{"id":10903,"date":"2017-12-01T15:47:28","date_gmt":"2017-12-01T12:47:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metropole-voyage.com\/paris-country-parks\/"},"modified":"2025-01-15T01:30:07","modified_gmt":"2025-01-14T22:30:07","slug":"paris-country-parks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metropole-voyage.com\/en\/paris-country-parks\/","title":{"rendered":"Paris Country Parks"},"content":{"rendered":"
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There are beautiful palaces and castles scattered around the French capital, surrounded by magnificent parks. In good weather, you can wander the alleys and gardens all day long, picnic on the lawn or visit the cafes on the estate. Some of the most famous gardens include:<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The grand Versailles<\/h4>\n

The luxurious park surrounding the majestic royal palace was laid out in the 18th century by the celebrated landscape architect Len\u00f4tre. The grounds now cover 900 hectares and include gardens, fountains, the small palaces of Versailles – the Grand and Petit Trianon – and the nearly two-kilometer-long Grand Canal.<\/p>\n

The parks of Versailles are made in the French style, characterized by strict symmetry. Alleys of trees with neatly trimmed crowns stretch along the line, flower beds are arranged in the form of geometric ornaments, and the bowls of fountains and pools have an immaculately correct shape.<\/p>\n

\"Versailles<\/p>\n

The pride of the park is its 1700 fountains. Some of them impress with their grandeur, such as Apollo’s or Neptune’s fountain, decorated with large-scale sculptural groups, while others are just small streams of water flowing into the bowl or beating in the bushes.<\/p>\n

The Versailles Park is characterized by numerous bosquets, a kind of “green rooms” with densely planted trees as walls. These spaces, decorated with grottoes, gardens, pools and fountains, served for open-air festivities.<\/p>\n

The palace gardens abound with sculptures, thanks to which the Versailles park can be safely called an open-air museum. Most of them are copies of ancient statues or representations of heroes of Greek and Roman mythology.<\/p>\n

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