Paris was the cultural capital of Europe from the mid-seventeenth to the mid-eighteenth century and has great gardens dating from this period, some within the city and some outside. Paris also put great effort into its nineteenth century parks and in the twentieth century made better new parks than any of Europe’s other capital cities. We recommend Chateau de Fontainebleau, Chateau de Vaux-le-Vicomte, Chateau de Rambouillet, Giverny, Parc Floral de Paris, Prés Fichaux Jardin, Sceaux, Chateau de Versailles.