Modern parks in the world are the best projects. The most beautiful gardens and parks in the world

What do you imagine when you hear the word "Garden"? Undoubtedly, the Garden is the place where you can find peace of mind, breathe in the scent of flowers, hear the chirping of birds, and a breath of fresh wind. It is a soothing environment that soothes your soul. A morning walk in the garden is a blessing and inspiration for the whole day. Here are the 10 most beautiful gardens in the world. These places were created by people to feel the beauty of nature and fully enjoy it. So, we present to you the most beautiful gardens from around the world.

Mirabell Gardens, Salzburg
This is a classic European garden in the spirit of Versailles. Mirabell Palace with its beautiful gardens - a monument cultural heritage UNESCO and part historic center the city of Salzburg. The palace was built by Prince Archbishop Wolf Dietrich von Raithenau in 1606. This beautiful garden was redesigned in 1690. Mirabell is full of beautiful sculptures, fountains, flower beds and dwarf plants.

Royal Botanical Garden Melbourne
The Royal Botanic Gardens of Melbourne are world wide famous garden located in the center of Melbourne on the south bank of the Yarra River. These beautiful gardens stretch over 100 acres of parkland, including a kindergarten, an Aboriginal heritage trail, an outdoor herbarium, and an observatory. Here you can enjoy special events like Philosophy in the Garden, Harp in the Garden, and Yoga for Children. This beautiful garden is one of the most popular attractions in Victoria, with over 1.5 million visitors each year.

Zhi Chang Yuan's garden
Located in Xihui Park, this 16th century garden in Jiangsu was originally known as the Garden of Ecstasy. This small garden of illusion spans only one acre, but gives the impression of depth, breadth and height. The artificial mountain appears to be a natural part of the hilly landscape that surrounds the garden, and the long pool creates a sense of naturalism. The beautiful pavilion seems to hang over the water, while the far end of the pool is crossed by the Bridge of Seven Stars. Zhi Chang Yuan's garden splits into more branches with pavilions and alleys. The fact that the garden was completely restored in the 19th century does not change the fact of its extraordinary beauty.

Fin Gardens in Iran
Fin Gardens is located in Kashan, Iran and is a historic Persian garden. Completed in 1590, Fin's Garden is the oldest existing garden and one of the most beautiful gardens in Iran. The garden occupies 2.3 hectares of the main courtyard, surrounded by ramparts and four round towers... Water is supplied here from the mountains through an underground pipe system. Numerous cypresses and other plants grow in the garden.

Desert botanical garden
Founded by the Arizona Society of Cactus and Local Flora Lovers in 1937, the garden at this moment contains over 21,000 plants. While there are many beautiful Botanical Gardens throughout the United States, the Phoenix Desert Botanical Gardens are some of the most beautiful. They invite visitors to take a unique voyage into the world of desert flora. Visitors should be prepared to face the heat and dryness, but a tour of the expansive park surrounded by bright red cliffs is definitely worth it.

Versailles gardens
The historic gardens at the Palace of Versailles are some of the most impressive in all of Europe. These beautiful gardens cover approximately 800 hectares of land, landscaped in a classic French style. Territory luxurious palace Louis XIV was an object of pride for the Sun King, for whom the gardens were as important as the palace itself. Visitors can spend an entire day in the gardens alone, enjoying flowers, fountains, winding trails and scenic views. The gardens of Versailles are one of the most visited public spaces in France, receiving over six million visitors a year.

Majorelle Gardens in Morocco
Majorelle Garden is a twelve acre botanical garden in Marrakech, Morocco. Its beautiful blue hue makes Majorelle stand out from any other botanical garden. The owner is the legendary fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent. He even named a nail polish shade from a luxury makeup line after the garden. Created in the 1920s by the painter Jacques Majorelle, the garden has been named one of the 50 most beautiful gardens in the world and one of the most popular tourist destinations in Morocco. The garden also houses the Islamic Art Museum of Marrakech, whose collection includes North African textiles from Saint Laurent's personal collection, as well as ceramics, jewelry and paintings by Majorelle.

