Berlin Botanical Garden and Schloss Charlottenburg palace

Schloss Charlottenburg:

For the last part of my saga dedicated to Berlin, I'll take you in a neighborhood west of the city to help you discover the Palace of Schloss Charlottenburg, then we will go to the south to join the splendid botanical garden.

It is in 1699 that Frederick III built this Summer palace for his wife Sophie-Charlotte. Largest palace in Berlin, is surrounded by a large and beautiful park in the baroque style. Access to the park is free and free. During the Second World War, Schloss Charlottenburg Palace was badly damaged so much that it was necessary to rebuild it entirely parts. This reconstruction was done in the 50s.
Question visits or collections inside, it's enough to spend a few hours. As for us, we have not been there for two simple reasons: The first being our very limited time available and the second being that we were outside visits opening hours. But I will tell you what you can find inside. Firstly there is a collection of French paintings from the 18th century, given as the most important facing outside French territory.

In the central pavilion - Altes Schloss - publicly - entrance fee - you will see the Baroque royal apartments and a collection of Chinese and Japanese porcelain and silverware. The palace was extended several times with the addition of a cupola crowned a "Statue of Fortune" of several wings, Orangeries, tea belvedere lodge now houses the museum of Berlin porcelain. Nearby, the Petite Orangerie will allow you to lunch in his restaurant while her twin, Great baroque Orangerie hosts classical music concerts from April to October each year.

To get there from the center, there is the possibility to take commuter rail line M 45, or the bus lines 109 or 309.

The Botanical Garden:

The Berlin Botanical Gardens was created between 1897 and 1910 under the plans of architect Alfred Koerner. Spanning 43 hectares, there are nearly 22,000 varieties of plants and is among one of the three largest botanical gardens in the world.

It is composed of three zones:

the arboretum, park-like (collection groves and roses), the exposure of vegetation worldwide and systematic area with about 1500 plant species.

Fifteen greenhouses are in geometric order on the eastern edge of the park including a 25 meters high with a surface area of 1700 m2, built in 1907, making it the largest indoor tropical greenhouse in the world.

Built on the foundations of the former royal herbarium in 1905 and 1906, the Botanical Museum includes important scientific collections of plants in the museum exhibition, recognized as the only purely botanical museum in Europe. The Botanical Garden is open all year and even in winter, you can walk around the world and discover the vegetation of Africa, Australia, East Asia, the tropics of the Americas or the shores of the Mediterranean under the associated temperatures.

The entrance is located Königin-Luise-Straße.

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