The Gardens of Ninfa (Giardino di Ninfa) are widely considered the most romantic garden in the world, a hauntingly beautiful English-style landscape garden created among the atmospheric ruins of a medieval ghost town in the Lazio countryside, just south of Rome. Declared a Natural Monument of the Italian Republic and described by The New York […]
Categories: Gardens, Italy, Nature, Nature, Virtual Travel
Gold leaf catches the afternoon light as you approach the gates, each ornate fleck a reminder of absolute power made manifest. The Palace of Versailles does not welcome visitors subtly; its Hall of Mirrors stretches nearly seventy-three metres, seventeen arched windows reflecting seventeen matching mirrors in a calculated display of wealth. Outside, the gardens unfold […]
Brodick Castle is one of the most important historic fortresses in Scotland, a magnificent red sandstone castle on the Isle of Arran whose strategic position commanding the Firth of Clyde has made it a seat of power for over 800 years, from Viking stronghold to royal Stewart residence to the ancestral home of the Dukes […]
Categories: Castles and Palaces, Sights, Sights, United Kingdom
Updated: July 25, 2020 | By Claire | More The Three Climate Zones of Fata Morgana The Fata Morgana greenhouse is ingeniously divided into three distinct climate zones, each carefully calibrated to replicate the natural habitats of distant ecosystems around the world. The first zone greets visitors with the arid landscapes of the Australian bush […]
Categories: Czech Republic, Nature
The Mažučiai Japanese Garden is the largest Japanese garden in Europe, an extraordinary 16-hectare landscape of cherry trees, koi ponds, stone lanterns, traditional Japanese bridges, and meticulously raked gravel gardens in the countryside of western Lithuania that is the life’s work of the Lithuanian landscape architect šarūnas Kasmauskas. This improbable slice of Japan in the […]
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Villa Ephrussi de Rothschild is one of the most beautiful gardens and palaces on the French Riviera, a pink Belle Époque fantasy perched on the narrowest point of the Cap Ferrat peninsula near Nice, surrounded by nine themed gardens and offering breathtaking 360° views of the Mediterranean on both sides. Built between 1905 and 1912 […]
The Gardens and Castle at Kroměříž are one of Central Europe’s finest Baroque ensembles, a UNESCO World heritage site in the Czech Republic’s Moravian region where the magnificent Archbishop’s Chateau (used as a filming location for Amadeus) is complemented by two extraordinary gardens: the formal Pleasure Garden (one of the best-preserved Baroque gardens in Europe) […]
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Powerscourt House and Gardens is one of the most beautiful estates in Ireland, a magnificent 18th-century Palladian mansion set within 47 acres of meticulously designed gardens in the Wicklow Mountains, ranked among the top three gardens in the world by National Geographic and voted one of the top ten houses worldwide by Lonely Planet. Located […]