Favorite gardens of Europe
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Favorite gardens of Europe
Forgive me if this duplicates any posts in recent history, but I'd like to ask a question similar to the one about favorite cathedrals in Europe: Which gardens are your favorites, and why? <BR> <BR>I, for example, love the less formal Mediterranean gardens, with fountains, pools, and architectural accents -- rather than topiary or rigidly symmetrical organization of paths. Thus, I was enchanted with the Alcazar gardens in Seville. <BR> <BR>What are others'favorites, preferences, memories? <BR>
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The Gardens of Generalife in Granada, Spain (next to The Alhambra)- The Moors loved nature and water and this inmense garden is designed so you hear and see water running at all times and displays of different and exotic flora for every season. Unforgetable! <BR> <BR>Cawdor Castle near Inverness, Scotland <BR>The most romantic garden I have ever seen! Just beautiful...
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Have to mention Versailles, just for the fountains. <BR> <BR>Otherwise, I'll never know whose garden it was in Athens, can't even tell you how to find it -- but I remember peeking over a wall to see more of a beautiful tree covered with purple flowers and seeing the most charming town-house sort of garden with trickling fountain, small palms, and all those purple flowers -- reminded me of wisteria. Anyone know what it was?
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I think that the gardens at Schonbrunn Palace in Vienna are lovely. The palace is at one end, Roman ruins are atop a hill at the other, a spacious open garden in the center with lots of paths throughout amazing beds of flowers, tree alles to the sides, etc etc etc. It's overwhelming. <BR> <BR>Also, the Mirabell Gardens in Salzburg are really quite beautiful and a good place to find a bench and people watch. These gardens can be seen in the famous Do Rei Mi scene when Maria and the children dance and sing around various Salzburg sites in the Sound of Music movie.
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I'm really surprised that Monet's garden at Giverny didn't make the top 5. <BR>A personal favorite for me, though, is the garden of the Chateau of Marquessac, Deptartment of the Dordogne, France. It's really more a little woods than a garden, with lovely views of the Dordogne River, and the villages of Domme and La Roque-Gageac in the distance.
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Hi Cassandra, <BR> I was blown away when I saw Abbey Gardens on the Isle of Tresco on the Scilly Isles. I had seen pictures of them before I left on my trip, but I never expected them to be quite as impressive as they were. It seemed so strange to see a sub-tropical garden 28 miles off the coast of England. <BR> My other favorite is Bodnant Gardens in Northern Wales. They are also very beautiful and cover a large amount of area. I never was much of a garden admirer, but my trips to Europe have changed me. <BR>
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We just returned from an English garden tour in June, and my favorite garden is now Sissinghurst. The white garden was absolutely stunning, and the colors in the other garden rooms were wonderfully balanced and exciting. I came away inspired by a great work of art, and with a new love of roses.