Les Jardins d’Annevoie — Attraction in Anhée

Gorgeous and romantic garden

There is a large dedicated car park right in front of the garden with a parking fee of 1.50 euros, which you pay with your tickets at the garden's entry.

The entrance fee is 6.50 euros per adult, and 1.50 euros for the guide, which has little information besides the map.

Toilets available.

The map has a suggested path to view the garden which is signaled by arrows along the path itself.

The garden is a mix of styles:

french: art corrects nature: very angular, perfectly defined. Think Versailles; english: art imitates nature: the exact opposite; italian: emphasis on creating little sceneries, each different, often involving water jet, to awe-struck the viewer.

We followed the suggested path which takes you through each and everyone of these sceneries. The castle bordered by water is one of the most beautiful of those, but its interior isn't part of the visit.

The sceneries are unique each in their own way. They often involve statues and water: small rivers, water stretches, fountains, jets of water. A particularity of the garden is that the fountains don't use pumps, but merely gravity to work, using the principle of communicating vessels.

The visit took us, with few short stops, an hour and a half.

There is a restaurant at the end of the terrace overlooking the garden. We didn't try it.

Conclusion: gorgeous romantic gardens perfect for a stroll on a sunny day.

Tips and Tricks:

Some days during the year, they organise Venetian parades, with people in costumes greeting the visitors along the path.

We didn't visit the gardens on such a day. Quite the opposite, we almost had the place to ourselves. We prefered it that way.

Visited...

A lovely garden with a natural spring that feeds numerous fountains without any pumps due to the hight differences in the garden. If you are a gardener then you might notice the different styles of the garden. There is an English section that is charming, an Italian-styled section and a French influenced garden.

Most of the gardens use shrubs and trees, so there is a lack of colours or flowers, but the water features are impressive.

What drew us the most was the kitchen garden that contained an assortiment of vegetables like courgettes, kale, beets, artichokes and more. This part of the garden drew a range of butterflies and insects which was just lovely to see.

During the Coronavirus, it is open to the public, reservations required, and a specific route needs to be followed whilst exploring the gardens. Be...

We went there on the last day of the Annual venetian costumes parade. Never see so many visitors who came from all over other provinces from Belgiu by auto car. They have large parking but was completely full. Beautiful water garden with aspects of French, Italian, and English gardens. We were so lucky with the fantastic weather. Sunny and perfect temperature to enjoy wandering around the garden and the admiration of the colourful costumes parade. One negative point : Suggest to place some benches or stone stols, so some elderly people could rest in between... No bench or chair was found. All outdoor cafés or bars were full. We are forced to sit on the grass, which was muddy and wet. Some went to the red-cross's tent to ask the only 2...