{"id":4296,"date":"2026-08-04T06:33:23","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T05:33:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/londoname.com\/kensington-gardens-london"},"modified":"2026-08-06T06:21:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T05:21:07","slug":"kensington-gardens-london","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/londoname.com\/en\/kensington-gardens-london","title":{"rendered":"Kensington Gardens"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"padrino-inject-root\">\n<div class=\"padrino-inject-inner\">\n<div data-padrino-shell=\"1\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<p><a href=\"\/en\/top-parks\">\u2190 Best parks in London in 2026 \u2014 TOP 10<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<p><strong>Park<\/strong> \u00b7 <span>London<\/span> \u00b7 \u2b50 9.5\/10 \u00b7 30526 reviews  \u00b7 <em>updated: 2026-08-04 08:22:19<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<p><strong>Address:<\/strong> <span>London, United Kingdom<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex is-nowrap wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"tel:+443000612000\">Call<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/dir\/?api=1&amp;destination=51.506987,-0.179165\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Get directions<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\">\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_74 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a753cb6f3eeb\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a753cb6f3eeb\"  aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/londoname.com\/en\/kensington-gardens-london\/#Kensington_Gardens_%E2%80%94_the_palace_garden_that_became_a_public_masterpiece\" >Kensington Gardens \u2014 the palace garden that became a public masterpiece<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/londoname.com\/en\/kensington-gardens-london\/#Highlights\" >Highlights<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/londoname.com\/en\/kensington-gardens-london\/#What_youll_find\" >What you&#8217;ll find<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/londoname.com\/en\/kensington-gardens-london\/#Things_to_do_%E2%80%94_and_who_its_for\" >Things to do \u2014 and who it&#8217;s for<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/londoname.com\/en\/kensington-gardens-london\/#Getting_there_practical\" >Getting there &amp; practical<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/londoname.com\/en\/kensington-gardens-london\/#When_to_visit\" >When to visit<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/londoname.com\/en\/kensington-gardens-london\/#Good_to_know\" >Good to know<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/londoname.com\/en\/kensington-gardens-london\/#Visitor_tips\" >Visitor tips<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/londoname.com\/en\/kensington-gardens-london\/#Questions_answers\" >Questions &amp; answers<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-10\" href=\"https:\/\/londoname.com\/en\/kensington-gardens-london\/#Photos\" >Photos<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-11\" href=\"https:\/\/londoname.com\/en\/kensington-gardens-london\/#Visitor_reviews\" >Visitor reviews<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Kensington_Gardens_%E2%80%94_the_palace_garden_that_became_a_public_masterpiece\"><\/span>Kensington Gardens \u2014 the palace garden that became a public masterpiece<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>For most of its life this was private ground: the pleasure garden of a working royal palace, laid out by the greatest designers of the age for a queen who wanted something grander than a lawn. Two hundred and sixty-five acres of avenues, formal water and old trees, it still feels ordered where neighbouring Hyde Park feels informal \u2014 a place of long straight walks, a glittering Round Pond, and a cast of monuments running from a gilded Gothic shrine to a bronze boy who arrived overnight without permission.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Highlights\"><\/span>Highlights<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The Albert Memorial<\/strong> \u2014 George Gilbert Scott&#8217;s Gothic Revival canopy, opened in 1872 and rising some 54 metres, shelters a gilded Prince Albert holding the catalogue of the Great Exhibition; the plinth carries the Frieze of Parnassus with 169 carved artists and composers.<\/li>\n<li><strong>The Peter Pan statue<\/strong> \u2014 Sir George Frampton&#8217;s bronze, installed in secret overnight on 30 April 1912 and paid for by J. M. Barrie himself, stands where Peter lands in Barrie&#8217;s 1902 book; fairies, mice, squirrels and rabbits climb its base.<\/li>\n<li><strong>The Italian Gardens<\/strong> \u2014 an ornamental water garden of the 1860s at the head of the Long Water, with four basins, a Tazza fountain and a pump house dressed as an Italian villa, understood as Prince Albert&#8217;s gift to Queen Victoria.<\/li>\n<li><strong>The Round Pond<\/strong> \u2014 the formal circular basin laid out in front of Kensington Palace around 1728, still the gathering point for model-boat sailors, swans and low winter sun.