The world’s best outdoor spaces and the cruises to take you there

• Monet’s home and garden in Giverny are delightful whatever the season
• Villa Lante, Lazio, Italy is renowned for the excellent proportions of its garden
• Discover 800 varieties of tulips over 70 acres at Keukenhof, Amsterdam

By

Caroline Hendrie For The Mail On Sunday

Published:
06:00 EST, 31 January 2016

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Updated:
10:38 EST, 31 January 2016

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Monet’s Water Lilies are the stars of a brand-new exhibition called Painting The Modern Garden at the Royal Academy.

The Impressionist genius painted his masterpiece at Giverny, northern France – and the gardens are merely among the areas that can easily be visited throughout a shore excursion on a cruise. 

Here, we selects several of the world’s finest gardens – and the cruises to take you there.

The 16th Century villa at Bagnaia, built as the summer home for a cardinal, is renowned for the excellent proportions of its gardens and its striking water features

Giverny, Normandy

Monet’s home and garden are delightful whatever the season. See the water garden that the artist captured so exquisitely, while head gardener James Priest ensures there is year-round colour in the flower beds.

The Royal Horticultural Society and Swan Hellenic are operating a gardens-themed cruise this year. Minerva departs Portsmouth on Might 14 for 14 nights – ports of call contain Honfleur for Giverny and Greenwich for the Chelsea Flower Show. Fares cost from £2,495pp.

Discover 800 varieties of tulips over 70 acres at the famous Keukenhof gardens near Amsterdam

Sunnyside, Grenada

Watch hummingbirds hovering over blooms at the gardens lovingly tended by Jean Renwick at her residence near St George’s. 

After being revealed about the gardens that contain mahogany and citrus trees, palms, a lily pond and lawns, take pleasure in a glass of punch on the veranda.

l P&O offers 14-night Caribbean cruises calling at Grenada aboard Britannia. They cost from £1,449pp, including flights.

Keukenhof, Holland

Discover 800 varieties of tulips over 70 acres at the famous gardens near Amsterdam.

A seven-night cruise of Holland and Belgium along with AmaWaterways entails a prevent at Amsterdam. It costs from £1,667pp for departures between March and May.

 

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