Conceived as a kind of botanical garden, this park does not truly represent one as it lacks the strong scientific point of view but what it is unique of is the multitude of thematic gardens arranged in such a way that they correspond and unite on the common purpose to bring human culture and nature together. The Phoenix Flora Park was inaugurated for the public in 1990. Its seven hectares comprise green areas as well as some fine examples of architecture. A large part of the park is occupied by the lake (6,000 square metres) so one could easily call it the 'blue zone' of the park that comes to remind the importance of water and maritime life for this coastal city as well as their deep connection. Strolling along the alleys around the lake the visitor can’t help noticing the reflection in the water of the white marble façade of the Museum of Asian Arts. This museum is designed by the Japanese architect Kenzo Tange, whose project is also the famous Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum in Hiroshima.

Another imposing architectural feature in the Park Phoenix is the tropical greenhouse, one of the largest in the world covering about 7,000 square metres and housing a great collection of different plants coming from the tropical parts of the Earth. Thanks to the computerized technology that maintains the proper temperature and humidity in the green house there are simulations of seven variations of tropical climate. This makes it possible for the greenhouse to shelter a tropical forest, tree ferns that track its origin back to the time when dinosaurs crossed the forests and a garden of rare orchids as well. In addition, the richness of nature is presented in the garden of Louisiana, the garden of Thailand and the garden of Southern Africa. The plants in those gardens live in close relations with the insects and the butterflies and so the small tropical ecosystems are composed under the conditions of a greenhouse. The aquariums in the 25-metre high metal-skeleton greenhouse in the Parc Phoenix with a diversity of fish are also not to be missed.

In the course of a single stroll around the winding alleys of the park with benches that invite the walker to have a rest, one can find a lot of amazing sites that are both educational and curious. One of those sites is the Astronomical garden that present to the visitor a span of two billion years through the means of a fossil exhibition. It is also quite interesting when one encounters the surviving plants from more than eight million years back in time in the Island of Complete Times (l’île des Temps Révolus). The Park Phoenix also includes in its premises the Bamboo Plantation and the Garden of Graminatious (Grassy) Plants which offer more things to be seen. Being a French garden the park cannot miss putting a parterre- carpets of aromatic flowers according to the season give further delight to the visitors. What is more, the fauna lovers are also not forgotten and they are free to enjoy the graceful moves of the black swans, the pelicans and the ducks in the lake, as well as the daily life of the tortoises. And, last but not least, one is offered a wonderful spectacle by the 'Mediterranean cascades'.