Not many of us are lucky enough to have in your city really cool urban garden or Park.
Dekatop offers options of where to escape the inhabitants of megacities from the concrete jungle, breathe in fresh clean air instead of the fumes of asphalt and smog.
This is what our top 10 of the coolest urban parks in the world.
1. Butchart Gardens (British Columbia, Canada).
The garden is directly connected with the dynasty Butchart who once decided to leave the industry and devote their land to flowers. They say that the flower is able to get to the sun through all the obstacles, in the case of the history of the garden Botcharov this absolute fact: ironically, business owners based on production of cement. Aesthetic taste of these Industrialists still appreciate the grateful visitors: according to statistics, the Butchart Gardens attracts more than a million tourists annually from private property the gardens have become a national landmark.
2. Central Park (NY, USA).
View any movie about new York, and you will definitely see Central Park in a few scenes. It is difficult to imagine Manhattan without this popular Park with numerous alleys, a private zoo, lakes and ice fields. Central Park is visited annually by about 25 million people. Despite the popularity and fame among couples with children, romantics and tourists, this place also has negative fame as a pretty criminal place, because it is a popular meeting place for drug addicts, alcoholics and criminals.
3. Park Fort Canning Park (Singapore).
On the site of the hill where the Park is, in ancient times was called the Forbidden Palace of the rulers of ancient China. Later here was laid out Fort of the British colonists, but now it just reminds the massive gates at the entrance to the Park. In the Park you will find a Garden of spices, in fact represents a reduced copy of the first in the history of British Botanical gardens.
4. Silesian Zoological garden, Katowice and chorzów, Poland).
Remember the Park Jorkskogo period” Stephen Spielberg? In order to join the world of the ancient dinosaurs is not necessary to sit in front of the screen with 3D glasses, more useful and more interesting to visit the Silesian Zoo in whose territory the Valley of the dinosaurs. In the Park are 16 different items in an n-gauge 1:1.
5. The Master Of The Nets Garden (Suzhou, China).
Garden the Master (in some interpretations – Host) Networking – the smallest, but the most popular of the Suzhou Gardens. Rich Chinese officials introduced that he was a fisherman and defeated his garden in accordance with this fantasy. The small size of the garden with a vengeance kompensiruet magnificent views and landscapes, and contemplation, goodness and Zen. The garden is under protection of UNESCO.
6. Roundhay Park (Leeds, UK).
Roundhay Park is one of the largest urban parks in Europe and one of the main attractions in the UK, famed Leeds. In fact, the Park consists of three gardens: the Gardens of canals, the Gardens of Monet, which received its name from the track in style with Giverny canvases of the master, and gardens of the Alhambra. Highlight add artificial ruins of a gate at the entrance to the Park.
7. Wiener Prater (Vienna, Austria).
This is not Disneyland, this is the largest Park of Austria, founded in the XVIII century! There are clowns, puppet theatre, fleet, the world’s oldest Ferris wheel, ice cream, carousel rides, and a special miracle Basilian – whisper to him the word you will hear on the other end of the Park, and the Park stretches in length nor more nor less, but for 5 km!
8. Park Chechenkov (Lisse, Netherlands).
To go to Holland and not see a real sea of flowers? If you are not from those who are able to commit such a mistake, then you definitely need to wrap it in Park Kekunci 32 acres of tulips, tulips, tulips as well as daffodils, hyacinths and orchids). The Park is constantly occurring theme of the exhibition, when the bulbs are planted in the form of portraits, flags, songs related to the theme of the exhibition. This splendor blooms every spring for more than 800 thousand visitors to the Park.
9. Park Guell (Barcelona, Spain)
Incredible Park of the work of the great Antonio Gaudi. Spanish industrialist Eusebi güell bought land for construction of a luxury residential area of Barcelona. But then the area was away from the city, which did not attract potential tenants of all the houses were bought only two: the Guell and Gaudi (by the way, in the house of the architect are now organised his Museum). Perhaps this is the most incredible, fabulous Park with gingerbread houses, Hansel and Gretel, carved stone prorastaniya-half animal, mosaic floors, sinuous benches and a dragon – the symbol of Barcelona.
10. Griffith Park (Los Angeles, USA).
Residents and guests of the city is often jokingly referred to as Griffith Park, the Central Park of Los Angeles. In size, the number of visitors and the popularity of Hollywood Directors and screenwriters it really possible to compare it with the new York counterpart. On the observation deck of the Park is wonderful visible inscription HOLLYWOOD with the Hollywood hills, in addition, the Park has museums, a zoo, an Observatory, Golf courses, swimming pools and a Hippodrome
