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Royal Botanic Gardens
Situated near the center of Melbourne, Royal Botanic Gardens are considered the best botanical gardens Australia and among the best in the world. Founded in 1846, the gardens began, but nothing quite like an uninspired mix of swampy marshland and rocky outcrops.
Nowadays, the gardens are home to more than 51,000 individual plants, representing more than 12,000 different species. Besides the variety of botanical life that is housed here, the gardens have become a natural sanctuary for an impressive array of native wildlife, including black swans, kookaburras and bell birds.
The gardens are magnificent offer a path for walking through a landscape lush and healthy, which is filled with greenery. Visitors can see the gardens wide range of plants that are set in a landscaped environment with a lake as the central feature. The gardens are so amazingly great that visitors should be careful not to get lost inside its vast lands.
The gardens are also home to the National Herbarium of Victoria, which is itself home to over one million preserved plant specimens. These samples are used for the plant classification.
The Royal Botanic Gardens also have tearooms, cafes and centers which serve to provide additional services for visitors. Another item that is not actually part of the garden, but enjoys a close association is Tan. This is a track that runs alongside one of the boundaries of the garden and was initially used one-horse race. Today has become an extremely popular among runners in Melbourne.
Visitors to Melbourne should definitely not miss the opportunity to visit Royal Botanic Gardens especially since access to the gardens is free. Staying in one of hotels in Melbourne which is near this vast nature reserve will allow easy access to this destination. Langham Hotel Melbourne is not only close to this fate, but also offers an exemplary range of services and facilities that ensure a comfortable stay in Melbourne.
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