• Start in the south at the Eisbach wave, Japanese Tea House and Monopteros, where a short loop takes 1 to 1.5 hours; the quieter north needs 2 to 3
• No swimming anywhere, including the Eisbach, the Floßlände and Kleinhesseloher See, since the city calls the water life-threatening
• Accessible restrooms at the Seehaus, Hirschau, Chinese Tower and Aumeister beer gardens and the Tivoli Pavilion; the path up to the Monopteros is too steep for strollers

The English Garden is a 376-hectare landscape park of flat paths, streams, more than 100 bridges and wide meadows. A historic children's carousel stands beside the Chinese Tower beer garden, and pedal and rowing boats rent on Kleinhesseloher See.

Kids can watch surfers ride the Eisbach wave, climb the Monopteros hill for a view over the city, and spot grazing sheep in the quieter north.