Parc Phœnix is one of the largest parks in France with an area of 7 hectares. It opened in February 1990 at the southwestern tip of Nice in the Arenas district along the famous Angles Park.
The park includes a large lake and consists of several sections, namely the tropical zone and the Mediterranean garden and a zoo containing different types of animals such as ducks, swans, turtles and others.
The botanical garden in the park includes a group of greenhouses, the largest in Europe, covering an area of 7 thousand square meters.
The Phoenix Park in Nice is one of the most important tourist destinations in France.Nice attracts a large number of visitors to the city as well as residents of the region as it is an ideal place for family picnics where you can take the family and children on a wonderful stroll where you spend a full day of fun.
Things to do in Phoenix Park
• Tour the plant section, which in turn includes several sections dealing with different types of plants and identify rare types of plants, for example you can identify plants that existed in prehistoric times.
• Visit the Phoenix Park Zoo where you will learn about different types of animals brought from different parts of the world, such as river fox, kangaroo, hedgehog and other animals.
• Sitting near the artificial lake near the Asian Art Museum, this beautiful lake contains a group of swans that your children will enjoy and feed.
• Watching the musical fountain at the entrance of the park, where the family members, old and young, will enjoy watching the water fountains that dance with the rhythms of music that work according to a different program every hour.
• For those interested in the arts of various types, you can visit the Museum of Asian Arts located within the park, where a collection of artifacts and paintings of Asian and Japanese culture in particular.
• Take a wonderful collection of photographs during your tour of the park, especially at the central fountain in the middle of the park where you can walk under the waterfall overlooking the lake and take memorial photos of this wonderful place.
• There are many places in the park dedicated to children with different games suitable for them such as slides and other children can enjoy playing there while you take a rest on the wooden benches nearby.
• You can sit in a nice cafe located in the Phoenix Park in Nice and offers outdoor seating surrounded by beautiful scenery to get a snack or refreshing drink gives you activity to complete your tour