Parks & Gardens – Best Parks, Gardens & Green Spaces

Gorky Park, Moscow

Moscow's best-loved riverside park, blending promenades, sculpture, gardens, culture and seasonal fun from summer lawns to winter ice rinks.

Peter the Great's formal garden of 1704, with linden-lined alleys, marble statues and a famous cast-iron railing beside the Neva and Fontanka.

A scenic seaside memorial park in Split known for Adriatic views, pine-shaded paths and the historic site of the former Sustipan cemetery.

A historic public garden beside Paseo del Parque, with mature subtropical trees, fountains and connections to Málaga’s waterfront.

A historic garden north of Málaga combining mature subtropical planting, nineteenth-century estate features and botanical collections.

Ljubljana's largest city park, with chestnut-lined alleys, Plečnik's promenade, historic mansions, a pond, a rose garden and woodland trails.

A leafy 19th-century park on Riga's old fortifications, with a bastion hill, canal bridges, a waterfall and memorials to 1991.

A historic 19th-century public garden in central Riga, with shaded paths, a restored fountain, sculptures and a lively open-air stage.

Bucharest's largest park, with a boating lake, a Japanese Garden, Rose Island and the open-air Village Museum.

Belgrade's largest park, set on a cliff above the Sava and Danube with monuments, a zoo, shaded paths and the old fortress alongside.