Orto Botanico

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  • Address
    Largo Cristina di Svezia 24, Trastevere
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  • Phone
    06 499 17 107
  • Transport
    bus: Lungotevere della Farnesina (Piazza Trilussa)

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Formerly the private grounds of Palazzo Corsini, Rome's 12-hectare botanical gardens are a great place to unwind. Plants have been cultivated on this site since the late 13th century but, in their present form, the gardens were established in 1883. Nowadays, they are managed by La Sapienza University and boast up to 8000 species, including some of the rarest plants in Europe.

There's an avenue of palms, a garden with 300 species of medicinal plants (Giardino dei Semplici), a collection of cacti, and even a star-shaped area with aromatic plants (Giardino degli Aromi) labelled in braille.