House of Ceauşescu in Mizil

Perfect way to see how easy it is to "communist with the a** of the others". While normal people had nothing to eat and all was rationed (even electricitythis dictator and his family lived into this luxury mansion, that comprehend flats for each of the family memberswith all possible commodities (even a private spa and a 15m swimming pool and a cinema for the forbidden (for otherswest movies...).Its a visit worth to do.Only thing I didnt really like was the guide inside who was clearly bored and had a "mechanical" way to speak English which for me (who is not an English mother languagewas quite difficult to get.

Interesting and probably worth seeing though not exactly enjoyable. The kitsch 70s grandiose style speaks volumes about the sick minds who built it. Not like a home at all, though there are beautiful paintings sitting uncomfortably over jarring 70s luxury wallpaper. We were relieved to get out back to normality!

Definitely worth the visit. You must see and feel how the Ceaușescu family lived there. Excellent guide in english, many interesting information and details.

A well-preserved story that tells of a life paid for with many deprivations by other people. Here you can see how the Ceausescu family lived during the long years they ruled Romania. And you will understand why communist regimes failed. The exhibits are very well preserved and maintained. Book an appointment in advance for a tour in English or Romanian. You cannot enter the museum without a guide. It is good to be 10 minutes before the reserved time.

Definitely an experience, the villa is filled with objects and air of an old era, and meanwhile the deco style could be a bit too much for some people taste, it is still a must see. The guide offers information on each chamber and what I liked most was the indoor pool with the mosaics and the garden-saloon. After you get to see a part of the former presidential family lifestyle, you also can enjoy the small garden coffee shop.

WOW!!! Such an amazing,unique place 🔝 is a must see in Bucharest

Amazing experience, our guide was a very nice and smart young lady who madr the tour an excellent experience for our group (romanians and a few americans), you leave here amazed and as a romanian quite angry because of the history and wounds left by the regime but it is history so overall a very enjoyable tour.

The three-storey villa became a good museum showing the life style of Ceausescu family. There are many interesting and unique things inside. There are presents from Elizabeth II, Charles de Gaulle, Michail Gorbachiov etc.A lot of marble, wood, gilded accessories.For children it was very amazing to see phones with wires & discs on the table, or "not slim" TV set with "not flat" display)))But they liked Barbie-style bathrooms with pink toilets & bidets.I saw many volumes of Lenins books on the shelves, so Lenin forever alive!)))

This was an interesting tour. Our guide was amazing and we learned lots.

Worth a visit. However, one needs to book online in advance, 24 hours earlier. And they have guided tour sessions, the last one I think at 4:15 pm.

Iconic historic place and its a must visit. The palace was wonderful in terms of artwork and architecture. The tour guy was amazing , funny and informative. Couldnt see all the rooms in the palace but seeing almost 50 rooms was enough to realise how well it was kept and saved from disasters. I highly recommend this place.

The visit is only guided. The guide goes really fast and the groups are too big for viewing the rooms with confort. You just learn very little about de history and will find only a couple of things interesting.

Very high entry price, English tour providing only basic explanations about the Ceausescu family and the historic background.

Must request a reservation 24 hours before visit via email. Its 1970s over the top excess. Only worth a visit if you have extra time.

The mansion itself was nice, if a little worn which is to be expected given the age. There was a lot to see and I really enjoyed the peacocks as well as the peacock motif in the Winter Garden as well as the Pool room. It was nice to see the different rooms and the opulence that was super over the top considering who lived there.We booked the tour through Viator but the Palace representatives canceled it and we had to re-book at the palace which was annoying. They said they didnt use services like Trip Advisor and Viator yet they were listed on both websites.The guide was knowledgeable but she spoke very fast and overall the tour was too quick to enjoy the sights or take photos. It all felt very rushed and could have easily lasted another 15 minutes.

Definitely worth a visit. Guided tours are in either English or Romanian. You need to have a reservation (online or phone calland you can pay onsite cash or card.

