Guided Tour of the Parliament Palace

The Parliament Palace is the largest and most expensive administrative building in the world — 86 metres tall, 90 metres deep, and 330,000 square metres in area. This guided tour is the only one where visitors enter through the entrance used by Nicolae Ceaușescu himself.

Tour highlights

• The Plenary Hall, home to the only atomic clock in Romania
• The steel cylinder buried by Ceaușescu in 1984, containing information about the work started
• Hallway in front of Ceaușescu's Office No. 1
• Constantin Stere Hall and Avram Iancu Hall
• The Main Staircase and the Foyer of the Plenary Hall

Along the way, your guide will reveal the secrets of the building and Ceaușescu's intentions had he managed to complete it during his presidency. The tour lasts approximately 50 minutes.

The ticket price includes admission to the Palace of the Parliament, an official guided tour, permission to take photos and videos with a mobile phone, access to restrooms, and use of the cloakroom. Children under 18 must be accompanied by an adult; children under 7 enter free.