Ooty lake, also called Marlimum Lake, was artificially formed by John Sullivan, the founder of Ooty, in 1823-25 by damming the mountain streams flowing down Ooty valley. It stretches in an irregular 'L' shape, for about two kilometres in length and varying distances in width. In recent yea... |
The Bandstand Promenade is a kilometer long walkway along the sea on the west side of Bandra, a suburb of Mumbai, India. Less than a decade old, it is simultaneously a popular hang out spot, a jogging track and a park.
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Joggers' Park in Bandra is a seaside jogging track where joggers of Bandra congregate. It is covered by sea from 2 sides and has a 200-300 m wide space for jogging. With coconut tree avenues and nice seating arrangements it gives a good view of the sunset over the sea. It also has a small amuse... |
The Swiss Miniatur in Melide, which was opened in 1959, is the only miniature park in Switzerland and is Switzerland on a smaller scale (1:25). There are 130 models of houses, castles and monuments in the open air, distributed throughout the 14,000 square meter park. The detailed and authentic model... |
The Borivali National Park, officially known as the Sanjay Gandhi National Park, is a unique National Park in that it lies within the borders of a city.Within the Park, the ancient Kanheri Caves dating back 2,400 years were sculpted out of the rocky cliffs. The forest area of the Park houses around ... |
This 300 acres of sheer beauty was an outcome of a British Chief Engineer of Mysore, Sir Richard Shanky in 1864. The park has been named after Sir Mark Cubbon who was Bangalore's longest serving commissioner. Beautiful roads, blooming trees and placid plains are spread all around. Cubbon Park i... |
The restoration of the the Cheonggyecheon has become a source of tremendous pride in Seoul. The Cheonggyecheon stream was formed during the Joseon Dynasty in order to provide drainage for the city. It lasted for hundreds of years until the 1940s, when the city became so populated that a shanty town... |
Seoul Children's Grand Park is a family theme park located in Seoul. About 62% of the park's total area of about 530,000 sq. meters consists of tress and grass and various facilities such as a zoo, botanical garden, amusement park and experiencing spaces. As part of its effort to restore n... |
Khao Ngu Park, Ratchaburi has the "Snake Mountain", lake and the famous Hermit Cave. There are no snakes here but hundreds of monkeys. The Buddha at the entrance of the park is an old but beautiful Dvaravati style Buddha in the seated posture reflecting the influence of Indian Buddhist art... |
Pavlovsk Park is one of the largest landscape parks in the world. Designed more than 2 centuries ago by one of the foremost landscape architects of the day, Charles Cameron, the park stretches over 543 ha and is divided into seven zones each having its own landscape. There is a special birch-tree zo... |
Bayfront Park is a 32-acre public, urban park in Downtown Miami, Florida. The Miami SkyLift balloon looks like a giant Ping-Pong ball come to rest in Bayfront Park. Bayfront Park, famed as a showplace of tropical landscaping, is on the shore of Bay Biscayne, along the southern terminus of Biscayne B... |
Hyde Park is a large park in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Hyde Park is on the eastern side of the Sydney central business district. It is the southernmost of a chain of parkland that extends north to the shore of Port Jackson (Sydney Harbour). It is approximately rectangular in shape, being s... |
Built along the lines of the Brindavan Gardens of Mysore, the Jubilee Park is a major attraction in Jamshedpur. The Park was presented by Tata Steel to the citizens of Jamshedpur to mark its Golden Jubilee year. To commemorate the birth anniversary of the Founder of the huge Tata Empire, on the 3rd ... |
The most popular outdoor ice-skating rink in New York City is the Central Park Wollman Rink. The Wollman Rink opened in 1950 and replaced part of the Pond when the Lake was no longer used for skating. The original ice- skating rink was proved to be insecure and was substituted by the present one in ... |
Named after King Edward VII of Britain (following his 1903 visit to Portugal), the park boasts two greenhouses (“estufas”) filled with tropical plants. These beauties sit atop a hill on the park’s west side garden, also known as the “Estufa Fria.” It was originally called Liberty Park. Thi... |
Viharamahadevi Park, located at Cinnamon Gardens, is a lovely patch of greenery in the middle of Colombo. It is the biggest park in Colombo. It is on the opposite site of the road from the Colombo Town Hall. Originally named Victoria Park after Queen Victoria, it was renamed in 1958 in honour of a d... |
The Hong Kong Park is a public park next to Cotton Tree Drive in Central Hong Kong. It covers an area of 80,000 m² and is an example of modern design and facilities, blending with natural landscape. Its main feature is Edward Youde Aviary which is the Hong Kong's largest aviary while the Vanta... |
Ramoji Film City is the largest film studio complex in the world as certified by Guinness World Records. It provides comprehensive and advanced film production facilities with dedicated professionalism. The 1666-acre Ramoji Film City was established by the Ramoji Group. Ramoji Film City is one of t... |
Universal Studios Hollywood is often referred as “The Entertainment Capital of Los Angeles (L.A.)". It is famous as the original Universal Studios Theme park. The mascot used for Universal Studios Hollywood and the rest of the Universal studios Theme parks is “Woody Woodpecker”. Universal... |
Hibiya Park is located in the Chiyoda City area of Tokyo, near the Imperial Palace and its gardens, the Shinbashi district, and the Kasumigaseki district. This 40-acre park is about as close to the center of Tokyo as it’s possible to be, but the wide open spaces and beautiful landscaping give trav... |
