HERASTRAU PARK IN BUCHAREST

HAVE FUN IN THE MOST SPECTACULAR GARDEN IN

BUCHAREST

ARCH OF TRIUMPH ENTRANCE TO HERASTRAU

Herastrau Park in Bucharest is the largest park to visit in Bucharest. Its name comes from an old machine designed to cut wood, powered by Colentina river waters. You can enter the park from the ARCH OF TRIUMPH.

HERASTRAU PARK HISTORY

The area where the park lies today was near a small lake bought by a landlord at the end of the 17th century and given to the Cotroceni Monastery. Herastrau Park in Bucharest will become a few years later the inhabitants’ favorite place for long walks and spare time. There are so many trees and interesting flowers and even a Japanese Garden but you can see by far many other awesome plants at the BOTANICAL GARDEN IN BUCHAREST.
All you see today started from the will of another landlord, Alexandru Ipsilanti who built a kind of small refugee for his wife in 1782. During the 19th century Herastrau Park remained a simple place for the people to enjoy nature. It was in 1921…

when the area became National Park Herastrau. Long after the oldest park in Bucharest which is CISMIGIU GARDENS.

WHAT TO SEE IN HERASTRAU PARK IN BUCHAREST

From 1933 to 1939, authorities made a lot of works to change the park and the new modern Herastrau park got the name Carol II. The same artist who designed Cismigiu Garden built restaurants here and made roads and allowed boats to carry passengers to a landing place to another.

ROMANIAN ROYAL FAMILY AND HERASTRAU PARK

Near the park, in 1936, was built the VILLAGE MUSEUM and also Queen Elisabeta’s palace, an unique and exotic building in Eastern Europe,

kind of Moorish style of Malaga castle, that can be seen from Herastrau Park in Bucharest.

DURING THE COMMUNIST PERIOD

Of course, during the communist leadership, the park was called I.V. Stalin. After 1990 its name was again Herastrau Park in Bucharest. If you are in the area, you might want to try some traditional Romanian food. You can find it in the Village Museum Bucharest restaurant, just near Herastrau Park.

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