City of Cadiz
In the ancient walled City
of Cadiz, the gardens to visit are the Parque Genoves and the Alameda
Apodaca, a large avenue laid out with gardens with sections in the romantic
style. In the oldest part of town there are also beautiful patios. In the
Faculty of Medicine there is a remarkable specimen of a Dragon Tree
(Dracaena draco).
City of Jerez de la Frontera
There are beautiful gardens in Gonzalez Ontoria Park in Jerez de la Frontera, the sherry town, is where the legendary May horse fair is held, note the park kiosk designed by Eiffel.
El Tempul Park has gardens and it also houses a small zoo .
The Museo de Relojes (Clock museum) in Calle Cervantes stands in beautiful gardens where peacocks run free.
San Lucar de Barrameda
In San Lucar de Barrameda, a fishing port at the mouth
of the River Guadalquivir is found the Ducal Palace of Medina
Sidonia there are remarkable gardens, with an old well and remains
of piping as well as a very fair bed of acanthus. Also worthy of
mention are Orleans Palace Gardens and the old Botanical
Gardens established by Godoy where there are many species from
the Americas. The houses along the beach of La Jara have
good gardens some with large Araucarias.
Algeciras
Algeciras is a commercial port town. The Maria Cristina Park dating from 1830 in Algeciras represents an early recreation of a Hispano-Arabic garden. It was rebuilt at the turn of the century. There is also a the park of Las Acacias which used to be a nineteenth century garden called Villa Smith.
Gibraltar
In Gibraltar in the recently restored gardens of La Alameda, there is a botanical garden dating from 1816. There are so many Dragon trees that have become so acclimatised it is not known if they were planted or have sprouted spontaneously.
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