Bucharest Ghost Tour: Haunted Sites and Romanian Myths on a 2.5-Hour Walk
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The ghost tour to book is the Ghost Stories and Romanian Mythology Walking Tour: it costs €30 per person, has 4.8 stars from 546 reviews and runs 2.5 hours. It carries the “top rated” label on GetYourGuide, and the booking page adds that it is likely to sell out.
What you actually get
A local guide takes you to the city’s haunted sites and tells the stories: tragic deaths, unsolved murders, and customs that Romanians still use to protect themselves from evil spirits. The listing also promises the supernatural lore around Count Dracula and the story of a real “vampire” who terrorised Bucharest in the 1970s, plus tales of mythological creatures and Romanian dark folklore. One of the reviews singles out the many ways, according to Romanian belief, of becoming a strigoi, the Romanian undead.
The tour is stories on foot. The listing says plainly that you will visit the haunted houses but not enter any of them. If you come for a scare in a dark cellar, this is not that; if you like folklore told by someone who knows the streets, it is.
Practical details
The meeting point is The Hay Wagon, listed at Bulevardul Nicolae Bălcescu 5, in the centre. The booking page shows English, Italian and Spanish as guide languages. The start times appear only when you check a date, so look at the day you want before you plan dinner around it. The page recommends comfortable shoes, warm clothing and a camera.
Not suitable for: children under 10 and wheelchair users. Cancellation is free up to 24 hours before the start, according to the page.
Where it fits among the other walks
Among the walks covered on this site, this is the one about folklore rather than history. If you have time for just one walk in Bucharest, the Highlights walking tour covers the Old Town and Calea Victoriei; the communism walk gives the twentieth-century side. For a livelier night, the pub crawl guide compares the evening options, and all walking tours sit on one page.