Claude Monet's garden at Giverny
One of the most beautiful gardens in the world is Monet's Garden in France. The garden was the property of Oscar Claude Monet, the founder of French Impressionist painting. These gardens are like his paintings - brightly colored patches, casual but poised. The flowers do look like his brush strokes, a little wild and casual, but part of a carefully crafted design. The painter lived in his home in the French countryside for 43 years, carefully cultivating his flower beds and developing an amazing garden. The grounds and the house are open to visitors from April to October. Be sure to stroll around the property, take photos of the famous water lilies, and visit the nearby Impressionism Museum while you are there. This garden truly has a spectacular spot on the list of beautiful gardens.

Kirstenbosch Gardens in Cape Town
Kirstenbosch - world famous national botanical garden South Africa set against the backdrop of Table Mountain and Devil's Peak, home to over 22,000 native plants. Kirstenbosch is rightfully ranked first in the list of the most beautiful gardens due to its beautiful location. The garden was founded in 1913 to preserve the unique flora of the country - at that time it was the first botanical garden of its kind in the world. Especially interesting for foreign visitors is the Proteus Garden - a showcase of otherworldly plants in characteristic dark green and brown shades. Kirstenbosch is one of the best botanical gardens in the world, about which there is a separate collection on LifeGlobe.

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Keukenhof park, Netherlands... It is considered one of the most luxurious parks in the world. Located between Amsterdam and The Hague, in the town of Liss.

Each year, the park only opens for two months and then closes for numerous plant and arboretum restoration and care works. In the spring, usually on April 13-15, a flower fair is held, where everyone can buy unique seedlings and ready-made bouquets. There are only five supplying companies in the park, which also offer souvenirs and postcards with chic views of the park.

Keukenhof is a kitchen park, this is the literal translation of the name. However, you cannot call it small, the area of ​​the park is 32 hectares. It literally drowns in all kinds of flowers, canals, waterfalls, lakes. Tulips, roses, hyacinths, daffodils are grown here. The park was founded in 1949 and is one of the most famous European and not only Dutch attractions.

A park Suan Nong Nooch Garden opened in 1980. This place in Thailand is considered one of the most popular. The huge plantation is planted with many ornamental plants and flowers and has the largest selection of orchids in the country. The park regularly hosts magnificent shows that will take your breath away.

In 1954, Mr. Pease and Mrs. Nong Nooch bought approximately 243 hectares of land in Chonburi province. At first, they dreamed of growing fruits and flowers here, using the gardens for themselves, but when tourists flooded down the ramparts, the blooming lands were luxurious, the idea arose to create decorative elements. Gradually the garden grew and in 1980 it was opened to visitors. Mrs. Nong Nooch handed over the management of the garden to her son, and she herself devoted her life to the study of tropical plants. In the garden, thanks to her research, there are many rare specimens.

Gardens and park of Versailles in France... Founded by King Louis XIV in 1661. He hired the best architects and artists to make his dream come true - Palace of Versailles and lovely gardens.

The gardens and park of Versailles are considered part of the national treasure of France. Versailles is a village 24 kilometers from Paris. The gardens are spread over 900 hectares. There are 1400 fountains here.

Butchart Gardens in Canada Is a group of flower gardens in Canada (British Columbia, near the city of Victoria on Vancouver Island). More than a million people visit this place every year.

Robert Pym Butchart, the founder of the gardens, wanted to produce cement on these lands. But in 1907 he met the landscape designer Isaburo Kishida from Yokohama, who wanted to build gardens for his son. Robert Butchart was so imbued with the idea that he did not let the designer leave Canada until 1912. As a result, an amazingly beautiful park was born.