Very interesting place! We had a private tour and though it costs a bit more we thought it was totally worth it. Our guide was fantastic and really brought the history to life. If you want to see the Palace in a more leisurely way then definitely take the private tour - its like you have the place to yourselves!

Definitely worth a visit, its splendid museum for tourists and a great reminder for Romanians that while the people were starving, its leaders lived in luxury and opulence. May we never forget that!

The house itself is definitely worth it. However, I can not understand why they make groups of more than 30 people to visit with one guide only. First of all, it is absolutely impossible to make pictures with so many people around you and if you decide to go last (what we did), you just miss what the guy says. The entire visit is like a run - you do not have time to enjoy the magnificent mansion, you just try to catch up the guide and to hear at least part of what she says.I understand that the idea is to make as much money as they can but the organisation is definitely far from good.

History :very interesting place and a nice tour.

Interesting place, even more interesting than the Ceaucescu Palace. Unfortunately, the groups for the (obligatorytours are too big, which makes it difficult to enjoy the visit. Some extra content on the dictators extreme wealth, in contrary to the peoples poverty, would be useful.

An absolute must visit, booking is 24 hours in advance minimum. The tour was super interesting and the guide told us a lot of interesting things and was also very funny. The house itself is beautiful and has very impressive mosaics. Cant believe that a communist leader lived in a versailles/bourgeoisie style mansion, the irony.

Guided tour eould have to be booked online and confirmed via email, you pay as soon as you arrive at the venue. Tour is a bit on the expensive side comapred to other museums yet worth the visit. Takes 45min and you see some 50 rooms in this palace which less than a third of the palace thats how big this is. The guide does give some information but I believe they can beef it up a bit and provide some more insights into Ceucescus life.

Really nice experience to see all those things in real life. Its a must if you come and visit Bucharest.

A beautiful location (for its purposeand well organized (the tour started in time), but the guide was very robotic, with 0 passion and just ticking the information which felt as memorated without any additional story or engaging mentions for tourists. A more enthusiastic and welcoming guide would make this a lot better experience.Make sure you make a reservation in advance.

Definitely worth visiting. You should make a reservation with 24h before going.

go there with good mood.do not read about how crazy Chaushesku was, enjoi garden, design and materials and alive peackoks:-)drink a cup of coffe in a garden, listen to the fountain water flow.If to compare this building with modern oligarhs mansions it is more than modest, if to compare Chaushesku crimes with modern presidentss crimes- they are the same:-(

Verry impressive.. The place and the stories around it.. Just visit it! It is so. . wow!

A must visit while in Bucharest!The house is impressive and the history behind it is so interesting, especially if you know who Nicolae Ceausescu was.We had the English guide tour and the girl that presented was really nice, she had lots of facts and curiosities for us, kindly answered all the questions.

The tour was amazing and the guide was very knowledgeable about every little detail of the Palace and the lifes of its occupants. I also enjoyed his sarcastic style.Its always astonishing to see how extravagant it is the life of dictators while their people are suffering. Im very happy for Romanians that the got rid of thiers.

Absolutely beautiful.Must see it if visiting Bucharest,is a extraordinary experience

Great tour of the former presidents home. The guide was very informative and the house was impressive. Easily worth the price of admission. Overall the tour took about an hour! Also there were a couple peacocks in the courtyard which was neat to see

Very nice museum, one of the best maintained ones that I visited in Romania, the entire property is well organized. The guided tour was excellent, providing us insights and tasteful jokes here and there, very pleasant overall experience. Booking was simple and fast, but they do recommend calling 24 hours ahead.

Lovely guided visit. No more to say, you can see from my pics. It was nice to take a coffee in the garden with peacock

it can be visited only with a group and at certain hoursIt is recommended to book your tour 24 hours in advanced if high season

A must see place when visiting Bucharest. Made more interesting by the fact that this is very recent history. A wonderful piece of history, where you can see great craftsmanship and take in how the last dictator of Romania, and his wife, spent some of their time.😍❤️

Very interesting experience! If you are interested in the history of these tragic times, would definitely recommend visiting this place!

We had an amazing experience visiting the Primaverii Palace and learned a lot about the life of the former romanian dictator, Nicolae Ceausescu.

