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The free tours concept was implemented in Romania in the early 2010s, in the main tourist poles of the country. The first cities with such projects were, as expected, Bucharest and Brașov. Cluj-Napoca followed, and in 2013, at the initiative of some young people passionate about history and their city, the Arad Free Tours project was launched.
The first step towards expansion for the Arad Free Tours – reunited a year later in the Alternative Tourism Association team – came naturally: implementing the same concept in Timisoara. After a few years of operation in the two cities, the team was joined by a young but experienced guide from Alba Iulia, thus laying the foundations for a network of free tour projects under the umbrella of the association.
This led to the creation of the FreeTours.ro platform, which aims to be a national hub that brings together local initiatives and facilitates the replication of projects from the three cities in new ones. We want to reach a portfolio of 8 cities in the coming years – two of which are already in preparation. For logistical reasons, in the first phase we will focus mainly on the cities in Transylvania. In the long term, our goal is to have identical projects in at least 15 cities.
In addition to the three cities in which we already operate, we are working on network expansion projects in Oradea and Cluj-Napoca, which we plan to launch in 2026. Until then, however, you can find us in the following cities:
