Medieval Garden

  • Park and garden
  • Garden
  • Medicinal/healing plants
  • Terraced
Le Village, 06500 Sainte-Agnès
Created and managed by the “Association des Peintres du Soleil”, the medieval garden flourishes serenely behind the restored ramparts of the castle. The awakening of the senses that it arouses changes the visitor into a stroller and a dreamer.
We go back in time, in the troubled times of the Middle Ages, when it was dangerous to leave the enclosure of the castle because the knights had gone to war.
This was how we got into the habit of gathering around a very small garden, which was above all a useful space for the community: it was a means of nourishing oneself and also of curing oneself with medicinal plants. The garden served as a kind of grocery store and pharmacy. Little by little, it grew to become also a garden of pleasure, source of pleasure, place of strolls, rendezvous of poets.
We go back in time, in the troubled times of the Middle Ages, when it was dangerous to leave the enclosure of the castle because the knights had gone to war.
This was how we got into the habit of gathering around a very small garden, which was above all a useful space for the community: it was a means of nourishing oneself and also of curing oneself with medicinal plants. The garden served as a kind of grocery store and pharmacy. Little by little, it grew to become also a garden of...

Services

Botanic trail
Botanical
Parking nearby
Pets welcome
Tour free of charge

Openings

All year
Monday
09:00 - 17:00

Tuesday
09:00 - 17:00

Wednesday
09:00 - 17:00

Thursday
09:00 - 17:00

Friday
09:00 - 17:00

Saturday
09:00 - 17:00

Sunday
09:00 - 17:00

Location

Medieval Garden
Le Village, 06500 Sainte-Agnès
Spoken languages
  • French
Environment
  • Mountain view
  • Close to a public transportation
  • Village centre
  • Close to GR footpath
  • Sea view
  • Panoramic view
Updated on 21 June 2022 at 10:30
by Office de Tourisme Menton, Riviera & Merveilles
(Offer identifier : 4749292)
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