The Eiffel Tower of Romania — officially the Slobozia Eiffel Tower — is a 54-metre-high exact replica of Paris’s iconic monument, standing improbably in a field on the outskirts of a small Romanian town in Ialomița County. Built in 2001 by a local businessman as part of an ambitious theme park, this quirky Romanian landmark is a surreal roadside attraction that raises a smile from every visitor — a piece of Paris transplanted into the Wallachian Plain, complete with a restaurant and a story as eccentric as the tower itself.
Quick Facts: Romania’s Eiffel Tower
- Location: Slobozia, Ialomița County, Romania — ~130km east of Bucharest
- Height: 54 metres (exactly 1/6 scale of the original 324m Eiffel Tower in Paris)
- Built: 2001 by Romanian businessman Ilie Alexandru
- How to get there: ~1.5 hours from Bucharest by car (A2 motorway to Slobozia); train connections to Slobozia Veche from Bucharest
- Currently: The theme park project was never completed; the tower stands partly disused, but remains a beloved local curiosity
The Story Behind Romania’s Eiffel Tower
The tower was the centrepiece of a planned theme park called “Hermes Complex” — an ambitious vision that would have included replicas of global landmarks, a zoo, and entertainment facilities set around a lake. Only the Eiffel Tower, a small ranch, and a few fragments of the park were ever completed. Today, the tower stands as a monument to quixotic ambition — still visible from the A2 motorway, still drawing curious visitors, and still somehow functioning with a small restaurant at its base.
At the top, a viewing platform offers surprisingly pleasant views across the Bărăgan Plain — flat, expansive farmland stretching to the horizon. It’s a profoundly Romanian experience: standing on a Parisian landmark in the middle of Wallachian agricultural country, with sheep often grazing in the fields nearby.
Eiffel Tower Slobozia is smaller copy of the famous Eiffel Tower. It is located near the town of Slobozia in the southeastern part of the Romania, in the county of Ialomita.
Eiffel Tower Slobozia is 54 meters high tower, which is an exact, smaller copy of the famous Eiffel Tower in Paris. It is a part of a private tourist complex built by Romanian billionaire. In the complex there is also a replica of the famous ranch from the series “Dallas”.
Eiffel Tower Slobozia provides a pleasant view over the surrounding countryside. At night the tower is illuminated.
View The Eiffel Tower in Romania – exact 54m smaller copy of the famous Eiffel Tower in Paris in a larger map
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