Around the World in 50 Amazing Gardens
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From Austria to New Zealand, the globe is full of beautiful blooms and unique landscaping styles.
Petrin Hill, Czech Republic
Prague's famous hillside park offers amazing views of the city, plus a replica of the Eiffel Tower.
Andromeda Botanic Gardens, Barbados
Tropical plants and trees fill this lush Caribbean oasis.
National Gardens, Greece
Athens' historic gardens (unsurprisingly) contain ancient ruins and Corinthian columns.
Garden of Dreams, Nepal
Originally a private garden, the Kathmandu tourist destination has a pavilion for each of Nepal's six seasons: spring, summer, monsoon, autumn, pre-winter, and winter.
Tivoli Gardens, Denmark
Located in the capital of Copenhagen, the whimsical fantasyland is also a famous amusement park.
Bahai Shrine, Israel
The 19 terraces of the Hanging Gardens of Haifa have been named a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The gardens extend for more than half a mile up the side of Mount Carmel, with beautiful views of the city and the Mediterranean Sea.
Powis Castle, Wales
A classic example of Baroque garden design, the medieval castle also boasts 30-foot high yew hedges.
Las Pozas, Mexico
Late British multimillionaire Edward James built this fantastical jungle oasis, inspired by surrealists like Salvador Dali.
El Sitio Roberto Burle Marx, Brazil
Famous landscape architect Roberto Burle Marx didn't skimp on his own residence. Besides the thousands of rare plants, the estate also features a 17th-century chapel.
Queluz National Palace, Portugal
King Pedro III built this palace in 1747 as a summer residence, but the estate is so beautiful it soon became the Royal Family's permanent home.
Bogor Botanical Garden, Indonesia
An hour away from Jakarta, this large park has over 400 species of palm trees and some 3,000 types of orchids.
Jardin Majorelle, Morocco
French designer Yves Saint Laurent bought and then restored this bright blue villa in order to save it from a hotel development project.
Peterhof Palace, Russia
Peter the Great built his seaside palace to outshine all of the European courts, including Versailles. The resulting gardens, dotted with gilded fountains and statues, wow thousands of visitors today.
La Paz Waterfall Gardens, Costa Rica
A series of bridges and platforms leads guest to five cascading waterfalls, all tucked away in the middle of the jungle.
Ayrlies Garden, New Zealand
Owner Beverly McConnell has devoted over fifty years her life to landscaping these twelve acres — and the result is breathtaking.
Sch?nbrunn Palace, Austria
The Hapsburgs built their Viennese paradise complete with a maze, orangery, and multiple fountains.
Shalimar Garden, Pakistan
A World Heritage Site, the Lahore gardens are known for their extensive water gardens and Mughal architecture.
Gardens By the Bay, Singapore
Opened in 2012, this ambitious 250-acre park features 18 "supertrees"— vertical gardens reaching up to 160 feet tall.
Villa d'Este, Italy
Located on Lake Como (yes, George Clooney's favorite vacation spot), the renowned Renaissance garden dates back to 1560.
Exbury Gardens, England
Hundreds of rhododendrons and azaleas make the Hampshire gardens a riot of color in the spring. Don't skip a ride on the steam railway through the swathes of perennials.
Mount Stewart, Ireland
Although local mythology inspired the Shamrock Garden, Spanish and Italian gardens are also featured on the éire estate.
Butchart Gardens, Canada
After entrepreneur Robert Pim Butchart exhausted a limestone quarry on Vancouver Island, his enterprising wife Jennie transformed the gigantic pit into a gorgeous Sunken Garden.
Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden, South Africa
Table Mountain overshadows the Cape Town attraction, which showcases native African flora.
Generalife, Spain
Built by Muslim royalty between the 12th and 14th centuries, the summer palace is now one of the oldest surviving Moorish gardens.
Monet's Garden, France
The famous Giverny property inspired some of Claude Monet's most well-known works, like the Water Lilies series.