<\/li>\n<li><strong>The Elfin Oak<\/strong> \u2014 a hollow oak stump reckoned to be some nine centuries old, brought from Richmond Park and carved in the 1930s by Ivor Innes with elves, gnomes, witches and woodland animals; it is a listed structure in its own right.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Serpentine South and the annual Pavilion<\/strong> \u2014 a 1934 tea pavilion turned gallery in 1970, and beside it each summer a temporary pavilion by a leading international architect, a commission running since Zaha Hadid&#8217;s first in 2000.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_youll_find\"><\/span>What you&#8217;ll find<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The plan is deliberately geometric \u2014 Bridgeman and Wise&#8217;s avenues radiate from the palace and the Round Pond, and the Long Water sweeps a controlled curve down to the Serpentine bridge. Between those lines sit lawns, mature limes and horse chestnuts, and a run of monuments and small gardens that reward slow walking.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Kensington Palace and its Sunken Garden of 1908, replanted as a white garden and now the setting for the statue of Diana, Princess of Wales unveiled in 2021.<\/li>\n<li>The Long Water \u2014 the upstream, quieter half of the Serpentine, formed in 1726\u201331 by damming the River Westbourne, fringed with reed and popular with herons and cormorants.<\/li>\n<li>Queen Caroline&#8217;s Temple, a classical summer house attributed to William Kent and dated 1734\u201335, looking down over the water.<\/li>\n<li>The Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Playground, opened in June 2000 around a huge wooden pirate ship, with entry limited to adults accompanied by a child.<\/li>\n<li>Sculpture across the grounds: G. F. Watts&#8217;s <em>Physical Energy<\/em> of 1907, Philip Hardwick&#8217;s red granite Speke Monument of 1866, Princess Louise&#8217;s marble statue of her mother Queen Victoria of 1893, and Henry Moore&#8217;s six-metre travertine <em>Arch<\/em> of 1980.<\/li>\n<li>Refreshment points near the Italian Gardens, the palace and the gallery, plus deckchairs on the lawns in summer.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Things_to_do_%E2%80%94_and_who_its_for\"><\/span>Things to do \u2014 and who it&#8217;s for<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Art and architecture lovers<\/strong> \u2014 the Serpentine&#8217;s two galleries show free contemporary exhibitions, and the summer Pavilion is one of the few places in Britain to walk through a brand-new building by a world-class architect at no cost.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Families<\/strong> \u2014 the Diana Memorial Playground is among the best-designed play spaces in Europe, and the Round Pond and Italian Gardens keep younger children entertained without any admission.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Literary pilgrims<\/strong> \u2014 the Peter Pan statue, the Long Water and Barrie&#8217;s own routes through the Gardens make a short, very specific walk through the origins of a story known worldwide.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Runners and walkers<\/strong> \u2014 the level gravel avenues are ideal for steady distance, and the Diana Memorial Walk threads through here on its seven-mile route linking four royal parks.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Birdwatchers<\/strong> \u2014 the Long Water margins hold herons, cormorants, tufted duck and great crested grebes, while ring-necked parakeets have made the tree canopy noisily their own.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Anyone with an hour between museums<\/strong> \u2014 the Gardens sit directly behind the great South Kensington museums and the Royal Albert Hall, making them the natural decompression stop of a museum day.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Getting_there_practical\"><\/span>Getting there &amp; practical<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The Gardens straddle the boundary between the City of Westminster and the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, in central west London, with Hyde Park continuing east on the far side of the Serpentine bridge. Lancaster Gate and Queensway on the Central line put you closest to the Italian Gardens and the Peter Pan statue; Bayswater on the Circle and District lines and Notting Hill Gate on the Central, Circle and District lines serve the northern and western sides; High Street Kensington is the shortest walk to the palace; Knightsbridge and South Kensington on the Piccadilly line approach the Albert Memorial from the south. Useful buses include the 9, 10, 52, 70, 94 and 148. Entry is free, as it is to the Serpentine galleries and the Pavilion; Kensington Palace itself is a separate ticketed attraction run by Historic Royal Palaces. The Gardens open at six in the morning and close at dusk, so closing time shifts through the year and is much earlier in midwinter than in the neighbouring park. Ninety minutes covers the main monuments; half a day lets you add a gallery and the palace gardens.