The Japanese garden
Bridge, pond and small pavilion among the trees.
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Romania's loveliest botanical garden: 14 hectares on a hill south of the centre run by Babeș-Bolyai University since 1920 — ten thousand species in sections laid out as a journey round the world: the Japanese garden with bridge, pond and small pavilion, the Roman garden in classical style with its statues, the rose garden, the iris walk, and the alpine slope of Carpathian plants. Six greenhouses hold the tropical house with tall palms and the giant Victoria water lily that flowers in summer, and the water tower at the top climbs for a view over garden and city. The afternoon refuge of students and families, crowded in May with magnolia and cherry blossom. Ninety minutes at least, its gate a ten-minute walk from Union Square.
Bridge, pond and small pavilion among the trees.
Giant pads that bear a child — flowering in summer.
A view over garden and city.
Strada Republicii 42, Cluj-Napoca
The Zoological Museum, ClujA university zoological museum belonging to Babeș-Bolyai University in Cluj, its8 minutes walk4.8
Házsongárd CemeteryHázsongárd Cemetery lies on a slope south of central Cluj and was opened in **159 minutes walk4.4
The Memorandum MonumentA memorial in Cluj to the Memorandists, a group of Romanian leaders in Transylva13 minutes walk4.5
The Toldalagi-Korda PalaceThe Toldalagi-Korda Palace is among the handsomest of Cluj's town palaces, built13 minutes walk4.4
The Statue of St George, ClujA bronze statue of St George killing the dragon, a copy of a fourteenth-century 14 minutes walk4.8Late April to June for blossom, autumn for colour; winter for the greenhouses only.