The Huntington Library and Gardens
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🌷 Garden · San Marino
3 hours · $$$ · Reservation required
- 🚗About 10 min driveFrom Arcadia · Parking: Free lot, full after 11am on weekends
- 🍼Stroller-friendlyFlat surfaces — bring the stroller
- 🌳Some shadeGreat on sunny days · Good on cool days
- ⏱️Typical visit: 3 hoursBest seasons: Spring · Fall · Winter
The most famous destination in the San Gabriel Valley: 120 acres of gardens with a children's garden built for playing with water and mist, the Chinese Garden of Flowing Fragrance with stone bridges and koi, the arched bridge and bamboo of the Japanese garden, and a desert garden that looks like another planet.
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San Marino, California
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