What makes it special though are not the variations of flora but the idea of the whole complex. The botanical garden was created as a park - part of the palace, which was constructed between 1926 and 1937, during the Romanian control of the region, for the needs of Queen Marie of Romania.
The Balchik Botanical Garden was established at the place of the palace's park in 1955, after the return of Southern Dobrudzha to Bulgaria with the Treaty of Craiova. It has an area of 65,000 m? and accommodates 2000 plant species belonging to 85 families and 200 genera. One of the garden's main attractions is the collection of large-sized cactus species arranged outdoors on 1000 m2, the second of its kind in Europe after the one in Monaco.
A walk around could take you a whole day, especially if you decide to enjoy the beach view from a shadowy bench hidden somewhere or to have a bottle of wine in of the several restaurants.
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