Bucharest's Armenian Quarter: City Exploration Game

Itinerary

Cărtureşti is a cultural venue that functions as a bookshop, tea studio, and project space, taking direct action towards revitalizing the Romanian artistic life, urban pleasures and social responsibilities. Since its opening at the end of year 2000, Cărtureşti set its mission on changing the trend in the downsloping book market, promoting quality and value by regarding clients’ demands as a priority investment. Here you will have to look around to find the answer to our challenge to advance to the new location and learn the story of this place.

The church is built with red bricks and it has English language service every Sunday between 10 and 11 AM, a small English fiction library and a Sunday School. Here you will have to look around to find the answer to our challenge to advance to the new location and learn the story of this place.

The Central School (ro:Şcoala Centrală) is one of the oldest schools in the City, and was established in March 1851 by Prince Barbu Ştirbei as a school for girls, which opened in 1852. The building that houses the Central School was built in 1890 by Ion Mincu, the promoter of the Neo-Romanian style of architecture. The Central School is an architectural landmark and was included in the "List of Historical Monuments in Romania (2004)". Here you will have to look around to find the answer to our challenge to advance to the new location and learn the story of this place.

The walled Schitul Darvari - with its lovely grounds - is a gorgeous oasis of peace and quiet in busy central Bucharest. Founded in 1834 by Mihai Darvari and his wife Elena - who purchased the site from the Biserica Icoanei - it was originally a private church for the Darvari family and their close acquaintances. Here you will have to look around to find the answer to our challenge to advance to the new location and learn the story of this place.

Vasile Grigore (1935-2012) was a painter and enthusiastic art collector. He founded the museum in 2004, when he donated his large private art collection and apartment. Extending on two floors in a stylish Art Deco building, it is easily accessible from Bucharest’s main boulevard, Gheorghe Magheru. Here you will have to look around to find the answer to our challenge to advance to the new location and learn the story of this place.

The Theodor Pallady Museum is a museum situated in one of the oldest surviving merchant houses in Bucharest, Romania. It includes many works by the well-known Romanian painter Theodor Pallady, as well as a number of European and Oriental furniture pieces. Built in the second half of the 18th century, the house is named after its most illustrious owner, Iacob Melik. Here you will have to look around to find the answer to our challenge to advance to the new location and learn the story of this place.

Lente Arcului welcomes you in a familiar and cosy place. Situated a stone throw away from the city centre, Lente Arcului is the place where you can enjoy a lovely afternoon, an evening with your friends or family, in a building that will transport you back in time, to the childhood stories and fantasies. Here, we gathered elements to offer you the well-being and comfort vibe you are looking for: over 100 books in our mini-library, a fireplace for the chilly evenings, good music, a playful attic and a greenery garden. Here you will have to look around to find the answer to our challenge to advance to the new location and learn the story of this place.