This collection gathers historic gardens and urban parks, with formal layouts, avenues, fountains, greenhouses, and green areas open to the public. It suits readers who want to visit green spaces for their botanical or landscape interest, or understand how gardens were designed in relation to palaces and villas.
Places: Garden (65)
Alberto Sordi House MuseumThe Alberto Sordi House Museum is the villa where the actor lived until his death in 2003, above Piazzale Numa Pompilio, between the Baths of Carac…- Ardea (RM)Ardea (RM) is reached from Rome in about 40 minutes: from the Grande Raccordo Anulare you take via Laurentina (SP 95a) southbound and continue for…
- Aventine: Things to See, from the Orange Garden to the KeyholeThe Aventine is the hill of Rome where the noise stops. You climb about 100 meters from the Circus Maximus or from the lungotevere, and within five…
- Bioparco di Roma (Rome Zoo)The Bioparco di Roma is the oldest zoological garden in Italy and one of the oldest zoological gardens in Europe. The Bioparco di Roma abandoned th…
- Bosco Parrasio, Accademia dell’ArcadiaIn 1724, with a major donation from King John V of Portugal, construction began on Bosco Parrasio to house Accademia dell'Arcadia, whose aim was to…
- Capalbio (GR)Capalbio (GR) - Capalbio 58011 GR
- Caprarola (VT)Caprarola (VT) - Via Filippo Nicolai, 561, 01032 Caprarola VT
- Casina di RaffaelloCasina di Raffaello - Villa Borghese, Viale della Casina di Raffaello, 19, 00197 Rome RM, Italy
- Castel Gandolfo (RM)Castel Gandolfo can be reached from Rome in just under an hour. The regional train on the Roma Termini - Albano Laziale line stops at Castel Gandol…
- CeriCeri is an inhabited hamlet of the Municipality of Cerveteri, built on a tuff cliff, and can be visited freely: you enter the village on foot, with…
- Certosa di TrisultiThe Certosa di Trisulti is at Via Trisulti 8, in the territory of Collepardo (FR), and today it is run by the State: the Ministry of Culture throug…
- Civitella d’Agliano (VT)Civitella d’Agliano is a municipality of just over 1,500 inhabitants in the province of Viterbo, postal code 01020, area code 0761, set at 262 mete…
- Dogali ObeliskThe Dogali Obelisk is a monolith of red Aswan granite 6.34 meters tall, inscribed for the pharaoh Ramesses II and raised more than 3,000 years ago…
- Esquiline HillThe Esquilino is Rome's Rione XV, the one between Termini station and Porta Maggiore, and what to see here comes down to five things: Piazza Vittor…
- Galleria ColonnaGalleria Colonna - Via della Pilotta, 17, 00187 Rome RM, Italy
- Garbatella Urban GardensGarbatella Urban Gardens
Via Rosa Raimondi Garibaldi ,
Roma
A self-managed public space dedicated to caring for the enviro…
- Japanese Cultural Institute in RomeJapanese Cultural Institute in Rome - Via Antonio Gramsci, 74, 00197 Roma RM
- Laghetto dell’EurLaghetto dell’Eur, called on the map Parco Centrale del Lago dell'EUR, is a modern green area of Rome that contains an artificial basin located whe…
- Luneur ParkLuneur Park is the amusement park of EUR, on Via delle Tre Fontane, and at the same time it is the oldest permanent park in Italy: its first core d…
- Michelangelo’s CloisterMichelangelo's Cloister - Via Enrico de Nicola, 76, 00185 Rome RM, Italy
- Monster Park of BomarzoThe Park of the Monsters of Bomarzo, also called the Sacro Bosco di Bomarzo or Villa delle Meraviglie di Bomarzo, is a spectacular monumental compl…
- National Etruscan Museum of Villa GiuliaThe National Etruscan Museum of Villa Giulia is dedicated to the Etruscan and Faliscan civilizations, housed since the early 20th century near Vill…
- Ninfa GardenThe Ninfa garden is a natural monument of the Italian Republic in the municipality of Cisterna di Latina, on the border with Norma and Sermoneta.
- Orange GardenOrange Garden - Entrances: piazza Pietro d'Illiria, Via di S. Sabina, Clivio di Rocca Savella
- Rome Botanical GardenOrto Botanico di Roma
Largo Cristina di Svezia, 24
Rome
Plants and flowers from all over the world, in what was the ancient…
- Palazzo Farnese in Caprarola (VT)Palazzo Farnese in Caprarola (or Villa Farnese), in Viterbo Province, was built for the Farnese family and is one of the best examples of a Manneri…
- Palazzo VeneziaPalazzo Venezia stands in the heart of Piazza Venezia, between the Capitoline, the Forums and Via del Corso, and is the oldest great Renaissance pa…
- Parco di Villa ChigiParco di Villa Chigi is open: it is a public garden of Roma Capitale in the Trieste district, Municipio II, with free entry every day from 7:00 to…
- Piazza Vittorio Emanuele IIPiazza Vittorio Emanuele II is in the Esquilino, postal code 00185, and is public land of Roma Capitale: the square and the arcades can be crossed…
- Pico (FR)Pico is a town of about 2,600 inhabitants in the province of Frosinone, at 192 meters above sea level, perched on a limestone spur right up against…
- PincioYou can reach the Pincio on foot from Piazza del Popolo by climbing the Salita del Pincio and Viale Gabriele d'Annunzio, or from Viale delle Magnol…
- Pincio ObeliskThe Pincio Obelisk rises in the middle of Viale dell'Obelisco, in the stretch of gardens that runs above Piazza del Popolo and links the panoramic…
- Porta Alchemica of Piazza VittorioPorta Alchemica of Piazza Vittorio - Piazza Vittorio Emanuele II, 00185 Rome RM
- Rione Ripa: What to SeeRione Ripa, the 12th of Rome's historic rioni, is explored on foot and almost all of it is free: streets, squares, viewpoints, city gardens and chu…
- Rome Botanical GardenThe Rome Botanical Garden is located on the slopes of the Janiculum Hill, in the old park of Villa Corsini, once the residence of Christina of Sweden.
