Jardin des Plantes

A wonderful, welcome respite from the city energy of this easy-going pedestrian town. A lovely district to visit. Tourist energy not your vibe? looking for easy access to metro and good food? Found it. And it's accessible. There's acres of trees, a wide range of plants and many lovely rustic trails with beautiful views. And a very tiny, very loud frog.

A tour guide recommended this garden and it is gorgeous. Free to enter, lots of available benches and a great place to find some peace and quiet in the busy city.

Fun night exhibit. Awkward story progression though from bugs to plants to sperm to an egg with a child inside. Beautiful lights though.

Actually visited at night. This is where the Océan en voie d'illumination is set up the end of November to mid January 2020. Tickets are purchased online only. The entrance is on the east side of the park. A chilly evening, but 6 pm was plenty dark enough to wander thru the large display of lumières. In the dark the ocean themed, brightly colored lumières were entertaining. We wandered through the park and passed into the small zoo at the north end to finish with a few more. One couldn't help sing "baby shark" as you enter the mouth of the 40 foot great white. Some lumières moved mechanically, others shimmered in the night breeze. Some had light music in the background.

This is a beautiful, quiet, peaceful botanical garden in the busy city! It's the main botanical garden in France and was opened by Louis XIII in 1635 as a garden of medicinal plants. Guy de la Brosse, the king's doctor, was in charge of the jardin. Under Louis XIV the Jardin also had a medical school. Check out the history. A lot of discoveries were made here, even a Nobel Prize given to a scientist. The jardin has the Headquarters of the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle. It's in the 5th arrondissement on the left bank. To get there, take metro to Jussieu and Austerlitz. There are four main museums here, the grande galerie de l'Évolution, the Gallery of Evolution, the Gallery of Mineralogy and Geology, the galerie de Botanique or Gallery of Botany ', and Gallery of Paleontology and Comparative Anatomy. The buildings have Beaux-Arts and Art Deco architecture. There's also a winter garden and zoo. It's free to see most of the gardens. The other places have low admission. Bring your camera!

Jardin des Plantes is a really huge park and inside the park you would find Menagerie, Toulouse and other galleries and museums. There are benches along the path leading around the park. Overall, cool park.

This week-end was a celebration of parks in Paris, so I decided to go to Le Jardin des Plantes. It's easy to get to with buses, metro, and train stops all around (Gare d'Austerlitz). I've been here once before when I rented a studio nearby, but it was in Winter, before I moved here. The balmy 70 F weather on Saturday, after a week of rain, made all the trees and plants come alive, as if to say "Finally some sun!" There are several areas for different kinds of plants from alpine to water based, and everything in between, including those that produce essential oils and food. There's a small zoo and a few snack places scattered inside the park, but the best plan is to stroll and sit on a bench in the shade on a sunny day.

Magnificent botanical garden and park to stroll and forget the world you left behing.

A wonderful, peaceful garden without too many people. I came too late in the season for a lot of the flowers, but what was still in bloom was beautiful. The layout of the garden is nice, and it is also quite nice to just sit on a bench and relax. A pity that some of the exhibitions were closed.

Le Jardins! Le Jardins de Plantes! I happened to come across the Le Jardins de Plantes as I was walking towards the Cathedral de Notre Dame after arriving at the Gare de Lyon from Lausanne Switzerland. It was a pretty nice walking experience, but should have taken the RER train, but thankfully I did not, as it was my last full day in Paris and wanted to make the most of it. I saw the signage for the Le Jardin de Plantes on my way to the Bastille - as it was pretty close, but not so much when you are walking it. Le Jardins de Plantes is a working botantical garden in the heart of Paris. Not so much a botanical garden, but just a wide open space, where people, families, and just anyone can come to - to enjoy and relax. The Jardins de Plantes is a wonderful example of how the city of Paris can utilize the green space to make life much more tolerable for those who live, work, and play in Paris. I must have killed about 2 hours wandering around the jardin and the adjacent areas, including the hilly spot where there was a gazebo. I myself enjoyed my time here. Away from the craziness of being a tourist, it was quite unique and nie to be able to unwind for a couple of hours just enjoying nature, people, and seeing how the local Parisians interact. It was cool to see kids playing and people having lunch on a nice Monday afternoon in October. It was a nice 12 degree C day, but the sun was out. Comfortable and enjoyable to be sure. The Le Jardins de Plantes is located directly across the Gare de Lyon train station along the Quai Saint Bernard. Pretty sure many public transit options are there, but I was walking it, so I didn't really need to think about it and tried to save money. The major attraction to the Le Jardin de Plantes was the fact that it was FREE. Yes, definitely FREE. That was pretty amazing, although not unheard of. Usually, parks are free, but you never know how much 2 euros can bring in per person. There was a food kiosk near the entrance on the Quai Saint Bernard, but I didn't need to use it. I saw a few people running inside the Jardin de Plantes, so that was cool. Maybe someday, I can return to Paris and do the marathon de Paris and return to the Jardins and just run here for the scenery. The scenery here was beautiful and the plants and flowers were very pretty. There was also some pretty cool statues along the route from the main jardin square through the hillier sections of the jardins and up towards the gazebo. The view from the gazebo was nice, but you really can't see much, but it was nice to be in one. The building in back of the Jardin de Plantes I thought was the backside of the Les Invalides, but it wasn't. It was a nice walk around the corridor of the Jardin de Plantes. While walking along with my luggage in tow, I saw that there was a photo exhibition by a Japanese artist hanging on fencing. It was pretty cool to see art in a park. I need to do that more often. The jardins are a great way to distress and just have that time to unwind from life. You're in Paris and that's amazing enough. My overall experience was good. Definitely appreciative of what Paris had given to me. Support local! B+

