Parks, Gardens and Sites

Jardin du Luxembourg

Luxembourg is a marvelous garden sprawling over 22 hectares. Romantic, pleasant and beautiful it is a great place for a family get together. The garden is lined with palm and walnut trees and dispersed with floral decorations with hugh masses of rose plants. The garden of Luxembourg offers also many activities including children's play grounds, croquet, merry-go-round, swings, puppet theatre, boating, donkey rides etc.

Jardin d'Acclimatation

The Jardin d'Acclimatation was inaugurated on october 6, 1854 for the purpose of breeding different sorts of animals to be used for industrial, commercial or educational purposes. Later it was converted in to a family entertainment park and zoological gardens intended for people to discover nature and familiarize themselves with the flora and fauna of the region. The park offers a variety of activities. It has a farm with domestic animals, a theater, a museum, waterfalls, boating on the river etc.

Cimetiére du Pére Lachaise

Commonly called the cemetery of Father-Lachaise this cemetery is the most prestigious and the most visited. It is well maintained with trees, parks and flower decorations. A million people were buried there to date and more than two million visitors go there each year. Some of the most celebrated dead have unremarkable tombs within expressive monuments.

 

 

 

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