It should be noted that the couple mined limestone until 1909, but then they finally came to the conclusion that further development was futile, and began to work on the garden. The construction was completed in 1921, at the same time the couple began to receive their first guests. The park is a family legacy, now owned by the Butcharts' great-granddaughter, Robin Lee Clark.

Fairchild Tropical Botanical Garden spread over 34 hectares. Hundreds of plant species grow here. The garden is located not far from Miami in Florida. The park was founded in 1938. Today it is a park, a research institute, and a plantation, which is supported by 45,000 volunteers who are interested in preserving rare plant species. In 2012, the park became the headquarters of the American Orchid community.

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Versailles gardens

On the official website of Versailles, it is advised to set aside three hours to explore the gardens and park. And yet, it seems that this time is only enough to just look around here. To study everything, you need a day, to walk up - two. Luxury - 900 hectares of classic, regular French park, designed and polished by the landscape architect and court gardener of Louis XIV André Le Nôtre - does not tolerate fuss.

Fountains and water parterres, endless bosquets - each decorated in its own way - green labyrinths, ideal lawns, trees with crowns in the form of spheres and cones, lawns and flower beds ... In the end, at some point here you just might want to get lost ...

Vatican gardens

The fact that the Vatican began to let tourists into its legendary gardens is no longer news. The news is that it is much easier to get there now. No restrictions: the gardens are open every day except Mondays - and in queues - tickets for sightseeing mini-buses are sold online on the website of the Roman Diocesan Pilgrimage Service (www.operaromanapellegrinaggi.org; from € 48 per ticket, which also includes an audio guide in Russian and visits to the Vatican Museums and the Sistine Chapel). The route begins in Pius XII Square and covers all the main attractions of the gardens, including the famous Grotto Lourdes, a huge flower bed in the form of the papal coat of arms in front of the entrance to the Roman Curia and the English Garden, in which Pope Francis is rumored to like to walk.

Claude Monet's garden

Giverny, France

Claude Monet's garden

The town of Giverny, which is 85 km north of Paris, has long become the center of attraction for all lovers of impressionism. They are attracted not only by the house-museum of Claude Monet - a mansion surrounded by flowers with green shutters - but also by a charming landscaped garden. Its artist broke himself and constantly drew inspiration from him: "Reflection of clouds in a pond with water lilies", "Irises", "Weeping willows" and the famous "Water lilies" - they all come from here. “Besides painting and gardening, I’m no good for anything,” Monet loved to repeat. And although the master was probably modest, the garden in Giverny is rightfully considered one of his picturesque masterpieces.

Alhambra

Granada, Spain

Alhambra

To find yourself in the luxurious oriental gardens, it is not at all necessary to travel outside Europe - it is enough to go to Granada, on the hills of which there is a magnificent architectural and park ensemble of the Alhambra. It was built during the reign of the Muslim Nasrid dynasty (XIII-XV centuries) on the Iberian Peninsula and is considered an example of Moorish architecture and garden style.

Pools with crystal water, which reflects the blue sky, silver streams of fountains, shady colonnades and arches with patterned vaults, avenues of cypress trees, fragrant boxwood and lush thickets of purple bougainvilleas ... Many people want to see this beauty, so it is better to book tickets in advance.

Seclusion Garden (Liu Yuan)

Suzhou, China

Seclusion Garden (Liu Yuan)

A place for philosophical conversations and reading, painting and calligraphy, delightful Liu Yuan is the embodiment of the ideal garden landscape in the Ming era. As they said in China at that time, there is always another garden inside a good garden - and this principle is reflected here:
Liu Yuan seems to split into many independent, but complementary species. Retired official Xu Taishi, who laid the garden at the end of the 16th century, looked for inspiration in classical Chinese poetry, and every view here is a gazebo in the shade of a young bamboo, a pine tree dropping needles into a stream, sharp stones sticking out of the water - like a quote from Li Bo ...