A wonderful, quiet respite from all of the craziness that can be Paris. We were looking for some new things to do in Paris and found this in one of the guide books. We ended up jumping on the Auto-bus (boat the runs up and down the Seine stopping a 6-7 major spots and a must do for all Paris visitors - but I digress) and were please to find that the Garden was one of the stops. It's a bit confusing when you get off the boat but you need to walk up with the Seine at your back and cross the street then turn LEFT and walk along the fenced area of the zoo and in a block or so you will come to the entrance to the garden. It's Free too which is another bonus. We were visiting in September so the gardens were still in full bloom and it was a gorgeous sunny 75 degree day - perfect for a stroll. We probably spent about an hour browsing around looking at the beautiful flowers, sitting on benches and just taking a little breather from walking around Paris. A great spot to catch your breath and literally stop and smell the roses.

"Speaking as a botanist, and a madwoman. . . ." There is plenty to like and plenty to learn in this garden ("enjoyable, but with educational elements," as one guide put it). Plants are gathered into thematic displays (medicinal plants; roses; plants that are yellow) with lots of placards. Late September probably wasn't the optimal time to see them all, but it's a pleasant stroll if you're in this part of the Quartier Latine. I have placed my complaint about the Labyrinthe into a separate review.

Even in winter - and in the first snow of the winter - this garden in the middle of the city is lovely and makes for a pleasant, peaceful walk of a morning. My sweetheart and I wandered through on our way to the Bibliothèque centrale du muséum national d'histoire naturelle to see if we could get a wee peek at the Cabinet of Curiosities of Bonnier de la Mosson.* Sadly, we were not able to get into the library - my non-existent French during our discussion with the garde de sécurité leads me to believe that I either A) had to come on a Mardi rather than a Lundi when it was open to the public or B) pre-request admission with a research statement of intent Sadly, I was leaving on Mardi. But! The Jardin was lovely in winter, with the beds of poppies iced over and the trees stark against the sky. A different jardin than a summer jardin, with its own charm. *http://morbidanatomy.blogspot.com/2009/03/cabinet-of-curiosities-of-bonnier-de-la.html

I don't know if it was just the time of year or where I happened to wander but I was fairly underwhelmed with this garden. It was nice to people watch in the evening though, as all the runners were out. There are a lot of places you can go to if you are willing to pay (greenhouses, zoo, etc) but that was not in the agenda for us.

It's a very nice park and the other buildings on it are worthwhile a visit, specially the glass house. Although for those you have to pay. The glass house has an orchid exhibition at the moment and they are just amasing if you are into plants. It's specially nice to be inside in a cold day. The animals outside are also a nice attraction if you have kids. Nice restaurants in the area.

One of the nicest parks in Paris. The gardens are so colorful & seem to go on forever and unlike anything I've seen before. With beautiful buidings and a few museums & greenhouses this is a pretty cool park. We stayed couple of blocks from the park, but it's worth making a special trip to the gardens especially in the summer months. The area is also more low-key and less touristy than central Paris. Overall a good experience. Visit.

Lebanese Cedars, formal plantings, a spiral labyrinth. Great place to slowly admire beauty.

The zoo was nice and the charm of the facility was perfect. I recommend walking around back and taking the winding road to the gazebo at the top of the little mountain we had some great photos there with a good backdrop. The whole experience was great I just wish the actual plants were varied more. I wouldn't go again though.

Beautiful spot with greenhouses, a formal garden area, and a wilder area. Walk from here down to and along the Seine to Ile de Cite. Just gorgeous. Less visited than the other gardens, but just as pretty.

As a former gardener, I was blown away by the excellent lay out and accompanying information. The gardens are more just pretty. This was the type of garden my wife was expecting throughout Paris. We also visited their zoological gardens (before the children arrive). It was a treat - shady and quiet.