6 Best Places To Gaze At The Beautiful Flowers

With Spring finally making its way across the globe, flowers are beginning to blossom. Even though Miranda Priestly from The Devil Wears Prada might not find florals ground-breaking when it comes to fashion, they certainly herald the coming warm weather like nothing else. When you’re on a trip, finding yourself amongst nature can be extremely rejuvenating. Flowers are always a delight to look at as you stroll through a park taking in all the sights around. Springtime is a wonderful period for you to witness some beautiful flowers blossoming at destinations across the globe.

While flowers themselves are rarely the focus of any trip, these 6 colourful sites are the perfect relaxing detour to plan for your next getaway.

# Okinawa, Tokyo

Perhaps the most famous flowers of spring, the Japanese Cherry Blossom season has begun. The delicate pink flower first appears in Okinawa before blossoming in Tokyo and Kyoto in March and April, and finally in Hokkaido in May. You can also see wonderful Cherry Blossoms in Washington, D.C., in the US. These trees were given to Washington in 1912 by the city of Tokyo.

# Blickling Estate, Norfolk, UK

From late April to early May the dainty blue flowers carpet the woodland floor of the Great Wood in the Blickling Estate. Swathes of bluebells can also be found in Buckland, Devon and Dunham Massey, Cheshire among other places.

# Keukenhof, Lisse, The Netherlands

Likely as well known as the Cherry Blossoms of Japan are the Dutch Tulips. While they do grow over the countryside, Keukenhof is one of the world’s largest flower gardens, with over seven million planted each year. The gardens will stay open until May 13 this year.

# Monet’s Garden, Giverny, France

Obsessively designed and tended to by Monet himself in the late 1800s, the stunning flower beds covered in strokes of purple, white, gold, and red, are themselves a work of art. Visitors are not allowed to enter Monet’s house, but you can see the water-lily pond immortalized in his paintings.

# Cape Floral Kingdom, South Africa

This vast region near the southern tip of South Africa was named a biodiversity hotspot by UNESCO. It has the highest known concentration of plant species in the world. Spectacular flower-rich areas can be found just north of Cape Town and in Namaqua National Park.

# Mainau Island, Germany

Located near the Swiss border, Mainau Island in Lake Constance has over 110 acres of sweeping lawns and vast flowerbeds. Affectionately called Blumeninsel, or “Flower Island,” the most spectacular sight is the staircase waterfall lined with tulips.