Project "Eden"

Cornwall, UK

Project "Eden"

Here it may seem that you are on some fantastic space station - all because of the giant geodesic domes made of transparent plastic chase in one of the scenes of James Bond). Greenhouses with a total area of ​​22,000 square meters are located under them. m with a collection of plants from all over the world - so-called biomes, microclimatic zones characteristic of different regions of the planet have been created. And around there are paths for hiking, wonderful vegetable gardens with organic vegetables and a picturesquely neglected park with sculptures of Sue and Peter Hill that seem to grow out of the ground, whose works, by the way, can be seen in another park in Cornwall - the Lost Gardens of Heligan.

Padua, Italy

Botanical Garden Orto Botanico

After examining the frescoes by Giotto in the Scrovegni Chapel - and for the sake of them most people come to Padua - stay in the city for an hour or two and visit Orto Botanico. Firstly, it is the oldest botanical garden in the world - it was founded in 1545 at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Padua for the cultivation of medicinal herbs. Secondly, it is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site as the prototype of all botanical gardens. And finally, a dozen of the oldest trees in Europe grow here. Among them, for example, the 430-year-old palm, nicknamed Goethe's Palm, is believed to have inspired the German poet and naturalist to write his essay "Metamorphosis of Plants."

Quinta da Regaleira Garden

Sintra, Portugal

Quinta da Regaleira Garden

The architectural and park ensemble - a neo-Gothic palace with carved turrets and gargoyles and an adjoining magnificent garden with belvederes, chapels, grottoes and waterfalls - was built at the beginning of the last century for the eccentric Portuguese millionaire Carvalho Monteiro. This place is full of mysteries: decorative elements with a hint of Masonic symbolism, cunning labyrinths, secret tunnels, a spiral gallery symbolizing Dante's circles of hell, and a garden called Eden. Every detail has its own meaning - even the collection of exotic plants was collected for a reason: they are all mentioned in the poems of the Portuguese poet of the 16th century Luis de Camoes, whose admirer was Monteiro.

Garden of Cosmic Reflections

Dumfries, Scotland

Garden of Cosmic Reflections

One of the most amazing places in the world, The Garden of Cosmic Speculation, or the Garden of Cosmic Reflections, is the brainchild of postmodern architect Charles Jenks and his wife, landscape designer Maggie Keswick. While working on the project, Charles was inspired by the ideas of modern cosmology, and Maggie, a specialist in traditional Chinese gardens, by the philosophy of the Middle Kingdom. As a result, a garden of 16 hectares appeared on the territory of their family estate Portrack House, where each object - geometric ponds, unusual forms of emerald hills, sculptural compositions in the form of DNA spirals, countless steps - suggests the origin of the Universe, the meaning of life and the place of man. in the world. The garden is open to visitors only once a year; information on next opening dates and times is available at www.scotlandsgardens.org.

Gruner See Park

Trages, Austria

Gruner See Park

If you find yourself here from October to May, you will see an ordinary, although not devoid of charm, picture: tall pines with amber trunks, paths, bridges, benches, an emerald lake and many streams flowing into it from the surrounding Hochschwab Mountains. But in May, the landscape changes: due to melting snow, the water level in the lake rises by 10–12 m - and the park turns into an underwater one. A fat trout suddenly floats out from under the bench, a mustachioed crawfish crawls out onto the path, and purple bells sway in the clear water like real seaweed. The composition of visitors is also changing - the place of "land" tourists is taken by divers who come to the quiet Austrian village of Trages from all over Europe in summer.

Lost Gardens of Heligan

Cornwall, UK

Sculptures by Sue and Peter Hill in the Lost Gardens of Heligan.

These gardens have indeed been lost for nearly 70 years. How is this possible, you ask. And you will learn the story of the estate that belonged to the Tremayne family for 400 years, about the garden laid here at the end of the 19th century in the then fashionable gardenesque style with the richest collection exotic plants and how in the First World War all 22 gardeners who worked in Heligan went to the front - and never returned. It was then that the garden began to overgrow, and gradually disappeared completely - under a blanket of wild ivy and blackberry. Everything changed only in the late 1970s, when the garden architect Tim Smith launched an entire national campaign to save Heligan ... Today, here again you can walk along the paths leading to romantic grottoes and lakes, and admire the same camellias and picturesque thickets of tree ferns. that delighted the eye of Queen Victoria's contemporaries.

