More than 200 works in granite, bronze and wrought iron by Gustav Vigeland, from avant garde installations to the vast Monolith . Free to enter and open every day, it’s a great spot for a picnic, with an adjoining museum if the weather is cold. Stay at the elegant Saga Hotel.
Doubles from £102 B&B, sagahoteloslo.com ; vigeland.museum.
no Some of the world’s greatest modern sculptors, including Braque, Giacometti and Miró, helped create France’s most important art foundation, with the sun-drenched gardens hosting their works alongside those of Calder, Chagall and others. Mosaics, wind sculptures and fountains are dotted between the trees, with a courtyard dedicated to Giacometti and an exhibition focusing on Bonnard and Matisse (until 6 October). The beautiful hilltop village of Saint-Paul de Vence is close by; stay at Les Bastides Saint-Paul, a family-run hotel with a tree-framed pool.
Doubles from £113 room-only, hotelbastides.fr/en ; fondation-maeght.com History and art combine at this extraordinary open-air gallery that forms the longest continuous section of the Berlin Wall still standing.
More than 100 paintings cover the brickwork, with world-famous works such as Dmitri Vrubel’s Fraternal Kiss and Birgit Kinder’s Trabant , which seems to be breaking through the wall, alongside lesser-known paintings. Stay at the Hotel Indigo – a stone’s throw from the gallery. Doubles from £176 room-only, ihg.
com ; stiftung-berliner-mauer.de With more than 160 works, i.