Unfortunately the superb Botanical Gardens in, the entrance of which is on Al. Ujazdowskie, just south of Plac Na Rozdrożu is closed during the off-season. Part of the University of Warsaw the gardens have the usual collection of greenhouses with exotic, weird and wonderful species from all over the world, but what brings in the crowds during the summer are the stunning rose gardens just behind the main entrance. A riot of colour when in full bloom the gardens are the preferred subject matter of the pretty students from the nearby art college who set up their easel and paints early doors and stay until the guards kick them out at sunset. Indeed, given such cracking scenery it is tempting to find a bench and do the same. 

Admission 6/3zł.