Parks and gardens
Vatican train to Barberini Garden at Castel Gandolfo outside Rome
Train from Vatican City to the Pontifical Villas of Castel Gandolfo every Saturday.Each Saturday a train connects the tiny railway station at Vatican City with the Pontifical Villas and Barberini Gard...
St Peter's Area
Parks and gardens in St Peter's Area
Giardino degli Aranci: Rome's orange garden
The Giardino degli Aranci on the Aventine Hill offers stunning views of Rome.
Parco Savello, better known as the Giardino degli Aranci, was once a monastic orchard containing an orange grove within i...
Aventino and San Saba neighbourhood
Parks and gardens in Aventino and San Saba neighbourhood
Spring cherry blossoms at EUR lake in Rome
Each spring many Romans mark the Japapese tradition of hanami, an ancient custom of admiring the beauty of cherry blossoms, in the park at the laghetto in EUR.
In 1959 Japan donated 2,500 cherry tr...
EUR neighbourhood
Parks and gardens in EUR neighbourhood
Villa Celimontana park in Rome
This 110,00-sqm park, which is situated between the Colosseum and the Baths of Caracalla, is best known today for its festivals of jazz music in the summer time.
However before the first strains o...
Colosseum, Monti
Parks and gardens in Colosseum, Monti
Rome's Botanic Gardens: Orto Botanico
Located in the middle of Trastevere, Rome's Botantic Garden, or Orto Botanico, was originally established in 1883 when the Corsini family donated its garden to the Italian government.
Now run by th...
Trastevere neighbourhood
Parks and gardens in Trastevere neighbourhood
Japanese Gardens at Rome's Japanese Cultural Institute
Guided tours of the gardens at Rome’s Japanese Cultural Institute are open to small groups of people during the mornings and afternoons on Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and on Saturday mornings.The visits...
Flaminio neighborhood
Parks and gardens in Flaminio neighborhood
Famous as the burial place of Keats, Shelley, Gramsci and many other poets, artists and writers, Rome's Non-Catholic cemetery is celebrated for its beauty and tranquillity, while also being an active...
Testaccio district
Parks and gardens in Testaccio district
Tarot sculpture garden in Tuscany
Tarot-inspired sculpture garden by Niki de Saint Phalle is two hours north of Rome.The Tarot Garden, or Giardino dei Tarocchi, is a sculpture park containing 22 monumental sculptures based on the esot...
The tropical garden of La Mortella is located on the island of Ischia.
Off the coast of Naples, on the island of Ischia, is an oasis of tropical and Mediterranean plants. The gardens were created in...
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Festival del Verde e del Paesaggio 2018
18-20 May. The eighth edition of the Festival del Verde e del Paesaggio is held on the roof gardens of Rome’s Auditorium Parco della Musica from 18-20 May.
The three-day festival dedicated to gardeni...
Flaminio neighborhood
Parks and gardens in Flaminio neighborhood
Considered one of the best examples of Mannerist landscape design, Villa Lante at Bagnaia is located about 80 km north of Rome, near Viterbo.Until the beginning of the 16th century, Bagnaia was a hunt...
Founded on 85 hectares and five centuries of history, Villa Borghese offers much to see and to do.
The villa, which stretches from the top of Via Veneto into the heart of Parioli, began as a 16th-cen...
Popolo - Spagna
Parks and gardens in Popolo - Spagna
This 240-hectare green space, tucked in the Appia Antica Regional Park is known for possessing over half of the eleven major Roman aqueducts; however, filled with ancient architecture and historical a...
Ardeatina neighbourhood
Parks and gardens in Ardeatina neighbourhood
Rome's Giardino delle Cascate is located along the banks of the lake in the city's south-west suburb EUR and was designed by Raffaele De Vico. The waterfall garden was opened in 1961 but shut soon aft...
EUR neighbourhood
Parks and gardens in EUR neighbourhood
Built for the Cardinal Ippolito d’Este around 1555, these complex renaissance water gardens in Tivoli are among the most famous in the world.
Water from the nearby river Aniene is channelled under...
The Villa Sciarra, located on the slopes of the Janiculum, not far from the American and Spanish academies, is steeped in lore: in ancient times the grounds were considered the sacred grove of Furrina...
Trastevere neighbourhood
Parks and gardens in Trastevere neighbourhood
When city life gets too hectic, escape amid the 184 hectres of the largest landscaped public park in Rome. The Villa Pamphilj offers visitors more than one change of scenery; you can begin your promen...
Monteverde neighbourhood
Parks and gardens in Monteverde neighbourhood
Villa Glori sits on a hill between the districts of Parioli and Flaminio and looks down over the Auditorium Parco della Musica. The park is dedicated as a memorial for all Romans who have given up the...
Parioli neighborhood
Parks and gardens in Parioli neighborhood
This immense park measuring 182 hectares is fit for a king. Originally the home of King Victor Emmanuel III during the first half of the 20th century, Villa Ada now houses the Egyptian embassy and con...
Parioli neighborhood
Parks and gardens in Parioli neighborhood
