Parks & gardens · Bucharest
Carol Park
Terraced park with an eternal flame and the city's best skyline view.
Admission and address
- Address
- Strada Candiano Popescu
- Admission
- Free and open at any hour, with no gate to catch you out. The mausoleum terrace at the top of the stairway is the viewpoint, and it is about ten minutes uphill from the Eroii Revoluției metro entrance.
- Category
- Parks & gardens
- Coordinates
44.41418, 26.09480
Where it is
Walk it with the guide
Carol Park is one of 23 stops on Bucharest Essentials. The guide adds the story behind it, the detail worth crossing the square for, and the tip that only someone who has stood here would write down.
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