Guided Walking Tour of Timisoara: History & Main Sights
With: Mark-Alex 5
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What you need to know about this Timisoara guided tour:
- This is a private walking tour of Timisoara available all year round on request. Duration about 3h
- Learn about Timisoara's fascinating history also called 'Little Vienna' and visit its main sights and landmarks
- Walk through the city's main squares (Union, Victory, Liberty) and admire the restored Art Nouveau and Baroque architecture
- Pass by Timisoara's major landmarks and find out about their significance: Orthodox Cathedral, Opera Square, City Hall
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Additional information
Starting point: in front of McDonald's in Victory Square. Starting time to be agreed.
There are no entrances to any sights on this tour. When we finish, we can stop at a local restaurant to taste a locally brewed craft beer (2€) or try traditional dishes (not included).
We will be walking on cobble stones so please wear comfortable shoes.
* Read our Timisoara travel guide in the 'Main Attraction' section of Romanian Friend
Moments to expect during the Timisoara walking day trip:
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Victory Square
Our starting point for this tour of Timisoara will be the splendid Art Nouveau inspired Victory Square, one of the most important hotspots in the city, centrally located. Did you know that Timisoara will be European Capital of Culture in 2021? I can tell you more about the city's plans!
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Maria Theresia Bastion
This last-standing bastion was part of a defensive structure built 300 years ago by the Habsburg Empire in response to military technological advancements of those times (gun powder and cannons). What today seems trivial, in those times was considered state-of-the-art strategy and planning. Today, it's a cool place where the locals hang out and have fun.
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Admire 'Little Vienna'
The city had a Vienna-inspired aristocratic life in the 18-19th century, with splendid, imperial looking buildings scattered all over its main squares. A superb mix of Baroque and Art Nouveau architecture, I will show you the best spots in the city to admire what was once called 'Little Vienna' and tell you more about those times.
Location details
- Starting point: Timisoara
- Nearest airport: Traian Vuia Timisoara
- Nearest train station: Timisoara North Train Station
- Landscape: Urban
Reviews from travellers
The tour was great. Alex had incredible knowledge about his hometown of Timisoara and delivered in it a fun and easy to understand way. He kept it interesting with little fun bits of information and you could really tell he loves his job. Two hours was barely enough. Also thanks to Romanian Friend for setting up the tour in very little time - on the evening for next morning!
Without doubt the most interesting part of my visit to Romania was taking a guided walking tour of Timisoara, and I would strongly recommend Romanian Friend’s tour. Marius from Romanian Friend was incredibly helpful overall with planning my trip to Romania, and also in connecting me with the historical encyclopaedia that is Mark-Alex, a local resident and tour guide. During his walking tour I learnt so much about not only Timisoara and Romania, but also Europe’s history; and how the city played such a crucial part in that. This extensive and fascinating tour taught me more about European history than I ever learnt in school and Mark-Alex’s knowledge and enthusiasm for his home city was just staggering!
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