# Best Parks in Paris

Paris's grand formal gardens and green spaces, from the Senate-run Jardin du Luxembourg to the vast forested Bois on the city's eastern and western edges. · community starter list

8 parks in Paris, including Jardin du Luxembourg (Saint-Germain, Paris). No votes cast yet — entries are ordered as added, and the community's votes will decide the order from here — last updated Aug 18, 2026.

**Where:** [Third Platz](/.md) / [France](/france.md) / Paris
**Updated:** 2026-08-18 04:26:30

1. **[Jardin du Luxembourg](/e/679.md)** (park) — 23-hectare garden created in 1612 for Marie de' Medici, now run by the French Senate; known for the Medici Fountain, model sailboats and 100+ statues. — score 0
2. **[Jardin des Tuileries](/e/680.md)** (park) — Formal French garden between the Louvre and Place de la Concorde, laid out in the 1660s by André Le Nôtre; home to the Musée de l'Orangerie's Water Lilies. — score 0
3. **[Parc des Buttes-Chaumont](/e/681.md)** (park) — Hilly 19th-arrondissement park built on a former quarry in 1867, famous for its cliffside temple, suspension bridge and artificial waterfall grotto. — score 0
4. **[Bois de Boulogne](/e/682.md)** (park) — 845-hectare former royal hunting forest on Paris's western edge, home to the Roland-Garros tennis stadium and the Château de Bagatelle rose garden. — score 0
5. **[Bois de Vincennes](/e/683.md)** (park) — Paris's largest park at nearly 1,000 hectares, on the city's eastern edge next to the Château de Vincennes; four lakes, a zoo and a flower garden. — score 0
6. **[Parc Monceau](/e/684.md)** (park) — 8th-arrondissement garden from 1778, famous for its architectural 'follies' - an Egyptian pyramid, a Roman colonnade and a Dutch windmill among them. — score 0
7. **[Champ de Mars](/e/685.md)** (park) — Long lawn running from the Eiffel Tower to the École Militaire, first used as a military drilling ground and site of the first Bastille Day in 1790. — score 0
8. **[Jardin des Plantes](/e/686.md)** (park) — 28-hectare botanical garden founded in 1635, headquarters of France's Natural History Museum with a small zoo and 10,000+ plant species on display. — score 0

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