Romania · Storytelling Tours

Bucharest: Wonders of Little Paris Exploration Game

2 Hours Round trip from Bucharest Easy pace

The journey

Trip highlights
  • 01 Solve clues and unlock stories on your phone as you explore Bucharest
  • 02 See landmarks including the Palace of the Parliament and Romanian Athenaeum
  • 03 Discover Cișmigiu Park, Kretzulescu Church, and CEC Palace
  • 04 Enjoy a mix of walking tour, outdoor escape game, and treasure hunt
  • 05 Follow exact directions in the Questo app from one location to the next
  • 06 Explore Bucharest at your own pace over approximately 2 hours

Discover Bucharest in a different way as you solve clues on your phone and unlock stories about some of the city’s most iconic landmarks. This self-guided exploration game blends sightseeing, storytelling, and puzzle-solving into a fun walk through the Romanian capital.

Over around 2 hours, you’ll make your way past places such as the Palace of the Parliament, Cișmigiu Park, Kretzulescu Church, the Romanian Athenaeum, and CEC Palace. Along the way, each challenge reveals more of the story and guides you to your next stop.

Ideal for curious travellers who enjoy flexible experiences, this city game offers a fresh alternative to a traditional walking tour, with the freedom to explore at your own pace using the Questo app.

Discover Bucharest in a different way as you solve clues on your phone and unlock stories about some of the city’s most iconic landmarks.

From the itinerary

At a glance

What this trip includes

Duration 2 Hours
Tour type Private
Activity level Easy
Accommodation Not included
Transport Not included
Wheelchair access No
City Bucharest
Languages English

Day by day

The itinerary

1
Day 01

The Palace of Parliament is the world's second-largest administrative building (after the Pentagon) and former dictator Nicolae Ceauşescu's most infamous creation. Started in 1984 (and still unfinished), the 330,000-sq-metre building has more than 3000 rooms.

Here you will have to look around to find the answer to our challenge to advance to the new location and learn the story of this place.Izvor Park has some of the best views of the most famous landmark of the Romanian Capital, the Palace of the Parliament. This is the reason why it’s included in our list of suggested parks to visit, even if it might not be one of the most appealing gardens in Bucharest.

Here you will have to look around to find the answer to our challenge to advance to the new location and learn the story of this place.In close connection to the atmosphere of the time, a handful of students from Matei Basarab High School in Bucharest, including Aurel Şeicaru, Dumitru Soreanu the Olăneşti brothers, Alexandru Ionescu, Petre Popovici, Alimănescu and Nanu-Muscel, agreed to establish a literary and scientific society under the direction of the school to educate the Romanian youth according to the patriotic, cultural and christian spirit.

Here you will have to look around to find the answer to our challenge to advance to the new location and learn the story of this place.Cișmigiu Park is a vast English-style garden with fountains, monuments and a popular boating lake where the landmark Monte Carlo restaurant stands on a central island. Elegant pre-communist buildings line nearby Regina Maria boulevard. The 19th-century Gambrinus Brewery serves local beer and traditional food, and surrounding streets have snack bars, pubs and stylish, low-key nightclubs.

Here you will have to look around to find the answer to our challenge to advance to the new location and learn the story of this place.Nicholas Walter Maracineanu was Romanian soldiers. Ground troops as a Sergeant of volunteers in 1858 he was promoted to 2nd Lieutenant in 1861 and captain in 1868. He fought in the Romanian war of independence, where he was part of the 8th line regiment, commanding 1st battalion.

Here you will have to look around to find the answer to our challenge to advance to the new location and learn the story of this place.The church was commissioned in 1720–1722 by the boyar Iordache Crețulescu and his wife Safta, a daughter of prince Constantin Brâncoveanu. Originally, the exterior was painted, but since the restoration work done in 1935–1936 (under the supervision of architect Ștefan Balș), the facade is made of brick. The frescoes on the porch date from the original structure, while the interior frescoes were painted by Gheorghe Tattarescu in 1859–1860.

Here you will have to look around to find the answer to our challenge to advance to the new location and learn the story of this place.To serve its purposes, the Romanian Athenaeum, a building dedicated to art and science, would be erected in Bucharest. The building was designed by the French architect Albert Galleron, built on a property that had belonged to the Văcărescu family and inaugurated in 1888, although work continued until 1897.

Here you will have to look around to find the answer to our challenge to advance to the new location and learn the story of this place.Inspired by the old printing press that used to operate on the ground floor of this beautiful downtown apartment building, Energiea reinvented itself into a cool urban pub, where people loudly socialize over good drinks and food.

Here you will have to look around to find the answer to our challenge to advance to the new location and learn the story of this place.The CEC Palace in Bucharest, Romania, built between 8 June 1897 ans 1900 and situated on Calea Victoriei opposite the National Museum of Romanian History, is the headquarter of CEC Bank.

Here you will have to look around to find the answer to our challenge to advance to the new location and learn the story of this place.The building that currently houses the bookstore was built at the beginning of the 20th century by the Chrissoveloni bankers family. During the first few decades of its existence the building housed the Chrissoveloni Bank headquarters, and afterwards it became a general store. At the end of the 1990s and early 2000s the building fell into decay, up until 2015 when a five year long rehabilitation, strengthening and conversion project was complete.

Here you will have to look around to find the answer to our challenge to advance to the new location and learn the story of this place.

The route

Where you'll travel

Tour route map
Round trip from Bucharest 1 city · 2 Hours

The fine print

Trip details

What's Included

  • A city exploration game available on your phone (Questo app).
  • 24/7 customer support.

What's Not Included

  • A physical tour guide
  • Entry tickets to attractions (no needed to complete the tour)

Know before you go

  • STROLLER OR PRAM ACCESSIBLE
  • ANIMALS OR PETS ALLOWED
  • PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION NEARBY
  • Not wheelchair accessible
  • Infants must not sit on laps
  • Infant seats unavailable
  • Unlock your city game in the Questo app using this link: [
  • Download the Questo app using this link (it’s free):
  • Head to the starting point and enjoy your city game!

Logistics

Meeting & route

Meeting point
Bucharest, RO
Tour start
Bucharest, RO
Tour ends at the same location as the start point.
End of the journey

Your 2 hours finish where they began, in Bucharest.

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