Gardens in Palermo

The garden has its main entrance in Via Duca della Verdura, but the most used is the one in Viale della Libertà. Inside there are numerous statues, trees, exotic plants, and play areas which makes the English Garden, a park suitable for everybody.

The park was designed by Giovan Battista...

The Orto Botanico di Palermo is one of the most significant Sicilian academic institutions and is certainly the one that best combines regional interests with those of the international scientific community.

The botanical garden’s great richness of species, the monumentality of many of its...

Villa Florio and district dell'Olivuzza

Built between 1886 and 1889 by Joseph Whitaker, the architect Ignatius Greek.

The Whitaker built a business empire on "Marsala" excellent Sicilian wine and many other activities in Sicily, he shipping industry for example. The villa is in...