Text: Anna Fedorova

Palace complex park ensembles bordering South coast Gulf of Finland formed during the XVIII-XIX centuries. The central - and most famous of them - is the regular Lower Park, with lavish fountains. The park with the "water extravaganza" covers an area of ​​102 hectares. It was defeated on the initiative of Peter I as part of the ceremonial imperial residence, which was supposed to surpass the famous Versailles and is one of the "pearls" of St. Petersburg, attracting tourists from all over the world.

National park Zhangjiajie was opened in 1982 - and was soon added to the Site List World Heritage UNESCO. The territory of the park is about 13,000 km2, where about 500 species of animals live and rare plant species grow. The park is considered one of the most impressive places on Earth - primarily due to the quartzite rocks average height 800 meters (and the most high peaks the massif reaches a height of 3 kilometers). This is where the creators of the movie "Avatar" filmed the landscapes of Pandora. One of the park's attractions is the world's tallest elevator complex that takes tourists to an observation deck 360 meters above the ground.

The Boboli Gardens are considered one of the finest park ensembles of the Renaissance. The territory of the main residence of the Medici dukes (designed to demonstrate all the power, grandeur and luxury of the famous family) was opened to the public in 1766, and now the park with an area of ​​4.5 hectares has the status of a garden sculpture museum under open air... The strict layout of the park, magnificent fountains and statues, open temples and colonnades, grottoes, as well as magnificent views of the city, invariably attract visitors here.

"Green lungs of Manhattan" - so called Central park New York City is a regular rectangle 800 meters wide and 4 kilometers long (341 hectares) with lakes, walking trails, children's lawns, ice rinks and swimming pools. Despite the seeming naturalness of the landscape, the park, founded in 1859, is completely man-made. This is the most visited park in the United States, with about 25 million people annually. Attractions in Central Park include the historic carousel, Belvedere castle, Delacorte theater, zoo, wildlife sanctuary.

The magnificent park, founded in 1689, is considered one of the main attractions of Salzburg. Despite its relatively small size (about 10 hectares), it is considered one of the most beautiful Baroque gardens in Europe and is a recognized masterpiece of landscape design. Intricate flower gardens, trellises, viewing platforms with beautiful views of Salzburg, green labyrinths, fountains and sculptures, a "garden of dwarfs" - all this annually attracts from 3 to 5 million people here.

The Royal Park of Flowers in the Netherlands is also known as the Garden of Europe. The park with an area of ​​32 hectares was laid out in 1840 and is famous primarily for its tulip meadows: about 4.5 million tulips of many varieties (more than 100) grow and bloom here. In addition to flower fields and greenhouses, the park is decorated with ponds, canals, fountains and sculptures. Keukenhof opens to visitors in the spring - from late March to May. The annual Bloemencorso Bollenstreek Flower Parade is held here at the end of April.

Kirstenbosch is one of the largest botanical gardens on earth and the first to be included in the UNESCO World Heritage List. The territory of the park, founded in 1913, is 528 hectares, and here you can see more than 7 thousand plant species, including many rare and endangered. A special attraction in the park is a 427 meter long suspended alley located 12 meters above the ground, equipped viewing platforms allowing you to admire the surroundings from above.

King's Park is located in the heart of London. The lands occupied by Hyde Park, until the 16th century, belonged to Westminster Abbey, then Henry VIII turned them into royal hunting grounds, and in the 17th century Charles I opened the park to the public. It is now the most popular park in London. Among the attractions of Hyde Park, whose area is 14 hectares - the statue of Achilles, the Wellington Museum, the memorial in honor of Princess Diana, the artificial lake Serpentine. But most famous place is the Speakers' Corner that has made Hyde Park synonymous with free speech. From 1872 to the present time, everyone can speak publicly here on any topic, including criticism of the "top officials" of the state.

