THE GREAT WHEEL OF BUCHAREST IS IN TEI PARK
It is fine place and for only a few RON you can see a part of Bucharest from above. The great wheel is in Tei Park, near the Tei Lake. Monday is closed due to maintanance.
We have been living for more than 20 years near Tei Park in Bucharest. And we spend many hours in this place every week. Although there is also a lake, you will not see small or big boats on it. Maybe, because of a shipwreck spent more than 60 years ago due to a heavy storm, I will tell you more aobut it below. Yet, the park is a good place for spending some relaxing time and have fun at the carousel and great wheel. Actually, it is a place more for inhabitants and children. But, it may be a good place for foreign tourists also to have some good time.
This is how Bucharest looks from above, from the Great Wheel which is at Tei Park Bucharest. You can see for only about 20 RON the Palace of Parliament and the Intercontinental Hotel in the center.
It is a fine place. Here is their website.
WHAT TO KNOW
The wheel is 60 meters in diameter. You pay for one full rotation. There should be no children unde 8 years old in the cabins. Neither people taller than 2 meters or people who might put in danger the other tourists.
Pregnant ladies should not use the wheel unless they are sure everything is ok. The agents will not allow drunk people or people who seems under substances effects in the cabins. They also reccommend that people with heart problems to avoid using the wheel. Try not to eat or drink in the cabins. Scared or agitated children or adults should also avoid the great wheel. You can buy the tickets from the park where there are the special location for this. There you will also find tickets for the carousel, the small wheel and other attractions.
It is closed on Mondays. From Tuesday to Friday, you can use the wheel from 10 AM to 9 PM. Saturdays and Sundays, you can buy tickets from 10 AM to 10 PM.
SHORT HISTORY OF TEI PARK WHERE IS THE GREATEST WHEEL IN BUCHAREST
To get to Tei Park in Bucharest and the Great Wheel from the University Square, for example, you can use the 66 trolley line. Or go close to Unirii Square at Saint George Station and take 21 tram line.
The Tei Park or Linden Park in Bucharest is a small park, on Colentina River. Yet, it is quite old. They started to build it in 1935. Due to war, authorities stopped the works and finished it in 1950. In the area there were many linden trees and this is the reason it is called Lindens Park and many streets around are called Linden Boulevard, Linden Street and so on. As a local guide, I can tell you that in May and June the smell of the trees is awesome in the area. Which is not far from the A3 Highway if you come to Bucharest by car.
A SECRET OF TEI PARK BUCHAREST
Few people know that Bucharest had a Titanic of its own. It happened on August, 6, 1967. It was after Nicolae Ceausescu became the dictator of Romania. In Tei Park, there were beaches and also a boat who crossed the lake. It took inhabitants from a shore to other. In that day, a storm came all of a sudden. People got scared and made an ambush on the boat which sank in the lake. Some said at least 100 died. Officially, about 25 people lost their lives in the shipwreck.
The boat could only carry 120 people. In the moment of the tragedy there were at least 200.
If you want to see more about the history of Bucharest and of Romania, you can watch our HISTORY MUSEUM BUCHAREST VIDEO!