Humble Administrator's Garden, China
The Suzhou garden, consisting of numerous connected islands, is over a thousand years old.
Royal Botanical Garden, Bhutan
The mountainous Buddhist kingdom doesn't take its flora lightly — the Himalayan country just planted 108,000 saplings in honor of the new royal baby.
Kenroku-en, Japan
As one of the three great gardens of Japan, this park is known for combining the six aspects of a perfect landscape: spaciousness, seclusion, artifice, antiquity, waterways, and panoramas.
Soroa Orchid Garden, Cuba
More than 20,000 orchids cover this park, which is located in the westernmost part of the island nation.
Sigiriya, Sri Lanka
Sigiriya, also known as Lion Rock, is a 600-foot-tall stone column with an ancient palace built right on top. The landscaped gardens, built some 2,500 years ago, are some of the oldest in the world.
Keukenhof Gardens, Netherlands
More than 7 million tulip bulbs (and 800 varieties!) wind along the river of this Dutch park.
Shalimar Bagh, India
The Mughal estate is well known for its chini khanas: illuminated niches behind garden waterfalls.
Parque Tayrona, Colombia
On the Caribbean coast of Colombia, this national park features sandy white beaches, archeological ruins, and the highest coastal mountain in the world
Liberty Square, Taiwan
Flanked by three major landmarks, the enormous promenade is dotted with parks and ponds, which are filled with colorful koi fish.
Akureyri Botanical Garden, Iceland
One of the northernmost conservatories in the world, the garden features both native Icelandic and foreign species.
Inhotim, Brazil
Art buffs, take note: Inhotim is both a renowned botanical garden and modern sculpture gallery.
Royal Botanic Gardens, Australia
Sydney skyscrapers tower over this urban oasis, which is celebrating its 200th anniversary this year.
Asticou Azalea Garden, United States
In a effort to save the plant collection of a prominent Maine estate, a local resident sought the support of the Rockefeller family to purchase the shrubs in 1956. The result is this breathtaking coastal garden which incorporates traditional Japanese elements.
Tropical Spice Garden, Malaysia
The symbol for this eco-tourist destination in Southeast Asia is the Bunga Kantan flower, or "Torch Ginger," which is as tasty as it is beautiful.
National Kandawgyi Botanical Gardens, Myanmar
Originally modeled after London's Kew Gardens, the Burmese grounds now feature distinct elements like a 200-foot-tall tower and orchid garden.
San Grato Park, Switzerland
Situated high above Lake Lugano, this mountaintop garden boasts five themed paths through its collection of azaleas and rhododendrons, including the "Fairytale Trail."
Mae Fah Luang Garden, Thailand
Originally a village along an important trade route, the dense valley settlement relocated when it ran out of space. The vacated land then became a temperate flower garden.
Gothenburg Botanical Garden, Sweden
One of Europe's largest gardens, the Scandinavian escape houses a rare Easter Island tree, which is extinct in its natural environment.
Marsa Alam, Egypt
Stroll down the impressively-landscaped boardwalk at this budding tourist destination.
Devon House, Jamaica
The historic Kingston estate features lovely palm trees — and maybe more importantly a highly-acclaimed ice cream parlor.
Vina del Mar, Chile
The "Vineyard of the Sea" is also known as the Garden City, with the most famous flower bed being the "Reloj de Flores," or the flower clock.
Schloss Schwerin, Germany
The romantic castle, built out onto lake, features gardens that are just as dreamy.
Grand Place, Belgium
Every two years, hundreds of volunteers create an enormous flower carpet in front of Brussels' town hall. The spectacular display honors Belgium's status as the world's largest grower of begonias.
Eram Garden, Iran
The historic Persian landmark includes the Qavam House, a structure decorated with elaborate tiles.
Crathes Castle, Scotland
The 16th-century tower house has perfected its enormous gardens over the past 400 years, including show-stopping giant Himalayan lilies.
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