Bad Kissingen Rose Garden: Off to the city of roses
All about the rose
As the Bad Kissingen spa gardens were only accessible to wealthy spa guests in earlier times, the town opened the so-called ‘Rosarium’ to all citizens. Today, you will find almost 200 rose varieties and around 6,000 rose bushes in the Kissingen Rose Garden at the Regentenbau. From early summer in particular, these transform the botanical garden into a sea of fragrant flowers. So it’s no wonder that the town is also known as the ‘Rose City of Bad Kissingen’.
You can enjoy the unique garden art on a relaxing stroll or take a break in one of the cafés on the promenade and soak up the atmosphere. From the rose garden, you can also take a leisurely steamboat trip through the floodplains on the Saale to the graduation house and the Upper Salt Works Museum.
A highlight for young and old in the Rose Garden is definitely Germany’s only multimedia fountain. Here you can experience impressive water choreographies to music several times a day. As soon as it gets dark, spectacular beamer shows are on the programme. Here, water droplets form a screen onto which beautiful images and films are projected.
Nature and environmental education in the Frankfurt/Main Palmengarten
Botanical garden in the centre of Mainhattan
Covering an area of almost 19 hectares, the Frankfurt Main Palm Garden leaves nothing to be desired for its visitors. In historic greenhouses, you can admire around 13,000 plant species, including many endangered species. During free guided tours, you can learn more about the development and significance of the various plants. The Palmengarten Frankfurt is committed to nature and environmental education. There are also great programmes for kindergarten children and school groups. Regular musical events and exhibitions complete the varied programme.
The Palmengarten Frankfurt Butterfly House is particularly popular with younger visitors. Here you can experience the life cycle of a butterfly as well as many of the beautiful animals.
Families with children also love the Botanic Garden’s large water playground, the playground by the pond, the boat hire and the mini golf course. But a winter palm garden also has its attractions for visitors. After dark, you can marvel at the Festival of Lights in the Frankfurt Palmengarten. Impressive illuminations then transform the park into a mysterious garden landscape.
Famous Hamburg Planten und Blomen park
Green oasis in the heart of the harbour city
If you need a break from the hustle and bustle of Hamburg’s city centre, Planten un Blomen Hamburg is the place for you. The extensive park is centrally located near the Congress Centre, St. Pauli and the exhibition grounds. Locals love the botanical garden as a retreat and meeting place. And for tourists, it is also at the top of the list as one of Hamburg’s favourite sights.
In addition to a large playground for the little ones, there are regular events in Planten und Blomen. The so-called Soundwalk was opened to mark the park’s 200th anniversary. Here you can learn historical and entertaining facts about the popular park on a walk from the Landungsbrücken underground station. Another highlight of Blomen Hamburg’s anniversary year is the exhibition ‘umGestaltet. Exhibition in the park’. At six stations in the park, you will get an overview of the eventful history and planned developments of the park.
In the Hamburg Planten un Blomen ramparts, there is the famous tea house and spectacular water features between the beginning of May and September. Between 16:00 and 18:00 you can watch the impressive fountains and from 21:00 the popular colourful water light shows with music are performed.
Flora and Botanical Garden Cologne
Local recreation area and educational garden in the cathedral city
Idyllically situated in the north of Cologne, Flora Cologne attracts more than a million visitors every year. In the 11.5-hectare park, you can take a relaxed stroll along the well-tended paths or visit one of the numerous plant show houses. Here you can marvel at around 12,000 exotic plant species from all over the world – an impressive world tour through botany. Particularly worth seeing are the witch hazels, several species of magnolia, conifers, maples and rhododendrons.
The renovated conservatory palace was reopened for the 150th anniversary of the botanical garden. Various events are regularly organised here. Flora Köln also offers themed tours for children and others.
Excursion destinations Germany: Stuttgart Höhenpark Killesberg
Formerly a quarry, now a hilltop park
Just outside the city, you will find a favourite place for families and those seeking relaxation in Stuttgart: the Höhenpark Killesberg. No wonder, because there is so much on offer here. Where there used to be a quarry, flowers, trees and shrubs in the botanical garden now shine in all colours.
In addition to the lakeside terraces, the highlights include the summer flower meadows, the valley of roses and the Erika slope. Killesberg Park also has a park railway, a historic funfair, the outdoor pool and a great adventure playground for visitors of all ages.
Younger children in particular look forward to the petting zoo in Höhenpark Killesberg. Llamas, goats and many other four-legged friends are waiting to be stroked. Those with a head for heights can also climb the 174 steps to the top of the observation tower. From the top, you have a unique view over the Swabian Alb. The open-air stage in the park regularly attracts numerous visitors in summer. An absolute highlight of the event year is the Killesberg Festival of Lights with its impressive fireworks display, which takes place every year in July.
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