Yuyuan (which means "Garden of Joy" or "Garden of leisurely relaxation") is a classic garden in the style of the era of the Ming dynasty. The park, with an area of ​​about 4 hectares, was laid out about 400 years ago and is now considered one of the examples of Chinese landscape design. Picturesque landscapes, winding bridges, exquisite buildings, an abundance of attractions (there are more than 40 of them here) make the park a decoration of Shanghai.

Beihai Park (translated as "North Sea") is a recognized masterpiece of landscape design, created in the X century. For a long time, it was the favorite resting place of the Chinese emperors. A park with an area of ​​68 hectares (more than half of the area is beautiful lake) has been open to visitors since 1925. Bekhai is considered the example of a traditional Chinese garden, where exquisite buildings are combined with equally exquisite landscapes.

The former royal (and now - state) palace park with an area of ​​26 hectares is located in the Latin Quarter and is one of the main attractions of Paris. The Luxembourg Gardens was laid out in 1611, when Queen Dowager Marie de Medici had a desire to equip a palace and park ensemble in the suburbs of the French capital, reminiscent of her homeland - Florence. The luxurious park is famous for its flower gardens and terraces, fountains and greenhouses, sculptures and pavilions. It houses the Luxembourg Palace, where the sessions of the French Senate are held.

Garden of Cosmic Speculation, Damfas

The Garden of Cosmic Reflections in Southern Scotland is considered one of the most original parks on the planet. It was created in 1988 by renowned postmodern architect Charles Jenks and his wife and colleague Maggie. The task that the creators of the park set themselves was to show all the beauty of the Universe - from macroforms to microcosm, while Charles drew inspiration from fractal geometry, and Maggie from Chinese philosophy. As a result, equations and dragons, aluminum and snakes, spirals and pyramids, chaos and symmetry coexist on an area of ​​16 hectares. The park is private but open to the public.

When you travel around different countries, for sure, your tourist program includes not only visits to museums, but walks around the city to observe the natural beauty of the city or area. Many cities are ready to show off beautiful parks and gardens that are definitely worth a visit. If it can be done in good weather, you will get a lot of positive impressions and, of course, a lot of vivid photos that will remain in memory of an unforgettable trip.

So which gardens and parks in the world are worth adding to your travel list?

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1. Keukenhof park in the Netherlands

Keukenhof is a flower park located in the small town of Lisse in the south of the Netherlands. With an area of ​​32 hectares, it is the largest flower park in the world. The park is open every year from mid-March to mid-May and has over 7 million flowers and wonderful colorful décor that will serve as a wonderful backdrop for your photos. Tulips become the Keukenhof's real stars in the spring.

2. Gardens of the Alhambra in Spain

In the arid Andalusia, the gardens of the Alhambra palace complex in Granada are a saving oasis of greenery and freshness. Must-sees are the Partal Gardens and the Nasrid Palace Gardens. Don't miss the chance to admire the views of the Albaycín hills.

3. Gardens of Villa Borghese in Italy

The extensive gardens of Villa Borghese cover an area of ​​80 hectares and are the most spectacular in Rome. Illustrating the Romans' love for the city's Renaissance palaces and fountains, these gardens are now open to the public.

4. Garden Bodnant in Wales

Bodnant is one of the most beautiful gardens in Wales. It is located in the southeast of the terraced park and overlooks the Conwy River. The garden is especially beautiful in spring, when rhododendrons, magnolias and camellias are in bloom.

5. Gardens of the Castle of Villandry in France

The opulent Renaissance-style gardens of Villandry Castle are halfway between Tours and Azay-le-Rideau. They were restored at the beginning of the 20th century by Dr. Joaquim Carvallo. The area is divided into four main gardens: an ornamental, an aquatic, a garden with many different herbs and a garden with geometric motifs.

