A mini guide to the secret gardens of Venice: gardens and parks hidden away amidst the ancient palaces, university halls, museums, and luxury hotels of Italy’s legendary lagoon city.
Posts Tagged ‘Green Ideas’
Contemporary art in Franciacorta
Franciacorta Sculpture Park: 13 contemporary works which have transformed the park of Albereta Relais & Chateaux, country hotel situated between the Alps of Lombardy and Lake Iseo, in open air art museum.
Categories: Experience
Posted by ItalyTraveller - October 16th, 2009Cervia salt marsh
State nature reserve since 1979, the salt flats of Cervia in the province of Ravenna are traversed by any number of stunning nature trails, and are a favorite destination among birdwatchers. Not to be missed: the trip to the Salt Museum, housed in a 17th century edifice once used as a salt store; and the boat journey to the Camillone salt flat, the only remaining seasonal salt flat in the Cervia salt marsh.
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Posted by ItalyTraveller - September 8th, 2009The Gardens of Castle Trauttmansdorff in Merano
In Merano, Trentino Alto Adige, the gardens of an ancient castle where the Austrian Empress ‘Sissi’ frequently sought refuge have been transformed in living botanical encyclopedia complete with interactive stations and artist pavilions. Castle Trauttmansdorff Gardens feature some eighty different garden landscapes divided in four areas: the Forests of the World, the Sun Gardens, the Water and Terraced Gardens, and the Landscapes of South Tirol.
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Posted by ItalyTraveller - August 20th, 2009La Mortella Gardens
A tropical eden in the heart of the Bay of Naples: Ischia’s La Mortella Gardens are the expression of the late English composer Lord William Walton and his wife’s love of Ischia, music and gardening.
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Posted by ItalyTraveller - June 30th, 2009
