Even though everybody loves the city, its sky-high buildings, fast-paced lifestyle, and everything that comes with it; you can’t deny that there’s no better feeling than just disconnecting from reality and spending a couple of hours chilling in the park.
If you live in a big city and spend your days surrounded by buildings, visiting a natural park from time to time is good for you. So, if you ever find yourself in any of these cities, don’t forget to take a walk in some of the 10 most beautiful city parks in the world.
- Stanley Park – Vancouver
via Vancouver’s Best Places
Stanley Park is one of the few parks in which nature has hardly been altered. It has half a million trees and 200 species of birds. Not only does it have countless outdoor activities, but it is also surrounded by water, allowing you to enjoy the beauty of Vancouver harbor when you want to take a break from the greenery.
- Hong Kong Park – Hong Kong
via Hong Kong Tourism Board
It’s hard to imagine there’s enough room for a park in crowded Hong Kong, but this one is in the middle of the city, allowing residents to relax in its tai chi garden, greenhouse, and aviary, which houses 80 birds. One of the best things about Hong Kong Park is constantly running water through waterfalls, streams, ponds, and cliffs.
- Golden Gate Park – San Francisco
via Golden Gate Park
This rectangular park has plenty of green space and gardens and makes the most of it. Golden Gate Park has a Japanese tea garden, a tulip garden, a botanical garden, and a Shakespeare flower garden, plus lakes, wooded trails, and even a field with bison. It’s a lot of space to relax in a city defined by technology and development.
- Ibirapuera Park – Sao Paulo
via Sao Paulo City
If you want to familiarize yourself with plants and animals, this huge park in the heart of São Paulo is the place to do it. Ibirapuera Park is home to 218 different species of plants, 156 types of birds, and 35 types of butterflies. Thanks to this and its lush trees, trails, benches, and lake, it’s the perfect way to take a short break in Brazil’s most populous city.
- Shanghai Houtan Park – Shanghai
via Chinese Architects
Shanghai Houtan Park occupies a narrow piece of land but makes the most of its area. It sits on what was once a steel factory and shipyard and is now a wetland habitat that allows people to stroll among its bamboo paths and Chinese redwoods along the Huangpu River. It also uses environmentally friendly technologies to treat the river’s polluted water.
- Royal National City Park – Stockholm
via Visit Stockholm
You could call it the mother of all urban parks because it was the first in the world. Royal National City Park is located right next to the woods. You can find a great variety of wildlife: from deer and hares to foxes and moose. It also contains one of the largest collections of giant oak trees in Northern Europe, making it an impressive place to get away from the noise of Stockholm.
- Phoenix Park – Dublin
via RIU
Phoenix Park is 354 years old and is the largest enclosed public park in any European capital city. It has sports fields, hiking trails, trees and, above all, a herd of free-roaming deer that will make you feel more like you’re in the countryside than in the center of a big city.
- Chapultepec Forest – Mexico City
via Civitatis
Chapultepec Forest is so important to Mexico City that it is known as one of the “lungs” of the city. It is full of gardens, green spaces, wooded trails, and hundreds of animal species. For the most populous city in North America, it is an essential place for recreation and relaxation.
- Mount Faber Park – Singapore
via Says
Situated on a hill high above densely populated Singapore, Mount Faber Park offers many ways to get in touch with nature. The entire park is covered by forest, which means that bird watching and hiking activities can be undertaken, as well as spending time admiring the lush vegetation that grows around it.
- Prospect Park – Brooklyn
via Blog de Nueva York
Prospect Park offers rustic recreation with a secluded feel. When you walk beside the expansive lake or through Long Meadow, a 36-acre field, the buildings, and noise of the city disappear and it’s easy to forget you’re in America’s largest city. Perhaps this is the most important purpose of a park in a city.
Souce: dailyamazingthings | By Gabriela Rivas | May 18, 2021