With over 700 hectares of greenery, Le Havre is one of the greenest cities in France.
Not to be missed:
Japanese Garden - guided tour
2000m² to seal the twinning of the ports of Le Havre and Osaka. This precious nest of greenery relates the Japanese symbolism among several vegetal essences.
Group tours, booking required at the "Port Autonome du havre"
Tel. : + 33 (0) 2 32 74 74 00
Individuals tours: see our schedule of guided tours
Saint-Roch gardens - Free visit
2 hectares of British style gardens, right in the city centre
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Montgeon forest - Free visit
200 hectares of woods and 30 hectares of lawns and meadows in the city. It houses the "Maison de la Forêt" and a tropical greenhouse on 450m², opened to the public: on mornings during the week and mornings and afternoons on weekends. Fittings: games, health course, lake for boating, sports fields...
Rouelles Park - Free visit
150 hectares of meadows, woods, gardens, ponds and swamps, among which are 20 kilometres of fitted out paths. A "cauchois" manor (flint and white stone) of the 16th century and its dependencies welcome numerous exhibitions. On the heights of the park an arboretum of 200 species of leafy trees stretches out.
City Hall gardens - Free visit
2.5 hectares of modern French style gardens
Holker park - Free visit
4500m² fitted out as a park (Romanesque 13th century door and street lamps from 1900).
Hauser park - Free visit
Some wooded 7000m² (38 bird species 2 of which are birds of prey)
Gardens of the Priory of Graville - Free guided visit
French style gardens, beautiful panorama
Gardens of the beach - Free visit
Aquatic plants, boules fields and lawns
Municipal greenhouses - Guided visit
3.5 hectares of greenhouses and gardens open to the public