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The Floral Park Of Haute Bretagne

The alley of white pearls leads to the entry of the Floral Park of High Brittany. As soon as we have crossed it, the Garden of Thousand and one Nights absorbs all our senses: it is bathed in the music of water, in the flowers' fragrances and colours. A curtain of three cypresses hides the breach in the wall of the ancient kitchen garden. It gives access to the Antique City, which sets up a Mediterranean world: classical columns adorned with climbing roses, an Iris-bedecked Odeon... in a space dominated by the lawn-alleys' green. A camellia labyrinth is leaning against its wall. It is hiding a Minotaur who will surprise the children, before they lose themselves in the bamboo grove. The end of this walk offers the view as well over the new Secret Garden with its two terraces as over a lotus-flowered basin, which is overshadowed by three pyramids planted with dwarf bamboo. The ancient roses' alley leads to the valley of poets with its water basins, bridges, moss carpets and wild bouquets. The promenade then opens over a lake and crosses the new Garden of Exotic Fragrances; next we are fascinated by the Blue Spring, surrounded by vivacious plants in all shades of blue, and a marsh inhabited by strange carnivorous plants... Some steps later we come to a circular little square with three granite benches: the Garden of Starlit Nights invites us to rest before discovering five hectares of new gardens. The promenade ends with the Garden of The Setting Sun, mirroring the castle's north façade, and the Prehistoric Garden, which illustrates the history of plants from the origin of the earth to the present day.

• Opening 2013 :
  From March 1 to November 15.
  July and August and every Sunday and bank holiday from April until end of September : from 10,30 a.m. to 6,30 p. m.
  April, May, June and September : from 10 to 12 a.m. and from 2 to 6 p.m.
  March, October and November: from 2 to 5,30 p.m.
  Closed from November 16 to February 28 (except garden centre, open all year).
  Duration of the visit : 1h30 to 2h30.
  A marked tour : a marked circuit helps discover the different theme gardens.
  Every visitor receives on his or her entry a leaflet describing the tour.
  Receptions (marriages...) and rooms available on site.
  
• Visits :
  Unguided visits.
  Guided visits with previous booking.
  Access adapted for disabled persons.
  
• Charges :
  Adults: 10,8 - 8,80 Euros, adolescents from 13 to 18 years: 8,8 Euros, children from 5 to 12 years: 7,8 Euros.
  Groups of 20 persons minimum : 8,8 Euros/person.
  School groups from 3 to 18 years : 5 Euros.
  Family ticket : 32 Euros.
  Subscription for one year: 24 Euros.
  Entry fee plus guided visit (20 persons minimum) : 11,5 Euros
• Services :
  Shop, Picnic area, Public lavatory, Tree nursery, Tearoom, Bed and Breakfast, Saloons to let, Seminars, Receptions, Cocktails, Concerts, Marriage photos, Shooting of films, Wheelchairs at your disposal, Pedagogical presentations, Dog admitted if kept on a lead, Carpark arranged, Camping car site, Collections.
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  GPS (Lat x Long) : 48.430703000, -1.263041000

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