Wednesday, August 17, 2011

Paris garden, Jardin d'acclimatation

History and description
The Paris garden, Jardin d'acclimatation is located on the northern part of the Bois de Boulogne. It's a 19ha garden,  inaugurated in 1860 by Napoleon III.

The garden was created by the architect Davioud and the landscape designer Barillet Deschamps (the same team than the Parc des buttes-Chaumont), . It was known for its exotism, housing exotic flowers, animals, and even tribes (African, Indian, Cossacks...).

Today, it's an animated park, with ride on a boat, pony rides, a small train which goes from Porte Maillot to the garden...

jardin d'acclimatation

The jardin d'acclimatation is a zoo (farm animals, aviaries for birds, bears,...) as well as a nature park (vegetable, herbs,trees...).

jardin d'acclimatation
My name is Gaspard

In the garden, there are plenty of games for children (playgrounds, carousel, pony rides...), activities, 7 beehives with sale of honey on site...

You will also discover one of the oldest stars of the garden (the Enchanted river (1927)), by riding a boat under the shade of old trees.

Location of the Paris garden Jardin d'acclimatation
The Jardin d'acclimatation is located in the 16 arrondissement of Paris, northern part of the Bois de Boulogne.


How to get to the of the Paris garden
-To go to the jardin d'acclimatation you can use the Paris metro line 1.
The station "les sablons" is the closest.

You take the exit 2, then the ''Rue d'Orléans'', then you will find the entrance of the Paris park (around 150m).

-You can go by the "Petit train" until the principal entrance (departure "Porte Maillot")

-By bus

Entrance fee and opening hours
*2.90 €
free admission for children less of 3 years old and disabled people

*Attractions:
1 ticket=2.70 €
15 tickets=32,00 €

*Petit train (porte Maillot):
Round trip: 2,70 €
Round trip +garden: 5,60 €

opening hours: 10 am all year long
closing hours: -7pm from April to September
-6pm from October to March

Paris garden Jardin d'acclimatation map

No comments:

Post a Comment

Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...