It’ll come as no surprise to fans of the Dutch capital that the city’s Keukenhof Tulip Gardens claims the top spot with a score of 9.08 out of 10. The gardens come to life each spring, turning the prettiest gardens in the ‘Venice of the North’ into a spectacle that’s racked up more than 52,000 reviews and close to 700,000 Instagram hashtags.
In second place is somewhere closer to home that every nature-loving Londoner is familiar with – Kew Gardens. Kew’s Royal Botanic Gardens and UNESCO World Heritage Site is suburban London’s not-so-hidden secret, spanning more than 300 acres where over 50,000 plants await.
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Getty ImagesOther gardens in the top five include Island Mainau in Konstanz, Germany, Cape Town’s Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden and Valley of Flowers National Park in Chamoli, India.
10. Holambra Flower Fields, São Paulo, Brazil
9. Crested Butte, Colorado, USA
8. The Butchart Gardens, British Columbia, Canada
7. Lake Tekapo, South Island, New Zealand
6. Villa Taranto, Verbania, Italy
5. Valley of Flowers National Park, Chamoli, India
4. Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden, Cape Town, South Africa
3. Island Mainau, Konstanz, Germany
2. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London, UK
1. Keukenhof Tulip Gardens, Amsterdam, Netherlands