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El Jardin of Cactus

Newest Review: ... bigger & bigger every year. in total it occupies over 150,000m2. it has been beautifully lanscaped, with pathways leading you through bamboo groves & palm trees, where the calls of the parrots & peacocks add to a truly tropical experience. amongst other things you'll find a lake, covering around 10,000m2, with a bridge leading to an island of date palms. there's also a garden dedicated to trees & plants native to mallorca such as the carob, almond and orange trees, rustling in the gentle breeze generated of course by a windmill (nothing more typical of mallorca!) the actual cacti gardens are totally breathtaking.... more

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El Jardin of Cactus: botanicactus: cactifanatico or no... (248 words)
by - written on 30/04/05 (Useful, 252 readings)
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the largest botanical gardens in europe (they claim...)you could spend all day there. situated in ses salines, around 40km south east of palma, driving in the direction llucmajor, campos, ses salines (via santanyi) since 1989, when the construction of these truly spectacular botanical gardens began, it has "grown" bigger & bigger every year. in total it occupies over 150,000m2. it has been beautifully lanscaped, with pathways leading you through bamboo groves & palm trees, where the calls of the parrots & peacocks add to a truly tropical experience. amongst other things you'll find a lake, covering around 10,000m2, with a bridge ... Read the complete review