Best places: Tourist attractions in Craiova, Romania

City park spanning 230 acres with a small zoo, lake, restaurants & an early 20th century bridge.

Large, serene landscaped gardens with ponds & paved walking paths amid a variety of plantings.

Constantin Brâncuș sculptures & paintings by famous Romanian artists in a grand, historical setting.

3 stately museum buildings showcase history & archeology, ethnography & the natural sciences.

👍👍 A small well-kept park (square) where you can sit in silence or to meet someone for a little walk. There is a lot of greenery and a fountain in the shape of a cross. I enjoyed walking there.

👍 Inaugurated on December 2, 1923 under the name of "The Museum of Natural History of Craiova", by the members of the Craiovean Scientific Circle led by the professor of natural sciences Marin Demetrescu, it became a section of the Oltenia Regional Museum, in 1928. On May 13, 1928, it was decided th...

👍👍 Nice place to go with the kids.

👍👍 Went to the superb Water Park in Parcul Tineretului: clean, beautiful place, plenty of slides for the younger ones, can go for a swim as well without being disturbed, clean toilets and changing facilities near the entrance. Overall, excellent. 40 lei entrance fee on a week day, unlimited time.

😠 I was absolutely shocked and honestly horrified by the way these poor poor animal are kept. They are left in the baking hot sun with practically no shade. They mostly seemed very skinny and sickly. The whole experience was awful to say the least. I truly hope that these animals are eventually freed....

Tree-shrouded space with memorials to Romanian writers, a kids' playground & exercise equipment.

🫤 The building is beautiful but the dozens of AC units hanging on the front side, cables etc give an unpleasant impression

👍👍 History!!!

👍👍 A story location.. as if it remained in time..

👍 Plus: a cozy and nice terrace in downtown Craiova, near the National Theatre. Minus: the topping on my ice-cream was missing (it was there in the menu and presentation pics) and the spoon was not single use.

Artistic water-fountain attraction with musical accompaniment & dramatic lighting effects.

👍👍 The Jean Mihail Palace is a historical monument located on the territory of the municipality of Craiova, built in 1900 - 1907 in neo-Gothic style, according to the plans of the French architect Paul Gottereau, for the landowner Constantin Dinu Mihail (1837-1908), inaugurated in 1909 by his son, the...

👍👍 Mihai Viteazul (nascut in 1558 in Floci, Țara Românească – decedat 9/19 august 1601 în Câmpia Turzii, Principatul Transilvaniei) a fost domnul Țării Românești între 1593-1600. Pentru o perioadă (în 1600), a fost conducător de facto al celor trei mari țări medievale care formează România de astăzi: Ț...

👍👍 În centrul oraşului Craiova, în aceeaşi curte cu sediul central al Bibliotecii Judeţene "Alexandru şi Aristia Aman" se află casa în care a locuit poeta Elena Farago, reprezentantă strălucită a literaturii române şi a vieţii culturale craiovene. Numită directoare a Fundaţiei "Alexandru şi Aristia Ama...