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Partner My Melange presents a round up of famous Italian gardens.
Bisentina Island Garden, by Jim Linwood
Acording to the authors, “walking through some of the beautifully constructed gardens of Italy, you experience the same rich history and splendour of a museum, only takes place under the bright blue skies with fresh air and bubbling fountains” – we couldn’t have put it better!
Florence’s magnificent Boboli Gardens, originally designed by Niccolò Tribolo, also contain an amphitheatre with a huge ancient Egyptian obelisk statue, “The Large Cave” containing carved stalactites and (copies of) sculptures by Michelangelo and Giambologna, the Piazzale dell’Isolotto (a small island with lemon trees and flowers in the middle of a large basin) and lots more.
Villa Gamberaia has magnificent views over Florence and the Arno Valley. It was built in the seventeenth century by Zanobi Lapi and is the epitome of a Tuscan garden, complete with tall cypress allie, woods, formal gardens, a bowling green, a nymphaeum, grotto gardens and a lemon tree terrace.
Villa Carlotta in Tremezzo contains a Rock Garden, Rhododendron Wood, Bamboo Garden, a Ferns Valley, an agricultural tool museum and many brilliant picnic areas. By contrast, Villa d’Este in Tivoli, a day-trip’s distance from Rome and a UNESCO world heritage site, contains amazing fountains, waterworks and design features epitomizing sixteenth century Rome, its Church and the Renaissance.
Finally, the proper English-style gardens of Villa Melzi by Bellagio represent some of the most beautiful Lake Como sightseeing. Wear your hiking shoes and visit the Oriental Garden with Nippon-acer plants, the Bamboo Grove, the Plant-Tree Drive and the Chapel. Keep going and also see the Rocky Garden with its small museum housing artifacts from the Napoleonic era and the Kiosk Zone.
Had your fill of beautiful gardens? There’s so much more to see and do when you’re next in Italy!
