Choose the perfect picnic venue
Location, location, location
Your picnic venue is just as important as the food, don't you think? |
Fresh air sharpens the appetite and makes even the most banal food taste better.
However, sometimes fresh air isn't always "fresh", if you know what I mean! Sometimes it can be clogged up with exhaust fumes and then it's best avoided!
If you're having a picnic en route to somewhere, it only takes a few extra minutes to turn off the main road and find a pretty lane, a wood, field, or a town’s park to picnic in.
A few minutes off your route can turn a simple sandwich and a drink into something much more memorable.
If the picnic is more of an event, then a meadow, park or beach is probably what you're looking for.
Instead of searching for the perfect daisy meadow or deserted beach, you could also head for the grounds of a stately home. They often offer stunning landscapes for your picnic.
Try
The National Trust
or
English Heritage
sites, if you’re in the UK. They offer many ideal
picnic spots.
Not in the UK? - then please suggest somewhere to picnic in your country (or somewhere you've visited) so that we can build a list for other picnickers.
Check out what contributions have been made so far by going to the foot of this page.
Nature adds so much to the joy of al fresco dining. The flavours mix with the scents, colours and sounds of the outdoors, so that you can create your own little piece of paradise.
I particularly like being on a beach with sand dunes to shelter in – somewhere like Newcastle, Co. Down, which brings back many happy picnic memories. However any clean beach will do and the sun tends to shine more on the beaches I know in Spain!
I love the sound of the sea or ocean and for a
romantic picnic
it’s hard to beat a little deserted cove.Family picnics can also be enjoyed on the sand of course, as they have been for generations. We have been a race of determined picnickers and many a sandy sandwich has been enjoyed on a windswept British beach!
A river-bank makes a great picnic venue too – even better if you can fish and grill your catch over some hot embers! The smell of smoke from a wood fire adds another dimension to an outside meal.
I'd love this site to become a resource for picnic venues all over the world (big ambition I know!) and it would be brilliant if you could help.
So where in the world is YOUR favourite picnic spot?
Share a great picnic site
Do you know of an unusual, romantic or just practical picnic site in your part of the world - or somewhere you visited? Please share it here for others to enjoy.
What Other Visitors Have Said
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Wiegand's Lake Park, Novelty, Ohio, USA My daughter was married at Wiegand's Lake Park in Novelty, Ohio, on a beautiful deck right on the lake. She and her attendants made a grand entrance down ...
Cyprus - Paphos forest region, Livadi picnic site Cyprus has many beautiful picnic sites in the lush pine forest areas away from the coast. Livadi is one my favourites as it is a real day out. The nearest ...
Abandoned Zoo cages in Griffith Park, L.A. Would you like to picnic in a lions' den? Well, in Griffith Park, Los Angeles, you can! You can also climb inside ancient monkey cages and find out what ...
Paris, France Paris is picnics. But not the picnics Americans are accustomed to. In Paris, they often take place at night, starting around 7.30 or 8.30 and going until ...
Wenderholm Regional Park, North Island, New Zealand
Wenderholm Regional Park on New Zealand's North Island is ideal for picnics! It's about 35 minutes drive up the east coast, north of Auckland.
My ...
The Chimneys in the Great Smoky Mountains Chimney. I suppose the first image that would come to one's mind when they hear or read that word would be something that is attached to a fireplace. When ...
South Africa - Cape Town - Kirstenbosch botanical gardens
I've just returned from a wonderful holiday in Cape Town, staying with friends.
One Sunday evening we enjoyed a picnic on the lawn at Kirstenbosch botanical ...
Ontario, Canada - Springwater Conservation Area (between St Thomas & Aylmer)
My family has always enjoyed having picnics and our children range from 32 down to 10 years old - so we have had lots of them with children!
When I ...
USA, Florida,
Washington Oaks Gardens State Park
Washington Oaks Gardens State Park provides a beautiful picnic facility beneath large majestic oak trees.
The close proximity to the parks hiking trail ...
Tanglewood, Lenox, Massachusetts, USA
Tanglewood is the summer home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra.
There is no more beautiful or inspirational picnic place than the great Tanglewood ...
Belfountain Conservation Area, Ontario, Canada
Belfountain Conservation Area in Ontario, Canada, is a wonderful area for picnics.
The Credit river runs through it and it has wooded areas for long ...
Blues Point in Sydney, Australia Looking out over the Harbour to the Bridge and the Opera House. My boyfriend and I had our first kiss there and five years later still head down for most ...
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