Bucharest’s public transport company RATB has rented four double-deckers from the seaport city of Constanta, which will cost the company and the Tourism Ministry some EUR60,000 for three months.
Tickets cost RON25 for adults and RON10 for children and each bus holds up to 77 passengers.
The tourist buses will run from 10 am to 10 pm and the 50-minute city tour will cover 15.4 kilometers and include the Press House, Herastrau Park, the Village Museum, the Arc de Triomphe, the Antipa Museum, the Geology Museum, the Government headquarters, the Athenaeum, the Art Museum, the National History Museum, the Parliament Palace, the Romanian Patriarchy, Manuc’s Inn, the University and the National Theater.
Minister Udrea said she is confident the Bucharest City Tour program will be successful and she hopes it will be extended to other cities in the country.
She added the ministry will pay for all promotional materials for the tour.
RATB general manager Adrian Crit said tourists will get headphones on the buses starting next week and will be able to listen to presentations of the sights on the way in Romanian, English and French.
Crit said the double-deckers have been rented for three months but the program may be extended if there is sufficient demand. He added the public transport company hopes to buy its owns double-deckers next year if the program is successful.