Interesting tour of the family residence and the guide was excellent on the history of the building materials used,visitors,gifts from dignitaries and how it all came to an end

A solid tour. The tour guide speaks a bit too fast like he is just trying to get through the info as much as possible.I did the tour in a group of 5 which was the perfect number. The stories behind the rooms are very interesting. The peacock obsession and the indoor swimming pool are the highlights.You learn a lot about the gifts from the different foreign dignitaries.

Youre supposed to pre book but they let us pay on the door. This is a tour only venue. Tours are about 45 mins. Toilets are round the side of the house and accessible before or after the tour. Tour was great and the mosaic designs were great. Highlight was the swimming pool.

Interesting visit, the guide was quite precise! It was not expansive (9euros for a student), and pretty interesting.

I enjoyed a tour round this property last week. The guide was brimming with information on the occupants of the house. It was a fantastic visit.

Really worth a visit to understand the Ceausescu´s mindset and how they lived in their own bubble until the revolution. If the Romanian people would have seen this vulgar display of power and luxury, the faith of the dictator and his wife might have been even more gruesome.The house feels like a time capsule.Highly recommended.

Firstly, the tours aren’t great. Don’t expect much. Would such you take a note about everything and then read a book that can provide you more context. The tour itself can be improved significantly with more information about Ceausescu, the family, their life, the house, the furniture, the various events in Romania’s communist rule.That said, you must see this place. Big part of Romanian culture and represents part of Romanias history!

Located on the one of the most beautiful streets, House of Ceaușescu is a place to go if you visit Bucharest. As a foreign tourist you have an English guide, with less than 10 euros price ticket. Used as the Ceaușescu family residence since 1964, the house has its original elements that survived the 1989 Romanian Revolution. The gifts received from Queen Elizabeth II, President Nixon, Charles de Gaulle and other important figures, are exhibited. Taking pictures is allowed but without flash.

A must see place in Bucuresti to get an impression of the luxurious life of the comminist dictator Ceaucescu and his wife. I think this is the most luxurious place of a 20th century state leader I have seen so far. Of course this place shows that Ceausescu from some point on only used communism as a narrative for the Romanians that all are equal, which in fact had nothing to do with reality. So dont expect to learn something about communism here but as a temple of romanian masterpiece of construction and art.

A very nice house! We also came across a lady who was working for the Ceausescu family at the time. The guide was good but I think the presentation was quite quick which didnt let time for observing, taking pictures and asking questions. All in all a good experience but ot could be improved😊

Theoretically, this should be one of the main landmarks where one could learn about the communist era and about Romania’s last dictator, Ceausescu. Before our tour (delivered in English), I expected the guide to provide context so people can understand for example, the difference between how Ceausescu and his family were living in comparison to the general public. I expected a bit of history, some interesting facts, something to put things in perspective. What we got was a tour given in broken English, that only talked about the rooms and some objects in them: “this object was received by Ceausescu from Queen Elizabeth”. Further, the guide didn’t make sense at times, for example when talking about Ceausescu’s wife, Elena, she first mentioned she was illiterate and only finished 3 grades in primary school, and 30 seconds she said that Elena had a PhD. Really?? How can one understand the truth about her then? She actually bribed and forced people to award her this distinction, when in fact she did not deserve it…You must provide training to your guides and/or hire better ones in order to improve customer experience. This building is way too significant to be wasted through very poor guided tours…

It is incredible what 2 illiterates have been able to do for 35 years with this country. The exorbitant luxury in which they lived (and this palace is just one example of countless palaces, hunting lodges and retreat locations they had for themselveswhile people were starving waiting in lines for food, living in the dark, with no heat or hot water, with only 2 hours of TV programming that paid homage to the two illiterates and their acolytes.The communist regime was restrictive in its freedom to leave the country, and emigrants were considered traitors.Such museums must exist only to show future generations what the communist dictatorship meant and that it no longer exists.It is sad that there are still people who regret that period, but maybe they are the ones who took advantage of this totalitarian regime.