You can tour the colossal building, which dominates downtown Bucharest, for about 20 RON (or about $6 USD). Although you'll see less than a 10th of the palace on the 40- to 50-minute tour ...

Weighing an incredible 4.10 million tons, the building was erected in exchange for the destruction of around 5 percent of Bucharest. Ceausescu ordered for the palace to be built as part of an ...