PLAMPLEMOUSSES GARDENS

Giant Waterlillies

Created by Pierre Poivre in the 18th century, it must be one of the most impressive gardens in the world. It has eighty species of palm trees, among its 600 different types of trees which include ebony and mahogay, fruit trees, nutmeg, cinamanum and clove. Among its most famous trees, there is the talipot palm, a floral curiosity, which blooms every 60 years before dying. Its basins and ponds , rich with Amazon and Indian water lilies, invest the scene with a sense of surpassing peacwe and tranquility.

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Canal Field of Fleur de Soleil

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These trees are hundreds of years old, endured the harshness of the tropical climate: monsoons and cyclones and they are still standing.