• A lake for every season: boating in summer and skating in winter, so the visit changes with the weather
• Children's play areas sit along the shady paths, a break for younger kids between walks
• Two main entrances: Elisabeta Boulevard opposite City Hall, and Știrbei Vodă Street by the Crețulescu Palace

Grădina Cișmigiu is the oldest public park in the city, opened in 1854 and laid out around an artificial lake. Kids can go boating on the lake in summer and skate on it in winter, then follow the shady paths to the children's play areas.

The Writers' Roundabout is a circle of stone busts of Romanian writers, among them Mihai Eminescu and Ion Luca Caragiale.