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"When_to_visit\"><\/span>When to visit<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Spring brings the crocus and daffodil sweeps under the avenue trees, followed by the horse chestnut candles in May and the first outdoor tables at the Italian Gardens kiosk. Summer is the Gardens at their busiest and most sociable: the Serpentine Pavilion opens, deckchairs appear across the lawns, and the Round Pond fills with model boats and dabbling waterfowl in the long evenings. Autumn is arguably the best season for photographers \u2014 the limes and planes turn, the low sun rakes down the long avenues, and the crowds thin markedly once the Pavilion season ends. Winter is austere and beautiful: bare avenue geometry, mist over the Long Water, the Albert Memorial&#8217;s gilding catching what little sun there is, and an early dusk that clears the Gardens by mid-afternoon.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Good_to_know\"><\/span>Good to know<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The land began as part of Henry VIII&#8217;s Hyde Park hunting ground, seized from Westminster Abbey in 1536. Its separate life began in 1689, when William III, whose asthma suffered in riverside Whitehall, bought Nottingham House on the high, clean ground of Kensington village and had Christopher Wren enlarge it into Kensington Palace. Queen Anne extended the gardens with the help of the royal gardener Henry Wise, adding an orangery attributed to Nicholas Hawksmoor and John Vanbrugh. The decisive figure was Queen Caroline, wife of George II: from the 1720s she had roughly three hundred acres taken out of Hyde Park and remodelled by Charles Bridgeman and Wise into the avenues, basin and Long Water we walk today, and in 1728 the Gardens were formally separated from Hyde Park. The Serpentine and Long Water were created between 1726 and 1731 by damming the River Westbourne, an early example of a naturalistic lake in a formal English landscape. Kensington ceased to be the monarch&#8217;s principal residence after George II died in 1760, and the Gardens were opened to respectably dressed members of the public on Saturdays, then more widely from 1841. The nineteenth century filled them with monuments: the Speke Monument in 1866 to the explorer who identified the source of the Nile; the Albert Memorial, commissioned by Queen Victoria after her husband&#8217;s death in 1861, approved in 1863, opened in 1872, its gilded statue by John Henry Foley and Thomas Brock installed in 1875, listed Grade I in 1970 and re-gilded in a major restoration in the 1990s. The twentieth century added Frampton&#8217;s Peter Pan in 1912, Ivor Innes&#8217;s carvings on the Elfin Oak in the 1930s, Henry Moore&#8217;s <em>Arch<\/em> in 1980 and the Diana Memorial Playground in 2000. The whole landscape is registered Grade I on Historic England&#8217;s Register of Parks and Gardens.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Visitor_tips\"><\/span>Visitor tips<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Check the closing time before you plan a late walk \u2014 unlike Hyde Park next door, these Gardens shut at dusk, and in December that can mean closing in the middle of the afternoon.<\/li>\n<li>The Peter Pan statue is easy to miss because it stands slightly back from the water on the western side of the Long Water; walk the west bank rather than the east if it is on your list.<\/li>\n<li>The Serpentine Pavilion runs only from early summer to autumn, and both galleries close between exhibitions, so confirm what is open before making them the reason for the trip.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Questions_answers\"><\/span>Questions &amp; answers<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Is Kensington Gardens the same thing as Hyde Park?<\/strong> No, though they adjoin and share a lake. They were one royal hunting ground until Queen Caroline had the western portion taken out and separated in 1728. The Gardens keep formal avenues and shorter opening hours; Hyde Park is more informal and stays open far later.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Does it cost anything to visit?<\/strong> The Gardens are free, and so are the Serpentine galleries and the summer Pavilion. Kensington Palace is a separate paid attraction with its own opening times, though the palace gardens around it can be walked without a ticket.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Where exactly is the Peter Pan statue?<\/strong> On the western bank of the Long Water, at the spot where Peter lands in <em>The Little White Bird<\/em>. J. M. Barrie had it erected overnight on 30 April 1912 without permission, then announced it in a newspaper notice the following morning so children would think the fairies had put it there.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Can children use the Diana Memorial Playground?<\/strong> Yes \u2014 it is designed for them, built around a large wooden pirate ship with sand, wigwams and water play. Adults are only admitted when accompanied by a child, and at peak times there may be a short queue for entry.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is the Serpentine Pavilion and when can I see it?<\/strong> Each year since 2000 the Serpentine has commissioned an architect who has not previously built in England to design a temporary structure beside the gallery. It stands from early summer into autumn, is free to enter, and usually houses a caf\u00e9 and an events programme.