El Real Gardens or the Municipal
Nursery:
San Pio V St. Visits daily
from 8am until sunset. Phone. 96.369.19.44. No charge. Magnificent rose
garden. Zoo.
Botanical Garden:
Beato Gaspar Bono St. Visits
daily from 10.30am-7.15pm. Phone. 96.331.16.57. No charge. The first of
its kind in Spain. It has thousands of species and varieties of trees,
bushes and palm trees. Founded by Antonio Jose Cavanilles.
Monforte Garden:
Monforte St. Visits daily
from 10am until sunset. Phone. 96.360.48.33. No charge. It belongs to the
National Art Treasure. Neoclassics style.
Parque Gulliver:
Tuesday to Sunday from 10
am. to the sunset. Free entrance.
Other important gardens
are the ones of La Alameda, Benicalop, Ayora, Glorieta, Antiguo Hospital,
Parterre, Grand Via. Under construction is the Turia Garden in the former
bed of the river. |
