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Bucharest | Sightseeing | Parks & Gardens

Bucharest's Botanical Gardens were founded in 1860 with the significant financial backing of Alexandru Ioan Cuza. They were originally in the centre of the city, and moved to their present location in Cotroceni in 1884. The garden has an area of over 17 hectares, and hosts more than 10,000 species [...]



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Sos. Cotroceni 32

tel. (+4) 021 410 91 39

Open 08:00-20:00
So close to the city centre yet so seldom frequented as to be almost forgotten, this large park was laid out by the city's authorities from 1900-6, and designed by the French landscape artist Eduard Redont. It is today dominated by the massive Monument to the Heroes of the Struggle for Freedom and [...]



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Calea Serban Vodă

Metro station:

Eroii Revolutiei
Cismigiu Gardens
The most central of the city's public gardens, Cismigiu is a haven of lawns, trees, flowers and lakes. Often mistakenly refered to as a park, Cismigiu is actually a large garden, first designed and laid out in 1845 by the German landscape architect Carl Meyer, but not completed until 1860. More tha [...]



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Between B-dul Regina Elisabeta, Calea Victoriei, Str. Stirbei Vodă and B-dul Schitu Măgureanu

This gem of a park in the north of the city, surrounded by the finest residential districts Bucharest has to offer, extends for 187 hectares from the Arcul de Triumf to the Baneasa bridge, and is centered on the lake with which it shares its name. Home to numerous attractions, including childrens' [...]



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Sos. Kiseleff 32

A large park about to get much smaller. The mayor of this sector, Cristian Piedone Popescu (a man who lost his driving license after having been found to have bought it from corrupt police officers) recently handed a large chunk of the park to real estate developers.

As it is, Tineretului is a rather rundown park one stop south of the city centre on the metro. At the entrance there are a few rides for kids, trampolines and dodgems, while further into the park is the Sala Polivalenta – a popular venue for concerts and big indoor sporting events. Between the two are vast areas of rough grass, playgrounds, an artificial lake on the shore of which is a great terrace, Cafeneaua Actorilor de Vara, which serves some of the best mici in the city.

Up by Sala Polivalenta you will also find the entrance to Oraselul Copiilor, a very old fashioned children’s funfair, complete with the most decrepit and life-threatening roller coaster known to man. Of all Bucharest’s parks, taken at face value Tineretului probably has the most to offer kids, but note that stray dogs (by and large absent in other parks) are a big problem here.
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B-dul Tineretului

Metro station:

Tineretului
Titan/Alexandru Ion Cuza Park
The twin Titan and Alexandru Ioan Cuza parks, in the unsexy yet perfectly safe neighbourhood of Titan, have been given much love of late and are showing the benefit of millions of euros of investment. Whole terraces have been landscaped, lawns laid with much softer grass than elsewhere, playgrounds built on tartan surfaces (and not dreaded sand) and sports pitches placed at every turn. There’s even an artificial skating rink, open year round. Look out too for the replica Maramures church on the southern side of the park, on Str. Liviu Rebreanu.

A heavy presence of security guards throughout the park (day and night) makes everyone feel safe and ensure that nothing is spoilt. Indeed, if you were on holiday elsewhere you’d say to yourself  “we will never have this kind of park in Bucharest.”  Well, we have.

Our one gripe about Titan would be that – as yet – there are not all that many places to get something to eat or drink. There are a few kiosks though, and at least two ice cream stands.
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Str. Liviu Rebreanu