tourists. But overall, its was extremely enjoyable!

The positives - each castle has it's own distinct charm and attraction. You get time to explore each and it's a long day excursion (12-13hrs) so you get a lot for your money. The negatives - the guide will try to aggressively sell you entrance/experience tickets at hugely inflated prices (more than double the gate price). The guide may also get quite abrupt and rude with you. Stay strong. You can visit the grounds of Pelés and Cantacuzino without paying an entry fee. You're only paying to go inside for an "experience". Personally we were happy with seeing both for free. There were extensive grounds to explore in the alloted time. We were told that Bran Castle would have a 1hr queue so if we didn't buy the guide's offer (420 Lei for that single castle) then we wouldn't get in. We happened to arrive after 5pm on a Friday and bought our own entry ticket on arrival with no queue (200 Lei - 100 per person). Different to the other castles, you cannot visit the grounds of Bran without a ticket. Your choice, but we were happy with our gamble on this occasion and it payed off for us. Lastly, the 3 entry prices quoted on this app (100 Lei, 70 Lei and 70 Lei) are out of date. Check online beforehand. One other thing, we had free cancellation until midday before our excursion. At 12.02 (2 minutes after the deadline, quite deliberate in my opinion) we received a text message to say Pelés Castle was fully booked and they would take the group to the smaller Pelisor Castle (and still charged more then double the full cost for Pelés Castle). Both are in the same location, so while the group paid and got a worse experience, in my opinion, we paid nothing extra and had a great walk and lots of photos from the grounds. In summary, I was prepared to give this a 1 star review as the guide was very aggressive, the organisation beforehand felt shambolic and the prices quoted were frankly a rip off. However, we enjoyed the castles. It was a great day and the experience won us over

Det, jeg ikke brød mig om, var, at I fortalte mig, at mødet var kl. 9.30 ved Piața Romana, mens jeg senere fik at vide, at det var kl. 10.30 uden for Starbucks. Jeg syntes også, det var lidt for lang tid at sidde i bussen uden at lave noget. Når det er sagt, så var guiden flink, og seværdighederne var interessante

Det havde været rart, hvis du havde fortalt mig på forhånd, hvor meget kontanter der skulle betales for billetterne. Det havde været rart, hvis vi havde fået en kvittering for de kontanter, vi betalte for billetterne. Det ville have været rart, hvis turen var startet til tiden – jeg valgte kl. 9.30, da jeg bookede, jeg fik en bekræftelse på kl. 10.00, derefter besked om at mødes kl. 10.30, og turen, med alle formaliteterne, startede først kl. 11.00. Det ville have været rart, hvis gruppen havde været mindre – hvilket især var tydeligt i Ceausescu-området. Det ville have været rart, hvis vi havde fået mere fritid i landsbymuseet, så vi kunne se husene og læse om de huse, som vores guide ikke havde tid til at vise os.