Best places: Botanical gardens in Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie, France

Palm-house tours, plus trails amid camellias & magnolias in a 19th-century park & botanical gardens.

Large landscape garden in traditional Japanese style, with a tea salon & gift shop.

Paths & boat rides around a Zen garden with cherry trees on a landscaped island in the Erdre River.

👍👍 Not big, but free entrance

👍👍 Just fantastic, so we’ll laid out and innovative way to showcase edibles in your garden. After Chaument this was my most favorite garden in France. Modern and clean shop and restaurant and a beautifully shade garden to eat in. Faultless visit for adults and children alike.

Tropical palms, banana trees & an artificial cascade in a disused quarry surrounded by steep cliffs.

👍👍 Cool

🫤 Déçu, je suis une grande fan de plantes et je visite beaucoup de jardin botanique. La personne (homme) de l’accueil n’est pas aimable, il nous vante les mérites de son « jeu » et nous informe QUE si on ne suis pas les questions au pied de la lettre nous ne verrons pas tous les recoins du jardin. Et...

😐 € 7.50 per visit, in September it is by appointment. We were therefore alone in the gardens. They weren't very well maintained, quite a few flowers were withered, the sprinklers visible, water flowing along the paths. There is a beautiful lake, and beautiful water lilies. A leisurely stroll is good...

👍👍 Magnificent, very pleasant garden and still well flowered despite the heat. Nice collection of succulents and wide variety of sages. We were well received by the owners. If you come by car you have to park at the entrance of the village. It is an island so small streets, on vacation prefer bicycles...

👍👍 Fabulous gardens and friendly staff. Highlights: Rose garden, zen garden, cascade, tropical greenhouse and the lotus lake is not to be missed, at its most spectacular in July/August when the lotus are in bloom. Kids had fun too with free 18 hole mini-golf and miniature farm. Lots of water, bridges,...

🫤 L'avis est mitigé car nous découvrons un château à l'abandon et les aménagements autour de la bâtisse font qu'accentuer cette impression. Bref le touriste curieux va rapidement déchanter mais une fois qu'il aura traversé cette tristesse infinie, il découvrira un petit parc assez bien aménagé avec d...

👍👍 What an experience, such a lovely park in the center of Coëx!

🫤 The ground in the park is littered with cigarette butts and pigeon droppings. The place does not inspire confidence. If you add to that the atmosphere when several people stare at you while consuming cigarettes that are not made only of tobacco, it doesn't make you want to go back there with your ch...