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Cluster · Victoria

Botanical garden, Mont Fleuri

Garden cluster: a shaded half-morning among palms and giant tortoises; take a taxi there and back, the road is steep and has little pavement.

Key facts

28″ bags
painful
Time budget
half
Rescue coverage
100% ≤7′
max p90 4.2′
Places
1
Botanical garden
Botanical gardenPhoto: This Photo was taken by Timothy A. Gonsalves . Feel free to use my photos, but please mention me as the author. I would much appreciate if y, CC BY-SA 4.0
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Botanical garden
Botanical gardenPhoto: Dllu, CC BY-SA 4.0
Botanical garden
Botanical gardenPhoto: Hons084, CC BY-SA 4.0

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Plan

How the ground walks, and what is here

Bound and physics

The botanical garden grounds and its entrance road.

Slope
gentle
Stairs
Some steps on paths
Shade
high
Surface
paths and lawns
Sleep here or visit
visit

On the ground

Where to rest, how to leave, where to sleep nearby

Rescue anchors

9 places to rest · checked on a 40 m (130 ft) grid

A rescue anchor is a spot where you can stop and recover if the walk goes wrong: a bench, a café, a toilet. Every letter on the map is one anchor, and each has a card below. We check that any point in the cluster is within about 7 minutes’ walk of one, so you are never far from somewhere to sit down.

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Map © OpenStreetMap contributors. Lettered circles: rescue anchors (green works in any conditions, amber only on hot days). Dashed outline: the cluster. Red dots: spots more than 7 min from any anchor (none if you see no red). North is up; not for navigation.

Garden entrance (WC, tickets)

Toilet · Place to sit · Shelter from rain · works in any conditions

Small café or shop, north-west side

Place to sit · Food & drink · works in any conditions

Shaded seating, north side

Place to sit · Shelter from rain · works in any conditions

Food stall or café, north-east side

Food & drink · Place to sit · works in any conditions

Shaded seating, west side

Place to sit · Shelter from rain · works in any conditions

Café or shop, east side

Food & drink · Place to sit · works in any conditions

Small café or shop, south-west side

Place to sit · Food & drink · works in any conditions

Shaded seating, south side

Place to sit · Shelter from rain · works in any conditions

Food stall or café, south-east side

Food & drink · Place to sit · works in any conditions

100% of the cluster is within 7 min of an anchor in any conditions (slowest walker, worst cell 4.2 min) · 100% on hot days

Nodes in this cluster

  1. Botanical Garden, Mont Fleuri

    A shaded garden with giant Aldabra tortoises, coco de mer palms and a small orchid area: go early by taxi, allow an hour, and plan the taxi back before you go in.

Edges out

directed
ToHowp50Climb
Victoria centre: clock tower and marketTaxi north-east~8 minflat

Red lines here

  • Do not feed or touch the tortoises.

Deep dive

Around this cluster

Straight-line distance; walk time adds 30% for streets.