A short guide about Gardens travel
Search through Tourabout’s range of carefully designed garden tours; with specialised itineraries that combine iconic attractions and memorable destinations. These Garden Tours often involve visits or travel to botanical gardens and places which are significant in the history of gardening. While travelling within a small group, you have the unique opportunity to tour stately homes, not normally open to the public or premier garden tours. Garden tourists often travel individually in countries with which they are familiar but often prefer to join organized garden tours in countries where they might experience difficulties with language, travel or finding accommodation in the vicinity of the garden.
The list of famous gardens which attract garden tourists from afar includes: Sissinghurst Castle Garden and Stourhead in England, Versailles and Giverny in France, Keukenhof in Holland, Villa d'Este and Villa Lante in Italy, Alhambra in Spain, Longwood Gardens and Filoli in the USA, the gardens of the Taj Mahal in India, and the Ryoan-ji in Japan. In the year 2000 the Alhambra and the Taj Mahal both received over 2 million visitors and even this can pose problems for the landscape manager.
Visitor Michel de Montaigne was one of the earliest garden tourists to record his impressions of gardens in 1580 and John Evelyn also recorded his visits to gardens in France and Italy, as did Fynes Moryson. At the start of the twenty-first century Britain had the largest number of gardens open to the public for tourist visits: over 3,500 gardens are listed in Gardens of England and Wales open for Charity.
Designed for the gardening enthusiasts - these tours have guides chosen for their expert knowledge and passion, so create a shortlist of your holiday style, and click on the supplier of your choice for more detail.