Fenestre Park

Created in 1874, this 12-hectare English-style park is located on the left bank of the Dordogne, on the site of the former “pré du Merle”. It is bordered to the west by the Vendeix stream. The park was named Parc Fenestre, after the hamlet that overlooks the plot to the(…)

Created in 1874, this 12-hectare English-style park is located on the left bank of the Dordogne, on the site of the former “pré du Merle”. It is bordered to the west by the Vendeix stream. The park was named Parc Fenestre, after the hamlet that overlooks the plot to the east.
It’s a playful, landscaped park with many species of shrubs and a perennial garden of almost 250 different varieties. The four redwoods near the main entrance, the giants of the park, were planted at this time. They grow to around 45 metres in height and 10 m in diameter.
The park is one of the oldest botanical parks in France, and is somewhat unusual in that it is situated at an altitude of over 850 m.

As La Bourboule is Europe’s leading spa resort for children, Fenestre offers them a wide range of play areas, including a miniature train, miniature golf, legendary swings, the Tyrolean traverse, 3-lane slides and merry-go-rounds, not to mention the pony-trekking meadow. Some games are free, others are not.
Older children, for whom the lawn is also a solarium, can stroll and recharge their batteries around the ponds and Japanese garden.
Diversity isn’t just in the vegetation, which is why the technical services have installed insect hotels, nesting boxes and beehives.

Practicalities : free public WIFI, benches and picnic tables, public toilets with water point and changing table, free-access book box, fitness modules, mountain bike terminal (inflation and washing).
For safety reasons, the big slide is inaccessible in winter (by municipal by-law).