Bucharest Botanical Garden
Grădina Botanică „Dimitrie Brândză”
A historic botanical garden under the University of Bucharest, covering about 17 hectares, with greenhouses, a rose garden and an Italian-style garden.
The Bucharest Botanical Garden is named after botanist Dimitrie Brândză. It moved to its present site in 1884, right next to Cotroceni Palace, and covers about 17 hectares with more than ten thousand plant species. Its sections include a native Romanian flora area, a rose garden, an Italian garden, a small Japanese garden and a rock garden. The large greenhouse built at the end of the 19th century houses tropical plants, cacti and water lilies, though it is open only briefly and is often closed for maintenance. Tickets are very cheap (about 10 lei), and opening hours are roughly 8:00 to 20:00, shorter in winter. Take metro line M1 or M3 to Eroilor station and walk about 15 minutes. It pairs well with Cotroceni Palace as a leisure spot beyond the old town.
Opening hours
About 08:00–20:00 (shorter in winter; greenhouse charged separately)
Nearby sights
- Cotroceni Palace
- People's Salvation Cathedral
- Grigore Antipa National Museum of Natural History
- Palace of the Parliament
- National Museum of the Romanian Peasant
- Cantacuzino Palace (George Enescu Museum)
- Cișmigiu Gardens
- Calea Victoriei