Life, with the garden
Location: Belem, Portugal • • • Visit: September 2015
The botanic tropical garden in Belem is rather large (for being located so centrally), but felt somehow disjointed. It had its places, like the small pond with a pavilion being reflected in the water’s calm surface. But the open design didn’t allow for the kind of immersion in green, protection from the bustle and heat of the outside world that I like with the old, compact botanic gardens that are often found in the historic centers of European cities. Belem in Portugal has many other beautiful buildings and museums to attract visitors, but the botanic garden is not as spectacular.
Katja Malmborg 