Parks and gardens

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A granite staircase with wrought-iron railings descending to a paved terrace and Lake Titan, among trees

Alexandru Ioan Cuza Park (IOR Park)

București

One of Bucharest's largest parks, about 85 hectares, laid out in the 1960s around Lake Titan, with five islands and a wooden church on the shore.

Parks and gardens

Open now1½ – 2 hoursFree

The cobbled Central Avenue between trees and lamp posts, with the Heroes of the Nation Memorial and its five red arches at the end, in evening light

Carol I Park

București

A historic park laid out in 1900–1906 on Filaret Hill for the General Romanian Exhibition, with a lake, a monumental central avenue, the Zodiac Fountain and the Heroes of the Nation Memorial on the upper plateau.

Parks and gardensMonuments and historic sites

1 – 1½ hoursFree

The narrow arm of the lake, between concrete banks and trees, with two pedal boats in the distance

Cișmigiu Gardens

București

Bucharest's oldest public park, laid out from 1847 in the landscape style around a lake, with shady avenues, the Writers' Rotunda and romantic stone corners, right in the city centre.

Parks and gardens

1 – 1½ hoursFree

Caryatid Alley: two rows of white stone statues between white walls bearing the city's coat of arms, with a wide avenue and a few passers-by between them

King Michael I Park (Herăstrău)

București

Bucharest's largest park, on the shore of Lake Herăstrău: nearly 190 hectares of strolling paths, the Japanese Garden, Caryatid Alley and Rose Island.

Parks and gardensLakes

2 – 2½ hoursFree