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Are dogs allowed?<\/strong> Yes, under control. Dogs must be kept away from the formal Italian Gardens beds and the children&#8217;s playground, and swimming in the Long Water is discouraged because of nesting waterfowl and water quality.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Is the park suitable for wheelchairs and pushchairs?<\/strong> Largely yes. The ground is flat and the main avenues are firm, though some are gravel; the Italian Gardens, Round Pond and Albert Memorial are all reachable on level routes, and accessible toilets are provided near the main refreshment points.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How much time should I set aside?<\/strong> An hour and a half is enough for the Round Pond, Italian Gardens, Peter Pan and the Albert Memorial at a steady pace. Add a gallery, the playground or Kensington Palace and you are comfortably into half a day.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\">\n<\/div>\n<section id=\"entity-gallery\" class=\"padrino-entity-gallery\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Photos\"><\/span>Photos<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.londoname.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2026\/08\/kensington-gardens-london-1.jpg\" alt=\"Kensington Gardens\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.londoname.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2026\/08\/kensington-gardens-london-2.jpg\" alt=\"Kensington Gardens\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.londoname.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2026\/08\/kensington-gardens-london-3.jpg\" alt=\"Kensington Gardens\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.londoname.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2026\/08\/kensington-gardens-london-4.jpg\" alt=\"Kensington Gardens\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.londoname.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2026\/08\/kensington-gardens-london-5.jpg\" alt=\"Kensington Gardens\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.londoname.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2026\/08\/kensington-gardens-london-6.jpg\" alt=\"Kensington Gardens\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<details>\n<summary>Show 1 more photos<\/summary>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.londoname.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2026\/08\/kensington-gardens-london-7.jpg\" alt=\"Kensington Gardens\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<\/details>\n<\/section>\n<div id=\"comments\" class=\"comments-area wp-block-group\">\n<h2 class=\"comments-title\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Visitor_reviews\"><\/span>Visitor reviews<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<ol class=\"comment-list\">\n<li id=\"comment-padrino-0\" class=\"comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1\">\n<article id=\"div-comment-padrino-0\" class=\"comment-body\">\n<footer class=\"comment-meta\">\n<div class=\"comment-author vcard\">\n<b class=\"fn\"><span>Vadym Pavlenko<\/span><\/b>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"comment-metadata\">\n6 September 2023<br \/>\n \u00b7 <span>\u2605 10.0\/10<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<div class=\"comment-content\">\n<p>A wonderful park where you can spend a lot of time and have a lovely rest<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"comment-padrino-1\" class=\"comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1\">\n<article id=\"div-comment-padrino-1\" class=\"comment-body\">\n<footer class=\"comment-meta\">\n<div class=\"comment-author vcard\">\n<b class=\"fn\"><span>nata natusya<\/span><\/b>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"comment-metadata\">\n12 August 2023<br \/>\n \u00b7 <span>\u2605 10.0\/10<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<div class=\"comment-content\">\n<p>A lovely park, large. Two lakes, a flower garden, little fountains, cosy avenues; you can bring a blanket and relax with a picnic under the trees or in the middle of the meadow. Lovely for a walk with dogs. To visit the\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"comment-padrino-2\" class=\"comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1\">\n<article id=\"div-comment-padrino-2\" class=\"comment-body\">\n<footer class=\"comment-meta\">\n<div class=\"comment-author vcard\">\n<b class=\"fn\"><span>Olena Dmytriieva<\/span><\/b>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"comment-metadata\">\n30 May 2020<br \/>\n \u00b7 <span>\u2605 10.0\/10<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<div class=\"comment-content\">\n<p>A good place to relax; the trees have been brought from various corners of the world, and you can feed the animals from your hand. The swans are a delight to the eye \u2014 they&#039;re not at all afraid to approach people.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<p><small>Reviews last updated: 2026-08-04 08:22:19<\/small><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<p><small>Data is refreshed monthly. 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