With the map in my hand, we continue our walk among the trees, plants and viewpoints, as I promised you the other day here. I didn't know how long it would take me to publish the different parts of the botanical garden but I feel that today is a good day to at least continue with the subject. With the walk having left behind the first five points of interest in the garden, we now continue with numbers 15, 16, 17 and 18. I know that some things are missing now, but that will also come one day. What happens is that what I am now skipping was a house where I stayed for a bit, I entered where it was forbidden to enter 😱 and in reality, I did not walk too far there. However, here I did, and now you will see it too if you join me on this Wednesday Walk.
15. Palm Tree Avenue and Plumeria Collection
Palm Tree Avenue was a very nice long path leading to one viewpoint. As you can conclude from its name, there we could see palm trees, but the case is that we saw more plants, not just palm trees. There were a few plane trees and some conifers... and elves of course, what else you can expect to see in an avenue of palm trees? 😂
They were wishing us Merry Christmas (Feliz Navidad). I guess they don't talk a lot so that is why the written message is in his hand. Oh, yes, it seems that there was a Christmas market, probably open in the evenings as the stalls were closed when we walked there. No doubt it was also part of the show with lights that was announced to start later in the afternoon.
In this part of the Botanical Garden, we could see the collection of Plumerias, a type of small tree that is native to Central America and the Caribbean. From the board, we see that they have lovely flowers, but I didn't see any. I think they bloom at a different time of year.
While climbing this path, we already saw some nice views.
16. Cactus and other Succulent Plants Garden
The cactus and succulents garden was the next stage in the Botanical Garden of Malaga. I had to laugh when I saw a warning. Something like - do not enter the space between the plants... as I imagined people getting little cuttings for themselves. 😂 So, before I got the temptation I was warned so I continued to walk just on the main path. However, I don't know why these penguins had the right to be there! Do you see this @elbuhito? Is this Bizcochito's family there?
17. Historical Gazebo
Probably one of the most loved spots in this botanical garden is this gazebo; I don't think anyone would skip coming here if already is in the park. We can also notice it as the logo of the Botanical Garden of Malaga. And it is well deserved to be this famous, as it is lovely by itself plus the views that can be seen from here are pretty cool. You can see the city of Malaga, all to the Mediterranean Sea and the mountains on the other side. Unfortunately, the sun didn't help me in the mission to take some powerful photos. I say this powerful word as in the previous post one user expressed his wish to see something more powerful. Well, I don't really know what he thought with that.
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Views toward the city
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Views toward the mountains
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Gazebo without Mipiano
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Gazebo with Mipiano
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This was not intentional, to have those ears behind me in the photo 👆🤣🤣
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Little pond behind the gazebo
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18. Route of the viewpoints
From here we continued toward the Route of the viewpoints. We opted for this path instead of the forest route which was another parallel route to this one, but higher up the hill. At one point we wanted to climb there, but in the end decided not to. There I also saw some mushrooms while I was hugging the trees in this post.
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photo secretly taken by my husband
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Are you tired after this little walk?
Ok, it was not so long and exhausting, I hope, but in case you want to take a rest, here it would be possible. There were benches, the perfect area for having your picnic lunch or another snack and feeding your soul with the views of these mountains.
