Rome's secret garden
The hidden Orto Botanico in Rome's Trastevere district
The quiet and shady Orto Botanico in Trastevere is one of Europe's finest small botanical gardens, and one of my favorite places to escape the hurly burly of the city. It was laid out in 1883 and is little known to visitors. You'll talk to people who have been to Rome 20 times and never even heard of the place.
This lovely little park is tucked away behind the Palazzo Corsini, across from the Farnesina, on 30 acres of sloping land filled with palm, yucca, and terraces of gravely paths where it seems half of Rome's young mothers come to push their strollers.
Largo Cristina di Svezia 24 (on Via della Lungara behind Palazzo Corsini)
tel. +39-06-4991-7107
Closed Sundays, Mondays, and in August
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This article was last updated in January 2007. All information was accurate at the time.
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