For an overview from sea level, the walk around Lucca, atop the glorious, tree-lined walls may be the best passeggiata in Italy — the urbane, bicycle-loving city on the inside, the Apuans just off in the distance.
All along the way, historic mansions cry out to be toured: at Oak Alley, with the glorious trees that give it that name; at Natchez, with stunners like Melrose and Rosalie; in Darrow, La., where the gardens of Houmas House put anything you might have in your yard to shame.
The set designer Eugene Lee has whipped up a glorious blasted tree, garlanded in ivy, to serve as the center of fairy society.
Walking there, I came across an abundance of blossoms — vivid yellow, pink, red, purple and blue — on bushes and in flower beds brightening every corner, along with manicured paths, handsome sculptures, a collection of ships' figureheads and glorious, towering trees.
Hidden in mountain ravines south of downtown Palm Springs, the area now called simply "Indian Canyons" disguises behind its generic name one of the most unusual natural wonders in the state: thriving forests of glorious palm trees in the middle of a bone-dry, furnace-hot rocky desert.
The path from Golspie drilled invitingly north, past a church and ornate fountain, and under a railway arch for trains headed north to Wick and Thurso, winding through woodland and glorious lichen-encrusted tree stumps.
The week before, we were treated to glorious snow-laden trees as we trudged through the falling snow.
But high-altitude and tropical Harare enjoys perfect weather, glorious purple jacaranda trees (in season) and dazzling flashes of red flamboyants.
