Landmarks · Bucharest
Cotroceni Palace
A royal palace over a 17th-century monastery — now the president's seat.
Opening hours, admission and address
- Address
- Bulevardul Geniului 1
- Opening hours
- Tue–Sun09:00–17:00
- Admission
- Closed Mondays, and the last visitors are admitted around four, an hour before the doors shut. On weekdays there is a choice: a guided tour in a group of no more than fifteen, which leaves at fixed times through the day and has to be booked by phone or email beforehand, or an unguided walk-through that needs no reservation. At weekends there are no guided tours — you buy at the desk and walk through. Bring a passport or ID card either way: this is also the president's residence, and security will ask for it.
- Category
- Landmarks
- Official website
- muzeulcotroceni.ro
- Coordinates
44.43400, 26.06252
Where it is
Walk it with the guide
Cotroceni Palace is one of 23 stops on Bucharest Essentials. The guide adds the story behind it, the detail worth crossing the square for, and the tip that only someone who has stood here would write down.
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