Flores, Flores, Flores February 22, 2016
Bruce and I love gardens. Visiting them, wherever we happen to be traveling, is one of our pleasures. We have visited Botanical Gardens in such varied places as Ooty, India, and Edinburgh, Scotland, and Boothbay, Maine, and Madrid, Spain. Now we can add Panajachel, Guatemala, to our collection. This one holds up with the best of them. When we started out this morning to find what we had heard were some nice gardens at lakeside Hotel Atitlan, we couldn't have imagined how gorgeous they would be! My pictures only hint at the splendor!
A magnificent topiary!
Charming paths, some bathed in sunlight, others shady and cool, wound through the property.
Lots of rose varieties, some with fun names.
Exotic birds in cages, like this toucan, enlivened the gardens with their loud squawking.
There was an entrance fee of $7 each, and we wondered if it would be worth it. Two hours later, when we pulled ourselves away to return to Ana's for our mid-day meal, we were basking in our good fortune to have discovered this place. It's a former coffee finca (farm), now turned into a lovely hotel for "discriminating travelers". That lets us out :). We're just happy that outsiders are allowed onto the beautiful, immaculately cared-for grounds for a look-see!
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