Gardens of Cadiz

In the city of Cádiz, there are the Parque Genovés and the Alameda Apodaca, a large avenue laid out with gardens with sections in the Romantic style. Likewise, there are beautiful patios in the old part of the town. There is a remarkable specimen of a Dragon tree (Dracaena draco) in the Faculty of Medicine.

In Jerez de la Frontera, we can mention the González Ontona Park, where the May Fair is held, which includes a kiosk designed by Eiffel, and El Tempul Park, which houses a small zoo with a good snake house. In Sanlúcar de Barrameda the gardens of the ducal palace of Medina Sidonia are remarkable.

There is an old well and remains of piping, as well as a very fair bed of acanthus. The Orleáns Palace gardens are also worth mention, as are the old Botanical Gardens established by Godoy, where many species from the Americas have become acclimatised.

The houses along the beach of La Jara have some good gardens as well, some with large Araucarias. Algeciras has the María Cristina Park, dating from 1830, which, after rebuilding at the beginning of this century, represents an early recreation of a Hispano-Arabic garden.

There is also the park of Las Acacias, that used to be Villa Smith, a garden of the 19th century. There is a Botanical Garden in Gibraltar, in the recently restored gardens of La Alameda dating from 1816, with many Dragon trees that have become so acclimatised, that it is not known if they were planted or if they have sprouted spontaneously.