Some weekends need a bigger plan than the local playground. This is our list of zoos, amusement parks and attractions worth a full outing with kids, from fairground rides to animals up close. Each listing has its own hours, prices and what to know before you go.
A ride park inside Parcul Tei, on the shore of Lake Tei, themed on Romanian fairy tales. The headline ride is a Ferris wheel 60 meters across, with 44 closed cabins.
Alongside it: a smaller wheel, the "Seven-Headed Dragon" roller coaster, a haunted house, a chair swing, a carousel and electric bumper cars. Each ride has its own height rule, so younger kids get a shorter list.
Orășelul Copiilor is a 15-hectare park beside Tineretului Park that mixes paid rides with free play. The rides include a Ferris wheel, a roller coaster, the Fast Tower, Crazy Dance and carousels, plus floating swan boats on the lake in the warm months.
Around them sit playgrounds with slides, sports courts, decorative fountains, cafés and shaded paths.
Reptiland is an indoor reptile exhibit of about 1,000 square meters, with more than 70 live reptiles from over 45 species in planted terrariums and aquariums laid out like a tropical jungle.
Kids come face to face with water dragons, iguanas, crocodiles and giant snakes, including a reticulated python of about 7 meters and two yellow albino pythons. Weekend activities and kids' workshops run alongside the exhibit.
Bucharest Zoo, Grădina Zoologică Băneasa to locals, covers about 6 hectares in Băneasa. It keeps more than 150 species of mammals, birds and reptiles, and the tigers, lions, bears and monkeys draw the biggest crowds.
The zoo opened in 1955 and takes part in international conservation programs for endangered species such as the gray wolf.
Some weekends need a bigger plan than the local playground. This is our list of zoos, amusement parks and attractions worth a full outing with kids, from fairground rides to animals up close. Each listing has its own hours, prices and what to know before you go.
A ride park inside Parcul Tei, on the shore of Lake Tei, themed on Romanian fairy tales. The headline ride is a Ferris wheel 60 meters across, with 44 closed cabins.
Alongside it: a smaller wheel, the "Seven-Headed Dragon" roller coaster, a haunted house, a chair swing, a carousel and electric bumper cars. Each ride has its own height rule, so younger kids get a shorter list.
Orășelul Copiilor is a 15-hectare park beside Tineretului Park that mixes paid rides with free play. The rides include a Ferris wheel, a roller coaster, the Fast Tower, Crazy Dance and carousels, plus floating swan boats on the lake in the warm months.
Around them sit playgrounds with slides, sports courts, decorative fountains, cafés and shaded paths.
Reptiland is an indoor reptile exhibit of about 1,000 square meters, with more than 70 live reptiles from over 45 species in planted terrariums and aquariums laid out like a tropical jungle.
Kids come face to face with water dragons, iguanas, crocodiles and giant snakes, including a reticulated python of about 7 meters and two yellow albino pythons. Weekend activities and kids' workshops run alongside the exhibit.
Bucharest Zoo, Grădina Zoologică Băneasa to locals, covers about 6 hectares in Băneasa. It keeps more than 150 species of mammals, birds and reptiles, and the tigers, lions, bears and monkeys draw the biggest crowds.
The zoo opened in 1955 and takes part in international conservation programs for endangered species such as the gray wolf.
