Gardens in Romania

Description:

 

Bucharest Botanical Garden

 

Botanical Garden spreads over 17 hectares, the first greenhouses dating from 1891. Inside it you can visit these sectors: ornamental plants (native plants, magnolia, Japanese cherry trees), with rare plants in Romania and the Mediterranean flora, the Italian garden (with a central pool with water lilies), the flora of Dobrogea, and greenhouses, Carpathians miniaturized, rosary (with over 200 varieties of roses).

Address: Bucharest, Sector 6, road Cotroceni no. 32

Open: Daily: 8:00 - 20:00

Rate:

Pupils, students: 2.00 Ron (~0.5 Euro)

Adults: 5.00 Ron (~1.5 Euro)

 

Botanical Garden Iasi

Botanical Garden "Anastasius Fatu" Iasi is the oldest botanic garden in Romania. It was founded in 1856 by the person giving its name now, Anastasius Fatu, physician and naturalist, on a property bought by him.

Address: Street Dumbrava Rosie no. 7-9, Iasi;

Visiting hours:

Daily from 9 to 20 (between 15.04 - 30.10)

Daily from 9 to 17 (between 1.11 - 14.04)

Visiting hours Greenhouses:

Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday

Monday, Wednesday - greenhouses are closed

 

Botanical Garden Cluj-Napoca

The classification of plants and phytogeography prevails in organizing its scientific concept, harmoniously combined with artistic refinement which offers an extremely charming and picturesque view.

Address: Located in the south of the city, on the Republicii str., nr. 42, Cluj County

Phone: 0040 64 192 152, Fax: 0040 64 431 858, e-mail: grbot@grbot.ubbcluj.ro

Open: 09:00-18:00,19:00
Greenhouses:09:00-18:00 Summer
                     10:00-17:00  Winter

Price: 3-5 RON (~1 Euro)

 

Bucharest Zoo

Bucharest Zoo was founded in 1955 in the form of "zoological corners" located in the capital main parks and Baneasa Forest. Between 1955-1959, groups of animals were progressively focused in the Corner Baneasa Zoo, which was opened on May 1^st, 1959 and which became, in 1962, the Bucharest Zoo.

The Zoo spreads over an area of 5.85 hectares and had, on January 1^st, 1994, in its collections, 104 forms (species and subspecies) with a total of 835 specimens belonging to 3 classes of vertebrates: reptiles with 6 forms with 24 copies, 49 forms and 49 birds to 591 copies with 219 copies of mammalian forms: of the 104 types, 51 belong to the exotic wildlife and 53 from native fauna.

Address: Street Vadul Moldova No.4, Bucharest 1

Phone: 633 05 02, 633 29 51

Rate:

Children, students: 6.50 Ron (~2 Euro)

Adults: 13.00 Ron (~3 Euro)

Visiting hours (daily): Summer - 8-20 / winter 9

     * Entry is permitted until 19.30

     * Monday: closed

 

Zoo Timisoara

New Zoo "Green Forest", which is a new concept: "more space", "close to animals", has in its collection the following species of animals: bears, deer, emu bird, guanaco, ostriches, kangaroos midgets, monkeys capuchin, dwarf goats, many breeds of dwarf rabbits and chickens, hamsters and waterfowl: black swans, ruddy shelduck ducks.

Address: Zoo "Green Forest" Timisoara, Green Forest Zone

Schedule Zoo Timisoara

     * Tuesday - Sunday: 10.00 - 20.00

     * Entry is permitted until 19.30

     * Monday: closed

Entry Fees

     * 1 Ron (~0.5 Euro) - Children

     * 3 Ron (~1 Euro) - adults

     * 5 Ron (~1.5 Euro) - Family (2 adults and 1 child)

 

Targu Mures Zoo

The zoo in Tirgu-Mures was founded in the '60s and presents a place of attraction for the local population and tourists. The foundation garden had an area of 600-700 m2, which in 1965, was increased to 20 hectares.

When the gates were opened, the zoo had only ten animals: 3 wolves, 2 bears, 2 boars, 2 pheasants and a deer. This number increased until today and now there are about 500 birds belonging to 120 species of local fauna and exotic.

At the present, the garden is divided into five sectors, each sector with specialized caregivers, in number of 31, which provide the daily work.

Annually, Tirgu-Mures Zoo is visited by a total of 100 000 visitors.

Open:

Summer: 10:00 - 18:00

Winter: 10:00 -16:00

Tickets

Adults: 5 Ron ( ~ 1.5 Euro)

Children (2 years), retired:  2 Ron (~ 0.5 Ron)

Address: Str Verii, no. 57, Tirgu-Mures, ROMANIA