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Top 10 most beautiful gardens in Turkey
Top 10 most beautiful gardens in Turkey
Top 10 most beautiful gardens in Turkey
1. Atatürk Arboretum (Istanbul) - Since 1949, this has been the getaway address for those that know about it. The descriptive signs in front of each plant species allows you to fully embrace your horticulture side. Lakes, ducks, geese, turtles and trees… If you have not already been there, you are missing out. Weekdays: Full price 4 Turkish Liras, students 2 liras. Weekends: Full price 10 liras, students 5 liras.
Top 10 most beautiful gardens in Turkey
2. Japanese Garden (Istanbul) - Created in 2007 as a symbol of our friendship with Japan, it is currently under restoration. However, it will be reopened with the Japanese Culture Festival on Sept. 20. Free of charge
Top 10 most beautiful gardens in Turkey
3. Hevsel Gardens (Diyarbakır) - It is not for nothing that these 700-acre gardens are listed on the UNESCO World Heritage List. The area between the Diyarbakır walls and Dicle River is home to over 180 different types of birds. Free of charge.
Top 10 most beautiful gardens in Turkey
4) Tropical Butterfly Garden (Konya) - In these gardens, built on 7,600 square meters, hold 20,000 tropical plants of 98 different species and 6,000 butterflies of 15 different kinds. There is also a butterfly and insect museum. Full price 7.5 liras, students 5 liras.
Top 10 most beautiful gardens in Turkey
5) Japanese Garden (Kırşehir - Kaman) - The garden and Kalehöyük Museum, which has artefacts excavated from Japanese archaeologists’ excavations on display, are next to each other. It is the biggest Japanese garden outside of Japan. Free of charge
Top 10 most beautiful gardens in Turkey
6) Karaca Arboretum (Yalova) - The garden founded by the honorary president of the Tema Foundation, Hayrettin Karaca, in 1980, it has the first private arboretum in Turkey. You can find lakes, rocky areas and miniature plants. 10 liras per person.
Top 10 most beautiful gardens in Turkey
7) Nezahat Gökyiğit Botanical Garden (Istanbul) - It is the first and only botanical garden in the world to be built on a highway intersection. The aim of this garden is to research plants and protect endangered plant species. Free of charge
Top 10 most beautiful gardens in Turkey
8) Zeytinburnu Herb Garden (Istanbul) - There are over 700 medical plants in Turkey’s only medical plant garden where synthetic fertilizers and pesticides are not used. Gardening education is also provided. Free of charge.
Top 10 most beautiful gardens in Turkey
9) Turkish Parliament’s Garden (Ankara) - A hidden garden that Ankara residents do not know well… The pride of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (TBMM), the garden is open to public, on the contrary to assumptions that it is not. It holds around 22,000 plants of almost 100 different species. Free of charge.
Top 10 most beautiful gardens in Turkey
10) Natural Life Park (İzmir - Çiğli) – This is a park hand in hand with nature where you can go with your family. There are around 1,500 animals of 125 different kinds including the mascot of Izmir, the elephant. There are also 250 plant species. Full price 3 liras, students 1 lira.
Top 10 most beautiful gardens in Turkey
Our Jury: Saffet Emre Tonguç (traveler and guide), Aynur Tartan (TV programmer and journalist), Erdal İpekeşen (journalist), Murat Ermeydan (head of the Istanbul Landscape Architects’ Chamber), Faruk Pekin (FEST Travel owner), Ahmet Zeki Apalı (head of TUREB), Korhan Gümüş (architect and columnist), Elif Ergün Tunçer (editor-in-chief of EvBahçe Magazine)
Top 10 most beautiful gardens in Turkey
City life has severed us from nature. The very least you can do is to get your head out of work on weekends and rush to nature. Daily Hürriyet’s jury of experts picked out the most beautiful gardens in Turkey with different designs, events and unique plant species from around the world for you. Click through to see them all.
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