Muzeul Naţional Cotroceni
Muzeul Naţional Cotroceni
4.5
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9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Tuesday
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Wednesday
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Thursday
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Friday
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
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JRMADA
United States3,332 contributions
Aug 2021
The Palace is extraordinary! The rooms and exquisite and very elegant. But don’t go in August. It is one of the hottest months and for some reason Romanians are not very partial to air conditioning. This place had portable air conditioners (understandable as the buildings were built prior to the invention of A/C), but we visited on a 36 deg C day and the portable A/C was off. The guide (who only spoke Romanian unfortunately, kept making jokes about the foreign turists interest for the place. Not Cool!!! She even annoyed some Romanians in our group. By all means go see this place if you have a chance, but avoid August…
Written August 19, 2021
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Cristina A
22 contributions
Feb 2020
We had a great tour (about 1 hour) and I totally recommend you to visit this location. Very nice rooms and the guide explained nice and answered all our questions. Just make sure to book the visit 24 hours before, otherwise they might not have available tickets.
Written March 1, 2020
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Lauren M
Devizes, UK86 contributions
Jun 2020 • Solo
The tour was really interesting and the building is fabulous. Roxy was my tour guide, her English was great! Roxy gave a detailed account of the Palace’s history providing additional information in every room and answering any questions asked. I would recommend the tour to anyone, I was there for around an hour. They have procedures in place for COVID which are explained fully both when you book and again once you arrive. It costs 60 lei.
Written June 5, 2020
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Lissa Bay
7 contributions
Apr 2022
Amazing palace to visit! The rooms are in different styles, extremely well preserved. Tour takes about 1h and a half and the tour guide we had, Adrian, was absolutely great in telling the history of the place in an entertaining way. So many great info that l would definitely go back and visit it to refresh my memory.
If you love palaces and history you need to make time for this place!
If you love palaces and history you need to make time for this place!
Written April 30, 2022
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Claire
59 contributions
Dec 2019
Toured the palace with a group in December. I found the tour guide to be quite knowledeable and explained a lot about the history and architecture/designs of the rooms. They are styled after different periods and places in Europe and it is interesting to see how the royals lived.
Written February 11, 2020
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leboral
Lille, France1,263 contributions
Apr 2024 • Family
The reservation system is complicated (reservation on a site plus phone call to make an appointment plus scanning at the entrance). The entrance is not well located and public transport is quite far away. Once these problems have been resolved, the guided tour is obligatory in Romanian or English. It's well done and interesting. There weren't many people and we were able to have an almost private visit. A good experience.
Written April 29, 2024
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Mary Y
Colorado Springs, CO64 contributions
Sept 2023 • Solo
Your eyes will get wide at the elegance and furnishings of this palace. The tour of course is compulsory, no wandering on your own. There is so much priceless rugs, furniture, artwork it is mind-boggling. The stories about each of the rooms was nicely explained by the guide. My tour was a large group but everyone was corralled nicely. You are watched very closely by guards. Like so many of the beautiful buildings in Bucharest, I took lots of pictures.
Written September 22, 2023
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Susan L
Durham, NC503 contributions
Oct 2023 • Couples
Excellent tour of a beautiful building with eclectic styles in different rooms. Our guide at 10am on Sunday was excellent. Definitely worth a visit even though it’s not near the Old Town it’s just an inexpensive UBER ride away. The entrance is not obvious since it’s halfway down the street behind a wall. Here are the GPS coordinates: (44.4352366, 26.0634243)
Written October 15, 2023
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tibyro
Bucharest, Romania41 contributions
Dec 2012 • Family
Cotroceni Monastery was build by Serban Cantacuzino in 1679 and in 1888, french architect Paul Gottereau created the Royal Palace for King Carol I.
Since 1991, Cotroceni Palace is the residence of the Romanian President
Since 1991, Cotroceni Palace is the residence of the Romanian President
Written November 1, 2013
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NoOtherNameAvailable
NYC31 contributions
May 2013 • Friends
The Palace is beautiful, a wonderful place to view the vestiges of important Romanian history. Tours are available in English and other languages. But be warned: when you enter, you must hand over to the staff a photo ID (driver's license or passport) which they keep while you are on tour. I have no problem with this, as it is is after all the Presidential residence and a military complex (which also means you are limited to where you can take photos). What I do mind is that the so-called security guards do not guard your ID. After the tour you'll find your ID on an unguarded table laid out with all the other IDs they collected from foreigners and Romanians alike. They do not check to make sure visitors are taking their own IDs and anyone could come along and help themselves to your ID. The "guards" were extremely nasty when I pointed this out. The ticket staff are not exactly pleasant either. Of course, as in all of Romania, these cushy non-demanding jobs are not filled by qualified staff but with relatives and friends of the nomenklatura, so keep in mind that they really don't give a rat's patoot about visitors. The gift shop is quite overpriced; anything you might consider buying there can be found in other city museums, bookstores, or artisan shops. Worth visiting once perhaps, but the Botanical Gardens across the street are much more enjoyable.
Written February 19, 2014
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Buongiorno a tutti con la metropolitana dove è meglio scendere?
Written June 3, 2019
Salve,
è necessario prenotare per la visita in italiano o è sufficiente presentarsi sul posto?
Grazie
Written October 15, 2018
La nostra guida aveva prenotato la visita. C’ è all’interno del Palazzo una guida veramente brava a preparata che ci ha portato in giro per il Palazzo. Credo sia sufficiente telefonare con poco anticipo
Written October 16, 2018
Maryam R
Los Angeles, California
Is the Museum open on Mondays ?
We are English speaking and the website is in Romanian. I couldn’t fighter it out.
Written March 4, 2018
No,Monday the museum is closed.
The site has an english version,pay attention.Somewhere in the upper-right part of the home page you have link to the english version.
Take care,you have to make a booking at least 24 hours prior to your visit,at e-mail adress vizitare@muzeulcotroceni.ro(or on the phone number 0040213173107.
Thre is a booking form on the site,you'll see it.
Written March 4, 2018
Is there any street parking near Cotroceni Palace (Palatul) on a Saturday?
Written July 22, 2017
You can find free parking spots on Cotroceni street sown the road ( not in front of the palace entrance) nearby the entrance of the botanic garden.
Written July 22, 2017
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