6. Gardens of Suzhou in China

The classical gardens of Suzhou are called some of the most beautiful in all of China, because they represent true masterpieces of Chinese landscape art from the 11th to the 19th century. Nine of these gardens are included in the UNESCO World Heritage List.

7. Butchart Gardens in Canada

The Butchart Flower Gardens are located in Brentwood Bay, British Columbia, near Victoria on Vancouver Island. It is a very famous landmark that is visited by over a million tourists every year.

8. Majorelle garden in Morocco

The Majorelle Subtropical Garden in Marrakech was founded in 1923 by the French artist Jacques Majorelle. And although the garden was subsequently abandoned for decades, the famous couturier Yves Saint Laurent saved it in 1960. Thanks to him, tourists who come to this pearl of the Middle East have the opportunity to stroll through this beautiful garden, where palm trees, cacti, bougainvillea, banana and laurel trees coexist.

9. Rikugien garden in Japan

Rikugien - traditional japanese park, which is one of the main attractions of Tokyo. It is considered one of the most beautiful gardens of the Edo period and represents an important aspect of Japanese art, where a small pond in the center is surrounded by many beautiful islets, trees, hills.

10. Kirstenbosch Botanical Garden in Africa

Kirstenbosch is located on the eastern slope of Table Mountain in the Cape Town suburb. It was founded in 1913 and today covers an area of ​​528 hectares. Kirstenbosch is one of the most famous gardens in the world thanks to its collection and its unique location.

11. Claude Monet's garden in France

Claude Monet's garden in Giverny (Normandy) received the official status of Outstanding, it represents the revived universe of his painting "Nymphae". Vaults of terrestrial plants surround a dazzling massive "water garden" shaded by weeping willows. Connoisseurs of the legendary impressionist will be delighted to visit this literally picturesque garden.

12. Park complex of Peterhof in Russia

The 102 hectares of Peterhof Park near St. Petersburg include the Upper Garden in the French style with three large fountains and the Lower Garden in the English style, which includes the famous Grand Cascade at Peterhof. In sunny weather, the parks of Peterhof are truly dazzling - like the dazzling statues of the Grand Cascade, covered with gold.

13. Invereu Garden in Scotland

Inverew is a true subtropical paradise deep in the mountains, very popular with tourists in rainy Scotland. Blue poppies, Californian erythrons and countless plants from South America as well as eucalyptus trees from Tasmania and Australia.

14. Eirignac Gardens in France

Located in the heart of the historic area of ​​Périgord, the Eyrignac Gardens include vegetation in the form of geometric shapes, originally designed in the 18th century. These gardens are made up of trees with dazzling green crowns: cypress, yew, boxwood. In 2004, the French Ministry of Culture awarded these gardens the status of Outstanding (Jardin Remarquable).

15. Gardens of Villa Lante in Italy

In northern Lazio, you will find Villa Lante with gardens in the Italian Renaissance style. A special feature of these gardens, classified as nothing less than Grandi Giardini Italiani (Great Italian Gardens), are its waterfalls, fountains and cascades.

16. Park Nong Nooch in Thailand

Nong Nooch is located near Pattaya and is famous for its tropical gardens, teeming with different varieties of orchids, ferns and other exotic flowers. There are also many animals that deserve the attention of a foreign tourist.

17. Park of the castle Courans in France

The Renaissance-style Courens castle is located 50 km south of Paris. This castle is surrounded by a park that can be called one of the most beautiful water parks of the 16th century.

18.Het Loo palace park in the Netherlands

The park, located in Apeldoorn, in the province of Gelderland in the Netherlands, was designed by Claude Dego, a renowned French gardener and nephew and protégé of renowned landscape architect André Le Nôtre. The park is preserved to this day in the form in which it was created when it was founded in the 18th century.