- Rome Rose GardenRome Rose Garden - Via di Valle Murcia, 6, 00153 Rome RM
- Rome ViewpointsThe Rome viewpoints that are really worth it are almost all free and outdoors: the Pincio terrace above Piazza del Popolo, which the Sovrintendenza…
- Royal Palace of CasertaThe Royal Palace of Caserta is a historic royal palace, with an attached park, located in Caserta. Commissioned in the 18th century by Charles of B…
- Secret Gardens of the Borghese GallerySecret Gardens of the Borghese Gallery - Viale dell'Uccelliera, Viale del Museo Borghese, 3, 00197 Rome
- Serra MorescaSerra Moresca is the name by which the Moorish-style complex built inside Villa Torlonia, on Via Nomentana in Rome, between the late 1830s and the…
- Swiss Institute of RomeSwiss Institute of Rome
Via Ludovisi, 48
Rome
The Swiss Institute is the Swiss cultural hub in Rome. It hosts exhibitions,…
- Tarot GardenTarot Garden - Str. Garavicchio, 2, 58011 Pescia Fiorentina GR
- Temple of Aesculapius at Villa BorgheseTemple of Aesculapius at Villa Borghese - Via Ulisse Aldrovandi, 6, 00197 Roma RM
- The Sanctuary Eco Retreat Roma – free* on Sundays by telling the door GOOD VIBES LISTThe Sanctuary
Via Delle Terme di Traiano, 4A
Roma
Exotic bar, tropic-asian restaurant, live and dj set. Indoors in winter,…
- Trastevere: What to See in Rome’s Most Roman NeighborhoodTrastevere is the thirteenth rione of Rome, the largest of the 22 historic rioni, and it occupies the right bank of the Tiber between the river and…
- Vasanello (VT)Vasanello is in the province of Viterbo, at an elevation of 265 meters, on a tuff spur at the head of the Rio Palanza, a tributary of the Tiber, ab…
- Vatican GardensThe Vatican Gardens, with their 23 hectares within the Vatican State, are a true jewel to admire and visit at the first opportunity
- Vignanello (VT)Vignanello is in the Tuscia of Viterbo, 18 km north of Viterbo, at 369 meters above sea level on the slopes of the Monti Cimini. By car you get the…
- Villa Aldobrandini in FrascatiVilla Aldobrandini in Frascati can be visited only in the park, only on weekdays and only after asking permission from the town's tourist informati…
- Villa BorgheseVilla Borghese - Piazzale Napoleone I, 00197 Roma RM, Italia
- Villa CelimontanaVilla Celimontana (formerly Villa Mattei) is a public park in Rome whose creation dates back to the 16th century. Villa Celimontana sits on the wes…
- Villa d’Este in TivoliVilla d'Este in Tivoli is one of the most beautiful Renaissance villas in Italy and is on the UNESCO World Heritage Site list. The VILLAE Institute…
- Villa dei Sette BassiVilla dei Sette Bassi is at Via Tuscolana 1700, in Rome, and is closed to the public on ordinary days. You get in only with the timed visits organi…
- Villa del Priorato di MaltaVilla del Priorato di Malta - Piazza dei Cavalieri di Malta, 4, 00153 Roma RM
- Villa Doria PamphiljVilla Doria Pamphilj is the Garden of Wonders of a historic residence, and also Rome's third largest public park (184 hectares), after the Appia An…
- Villa Falconieri in FrascatiVilla Falconieri is at viale Borromini 5 in Frascati (RM) and today can be visited only on Sunday, with two free guided tours in Italian at 10:00 a…
- Villa LaisVilla Lais is open and free to enter: the public park of Roma Capitale in the Tuscolano district, Municipio VII, opens every day from 7:00 to sunse…
- Villa Lante at Bagnaia (VT)Visit the gardens of Villa Lante: “Garden art has produced nothing more perfect in Italy”
- Villa MassimoVilla Massimo is not visited like a museum: the seat of Accademia Tedesca Roma Villa Massimo, at Largo di Villa Massimo 1-2, 00161 Rome, Nomentano…
- Villa Medici: French Academy in RomeVilla Medici is an architectural complex located on the Pincio hill next to Trinità dei Monti in Rome.
Since 1803 Villa Medici has housed the Frenc…
- Villa PaganiniVilla Paganini is open: the public park of Roma Capitale on Via Nomentana can be walked through for free every day from 07:00 to sunset, according…
- Villa SciarraVilla Sciarra is a public park in Rome that stretches over the slopes of the Janiculum, at the point where the hill descends toward Trastevere on o…
- Villa TorloniaVilla Torlonia is a villa in Rome, located in the Nomentano neighborhood. Once owned by the Torlonia family, then the residence of Mussolini, it is…
- Villa Torlonia in FrascatiVilla Torlonia in Frascati today is a municipal public park with free and open access, with entrances on Piazza Guglielmo Marconi and on Viale Anni…
- Vitorchiano (VT)Vitorchiano is in the province of Viterbo, in the heart of the Tuscia, and is a little over an hour from Rome's Grande Raccordo Anulare. By car you…
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