The green side of Rome the eternal city
Rome: the most green city in all Europe
What’s better than taking a break from the chaos and traffic of the city, taking a nap under a tree, breathing clean air and spending time in one of the various parks of the “most green city in all Europe”.
The large areas, partly flat and partly hilly, extending around the city, are covered by parks, gardens, pine forests and numerous reserves for approximately 52.000 hectares of rural areas.
For pleasure or to spend a relaxing afternoon, lying on the grass in the tranquility of the Roman spring sunshine, we recommend you some of the major parks that inwards house also museums and attractions for every type of visitor.
Rome Municipal Rose Garden
One of the most romantic gardens of Rome, is open only in spring to coincide with the flowering period (April/June). From here you can enjoy a splendid view of the Circus Maximus and Palatine hill, forgetting the confusion of the metropolis.
The botanical garden of Rome
The botanical garden, with its twelve acres of park and about 2,000 square meters of greenhouses, is one of the largest in Italy. It is also equipped to receive guests with disabilities and blind men who can appreciate the beauty of the park through the “perfume garden”, through the classification of plants and their origin, shown also in braille.
(Via di Valle Murcia, 6-METRO B: Circo Massimo).
Villa Borghese and Borghese Gallery Museum
Villa Borghese, one of the largest in Rome, it is not just a park where you can stroll or relax, but a real tourist destination. In fact inside it you will find the Museum, the Borghese Gallery and the House of Cinema, but also sculptures, fountains and monuments, works of artists of the Baroque and Neoclassical periods (Pinciano district-Campo Marzio).
Villa Torlonia
Villa Torlonia is famous for its Limonaia and the Art Nouveau style of the villa. Inside there are two museums: the Casino Nobile and the Museum of Casina delle Civette (Via Nomentana, 70-METRO B: Piazza Bologna_bus 36: Trieste stop).
Villa Celimontana
Villa Celimontana is an oasis sort between the Colosseum and the Baths of Caracalla. Inside it you will find the seat of the Italian Geographical Society, which houses some of the most important maps of Italy. For a picnic a few steps from the Colosseum, or to increase your passion for Geography, we strongly recommend you to go there. In addition, in summer is the seat of an important Jazz Festival.
(Via Alessandro Poerio, 112-METRO B: Colosseo)
Villa Doria Pamphili
Villa Pamphili is the largest historic Roman villa (180 hectares). Situated on the Janiculum, its endless expanses of green enclose a whole neighborhood. In addition to the ice rink and the polo field, the villa offers itinerary trails for athletes (Viale Del Casino Corsini-Aurelia Antica).
Park of Monsters – Parco dei Mostri – Viterbo Rome
Finally, if you have time to move from Rome you should definitely visit the Park of Monsters in Bomarzo (Viterbo), a park full of vegetation that is the setting of a bizarre open-air exhibition of statues of animals and monsters of rock.
